[SuperMatt18]

Had posted this in the Ryan Huska thread but think our offensive zone struggles probably deserve their own discussion outside of the discussions of firing the coach.

Flames are not doing an effective job of generating quality this season, and are really settling for low danger attempts.

At 5v5 They rank:

Corsi For: 62.53/60 - 7th

Low Danger Corsi For: 38.79/60 - 5th
Medium Danger Corsi For: 14.98 /60 - 19th
High Danger Corsi For: 10.75 /60 - 20th

Shots For: 29.42 /60 - 4th

Low Danger Shots For: 14.47 /60 - 2nd
Medium Danger Shots For: 6.38/60 - 21st
High Danger Shots For: 6.84 /60- 22nd

xGF: 2.54/60 - 22nd
GF: 2.00/60 - 27th

I was trying to figure out if there is a way to measure a teams efficiency in translating total shot attempt volume to actual quality.

I decided upon looking at the ratio of high danger / xGF to total Corsi volume and the Flames are abysmal by those metrics.

Flames rank 29th in terms of High Danger Chance to Total Corsi ratio - only 17.2% of their Corsi Attempts are High Danger. Only the Bruins, Oilers, and Kraken are lower this year.

And they are even worse and rank 31st in terms of xGF to Total Corsi ratio - 3.87% - with only the Kraken being lower.

Overall the coaches keep preaching to have a high volume of shots and get traffic and bodies to the net, but it's not working for the roster this team has at their disposal. And is leading to very inefficient offensive zone time.

And TBH I don't think you even need the stats to prove this one out - it's painfully obvious when you watch them play IMO. Lots of zone time, no real quality of chances.

Cycle, back to the point, point shot with limited traffic. Maybe a rebound attempt. Rinse. Repeat.

Might be time for the team to try a bit of a different approach here.