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Originally Posted by Bingo
The Flames are 8th for homeplate shots this season.
This isn't a perimeter issue.
They're 18th in home plate danger though, so they're not getting the home plate shots with an event to get the goalie moving.
That could be coaching, but the Flames were 11th in home plate danger last year, so it wasn't being coached out.
So I think it's partly a different team with less players that either can or are willing to take the puck into the danger areas and create chaos.
I think it's two things ...
1) a roster that doesn't have the one on one skills to create the high danger events
2) a coach that puts shot volume number one, perhaps eliminating the possibility for the high danger too often in exchange for a shot count
That and the randomness of hockey makes me think you could bring back the entire roster and Sutter next year and be 2nd in the division.
But Sutter's stubbornness has worn thin with me. I feel he's coaching to stick it to someone at all times ... the fans? the GM? the ownership?
Getting old.
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Sutter is stubborn. It's both what I like, and don't like about him. He doesn't throw his lines in a blender, he doesn't jump from one approachthing
He believes he knows what is needed to win and he sticks with it. Period. If it's a war of wills, he is going to win.
It's just tough as a fan to have faith that it will work out when the results aren't there. An entire season down the drain with such a veteran group is just a big downer. And we don't live in a keep the faith kind of world. Fans are going to complain about any coach as soon as the results aren't what we want and every coach eventually gets run out of town. Even Badger Bob who everyone remembers fondly and left on his own. No one was too happy with him after his last season before leaving.