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Originally Posted by Saqe
They don't activate their defense nearly as much, this is where they miss Weegar the most. So essentially they try to play more defensively but the defense hasn't gotten any better. So they went from high flying offense and mediocre defense to no flying offense with mediocre defense. Nice job Maurice, lol.
But the biggest thing is that almost everyone is performing worse under him. They lack confidence. Winnipeg doesn't seem to miss him either.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
It's pretty minor ...
They are generating less and giving up more for sure, but not to the extent you'd think.
Even their team save percentage is pretty flat, which I thought was part of the problem.
Last year they scored more with less ... (GF>xGF), this year that has flipped and their shooting percentage is down a half point.
Most of the differentials suggest they are spending more time in their own zone than they did last year.
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Yeah it's pretty simply just shooting and save percentage regression.
Last year they shot 11.01% - 4th in the NHL and a .904 save percentage.
This year they are shooting 9.07% - 24th in the NHL and a .893 save percentage.
And there are some defensive issues.
xGF from 55.5% to 53.0%
xGF per 60 is actually flat: 3.59 per 60 to 3.59 per 60.
xGA per 60 is worse: 2.88 per 60 to 3.19 per 60
So offensively they are finishing worse (maybe not surprising with the amount of career seasons they had last year), and defensively they are both playing worse (wonder if that has to do with losing a 24 minute a night top pairing dman) and getting worse goaltending.