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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I get the point you’re making…but when the season wraps, and we look back at it I think (at least right now) I’ll look back at this season with two key memories:
1. Goaltending was terrible. .893 from the starter is unacceptable, and .904 from the backup is, as you say, vanilla
2. The skill required to finish scoring chances doesn’t exist on this roster.
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Part of this to me is system.
There isn't evidence of this but I feel like when the Flames do generate a high danger chance a lot of the time it's because they carried it to the high danger area themselves.
I still don't see a lot of pre-shot passing that is what gets the goalie moving laterally to give you a better shot to score.
If the goalie can be set and not have to move laterally before the shot it's tough to score in the NHL, no matter where you are shooting from.
And to me that might be system - nobody is making the extra pass this year. It's a big problem on the PP too - no quick passes. Pass it around the outside try to open up a shooting lane, hope for a rebound.