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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
If Wolf had the same save percentage as Vladar and you added all of those additional goals to games the Flames won and added none to the games the Flames lost (to favour the “without Wolf we’d be bottom 5” narrative as possible) then we’d be looking at a 4-8 point drop off from the current position, good for the 9th-14th worst record, in the Utah to Anaheim range.
The only way they could be worse is if you added the goal only to games they went to overtime, and added them only in regulation to avoid any overtime points at all, in which case the Flames would be bottom five.
So, basically, the narrative that without Wolf the Flames would be bottom five is totally unrealistic.
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If you take away Wolf's 12 goals saved above expected the Flames would have the 7th worst goal differential in the NHL. For a Tema that doesn't score lots of goals think 12 more goals against could have a pretty significant drop in where they finish.