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Originally Posted by Blaster86
What? Yes there is. When you have a lead you have the other team pushing at you. You also end up with more dangerous chances going the other way on turn overs. That's entirely what score effects can cause.
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Score effects can lead to rushes. Full stop. But score effects don't make you more likely to score on those rushes. 1st in goals, despite being last in chances off the rush. Say it out loud a few times.
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If you keep saying the word, maybe it will happen! Time to let the question of sustainability go for this year. The Canucks are 50 games in. Their numbers for most things are above the middle of the pack. It's not a fluke. It's not surprising. No one is watching Canucks games and saying "That's not a game they should have won." or "that was lucky." Reducing shooting percentage doesn't drop the Canucks out of the play-offs, hell it doesn't even put them in the wild card. It's a good, well coached team that plays their system well.
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They are well coached. And they are playing well. They are also on a crazy heater, with a crazy high shooting percentage.
It is not only possible to keep it going all year, it's actually fairly common. The challenge, with these types of seasons is that the playoffs are a new season, and it doesn't transfer. You play with that confidence all year, and pucks keep going in. Then you get to the playoffs and the intensity is different, and every player is giving 100% every shift, and suddenly it is much harder to score, and the confidence that got you through regular season games doesn't get you through playoff games.
Then everyone finds themselves asking 'what happened'. And fans talk about choking.