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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
No, they aren't. Hockey is more than shot generation and shot suppression.
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The LA Kings disagree. They firmly believe Hockey is all about shot generation and shot suppression. Their every system is built around that. And they even missed the playoffs last year yet considered themselves enough of a contender to trade their 1st for a pending UFA (Lucic) because they knew they were pretty good (read: the best) at shot generation and shot suppression. They even make trades for guys who fit their shot generation and shot suppression system that other teams don't think are NHLers any more (Vincent LeCavalier). They play young mistake-prone defensemen (Muzzin early in his career) plenty under the assumption that shot generation and shot suppression compensates for the visible errors.
Go Figure.