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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Plus weren’t Flames leaders in zone entries with the puck and shots off the rush?
This idea that Sutter is coaching a dump and chase, rim the boards style of play isn’t supported IMO.
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Did you not watch the team this season?
They were leaders in all kind of shots.
But they repeatedly rang it around the boards, got it to the point, and took garbage shots into the goalie’s pads. Even got a lot of garbage shots on rebounds from the slot (battles where the opposition is forcing them in terms of time and space)
They dumped sometimes, but often just gained the line wide then put it hard along the boards. So it won’t count as a dump in because it’s dumped after gaining the line
Shot percentage was near the bottom of the league.
Stats are fine because they got lots of shots from high danger places. Often under pressure and easy stops
Well known, other coaches said it, dressed backup goalies, who ended up with great sv% way more often than not. Lots of people said it was boring hockey
They weren’t terrible offensively, middle of the pack. But they have the roster that should be top of the pack
They were 31st in cross zone passes. That is ridiculous.
Having a high skill guy go from 115 points to 55 was not unrelated to the faithful execution of the game plan
This isn’t a narrative, it’s what happened this year.
I can’t believe you are saying they didn’t ring it around the boards often and work it to the point to get traffic in front and get shots on net