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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Here's a thought that just crossed my mind:
Last season, a lot of teams played the Flames the same way that the 2014-15 Flames played their opponents: give up a lot of outside shots, wait for the puck, then move fast to get odd-man rushes. I don't think this is a coincidence.
At that time, hockey analytics were fashionable but primitive, and coaches were chasing good Corsi and Fenwick numbers without enough understanding of how those numbers converted into actual wins. They were focused on the wrong metric, and that gave them a weakness that Hartley was clever enough to exploit. I think Sutter, for different reasons based in his own assessment of his players, wound up focusing on the same metric, and his team got exploited the same way.
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I think the Corsi love was a Brad Treliving thing because he hired coaches based on those metrics its how Glue had us play, it's what Peters installed but he allowed his offensive players to transition and rush the puck without the ridiculous reload and go in as a unit concept.
When you think about it being as organized and just flubbing shots from the boards is dangerous when other teams know you won't be doing much else they don't have to chase just pack it in the middle and exploit the middle with speed up the ice.
Probably why we gave up so many rush plays, chances, 2 on 1's etc last season. Also why we probably chased so much because guys have to reload and once you are idle in hockey you are done and have to put in that extra effort to chase guys around to get the puck back.