I realize a lot of people will say in regards to the offense, that "if it happens over a large enough sample size, you can't blame luck". And that's true to some extent.
But the data suggests the flames are generating so much that even with lack of finish, they are doing enough offensively to win most nights. If you look at their actual goal totals (which adjust for lack of finishing), it still outpaces the expected goals against almost consistently.
So while better finishing would be great, it's not why they're losing. They're losing because the flames goalies aren't making enough medium danger saves relative to where the league average is.
To me, that's why you call up Wolf. It would be a shame to throw away a good season because of bad goaltending when you potentially have the solution in house.
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