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Old 02-24-2016, 02:28 PM   #1125
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV View Post
Here are some conclusions Darryl Sutter has come to:



You look back to the 2004 Flames and you realize Darryl's been all about shot generation and shot suppression that far back. That "Cinderella Underdog Team" that Kipper Carried? They had a shots for percentage of 52%.

Call it corsi, call it shots, call it shot attempts, call it "Aggressive 2-1-2", call it "size" it doesn't matter. Teams that have the puck win more games than teams that don't have the puck. And that can be small teams like the Lightning and Blackhawks too. Corsi is just one way to measure it.

You look at the corsi of Flames teams during Darryl's reign you had:

2008 Flames - 52.5 (5th)
2009 Flames - 55.7 (2nd)
2010 Flames - 51.9 (9th) (SUtter stepped down in December)

I think Darryl was using internal possession analytics long before "corsi" became a thing.
Darryl Sutter believes in cycling. Darryl Sutter teams need big, power forwards to retain possession in the offensive zone. It has nothing to do with fancy stats, Sutter has coached this way for decades. We saw it first hand here with Darryl as the coach.

If you wanna improve our team the Darryl Sutter way then we need more big power forwards to retain possession on the cycle. If you wanna improve our team the Darryl Sutter way then we need more big, physical shut down defensemen so we prevent other big teams (LA, ANA, SJ) from executing their cycle.

I don't see any fancy stats and Darryl Sutter having anything to do with each other.
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