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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
The goaltending has been poor but of the 5 teams in playoff positions in the pacific we have the 2nd best goal against but the worst goals for.
The division is a high scoring one, thats the league.
Not scoring enough has been just as big of an issue this year as the goaltending and funny enough our goals against is good enough to have us in a playoff spot and even contending for the division if we had 30 more goals. A lift in the shooting % by 1% would have us at almost 300 goals for based on our shots on net this season.
The central would have been easier for us it seems to be a more defensive division.
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Just wanted to do a quick math check on this...because honestly I'm kinda bored today.
Currently sitting at a 8.9 Shooting% based on 2855 shots. A 1% increase (9.9%-ranked 18th in the league) would have us sitting at 283 goals instead of 253. So 30 more goals over a season. In that scenario we would be at about 3.54 GF/G, ranking us 5th in the entire league instead of 18th.
A single percentage point doesn't mean much in most scenarios, but it does here. The teams inability to finish plays or make more dangerous chances is a big reason for where they are. What's the post count again? 77 according to
this article (not sure on the count, but whatever). Count even a 3rd of those and this team wins a lot more of those one-goal games that they lost throughout the year. Get one extra save in OT and you win a bunch more of those OT games.
Worst year I can remember for luck for any team, not just the Flames. The discrepancies between SF and SA vs. GF and GA is glaring, and it's been this way since game 5. Just an utterly cursed season that the players do have some of the blame for, but honestly, they just need an exorcism.