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Originally Posted by Bingo
What you do with a change is certainly talent, and the Flames have a drop in talent up front this season for sure.
Defensively it's the same goaltenders, and an improved top four with more strength up the middle.
By metrics year over year it's xGA60 2.37 vs 2.29 last year, and they're giving up about 1 high danger chance per 60 minutes of five on five play more.
Hard to absolve goaltending given all that.
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I think you’re right about the goaltending, but the shooting skill of the forwards (other than Toffoli and maybe Lindholm) doesn’t match up with most of the high quality playoff bound teams, and the defence is not as good as last year. So the problem with this season’s Flames is mediocrity at all the key areas. I think Sutter’s system is the only reason they’re hovering around a playoff spot.