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2022-2023 Around the League Part Deux

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AllAboutAvs said:
Just having better goaltending could rectify a few of those stats and give them a much better season next year.
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Markstrom losing all semblance of confidence has sunk them completely this year. Even if he was a .905 goalie... Calgary probably has 5-7 more wins. If he plays to his .910ish average, that might be approaching 10 more. Now some of those would be the OT/SO losses, but they'd legitimately be ~10-12 points higher in the standings with just average goaltending.
 
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Tell the Flames:


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Then demand a trade to the Avs. You're a Stanley Cup champion. No one tells you what to do.
 
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Balthazar said:
21 losses when outshooting the opponent by 10+

It's pretty damn rare that the team that outshoots the other by 10+ shots wasn't the better team that night. That means that for at least 15 of those losses CGY was the better team. Markstrom really sucks.
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Not just that, but they don't have an elite, gamebreaking talent in the lineup. There's no Draisaitl or Makar who can just bust through and put the puck in the net.

At some point, when you're getting goalie'd that often, it says a lot about your offense. Calgary is ranked 16th in GF%, the only teams behind them who are in contention for a playoff spot are Pittsburgh and Winnipeg, and they're 19th and 17th, respectively (Preds are sandwiched in there).

Avs are 9th if anyone is curious.
 
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Not just that, but they don't have an elite, gamebreaking talent in the lineup. There's no Draisaitl or Makar who can just bust through and put the puck in the net.

At some point, when you're getting goalie'd that often, it says a lot about your offense. Calgary is ranked 16th in GF%, the only teams behind them who are in contention for a playoff spot are Pittsburgh and Winnipeg, and they're 19th and 17th, respectively (Preds are sandwiched in there).

Avs are 9th if anyone is curious.
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Well, their gamebreaker is Huberdeau (damn that's a bad contract).
 
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Ehhhhhh shot totals are highly deceiving with Calgary and have been for years. They throw EVERYTHING at the net it doesn't matter from where. So many of their shots are such low percentage attempts. They'll outshoot a team by 15 yet it has nothing to do with them outplaying the opposition.
 
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dahrougem2 said:
Ehhhhhh shot totals are highly deceiving with Calgary and have been for years. They throw EVERYTHING at the net it doesn't matter from where. So many of their shots are such low percentage attempts. They'll outshoot a team by 15 yet it has nothing to do with them outplaying the opposition.
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Funny thing is, in terms of xGF% they're THIRD in the league. Some of that is no doubt inflated by the shot totals and what not but they're also generating shots from high-danger areas as well. They're just not putting it in the GD net. That's where the lack of a true gamebreaker bites you in the ass.

BTW do we have ANY idea what in hell is going on with Oliver Kylington? He's missed the entire season due to a personal matter, right?
 
Balthazar said:
21 losses when outshooting the opponent by 10+

It's pretty damn rare that the team that outshoots the other by 10+ shots wasn't the better team that night. That means that for at least 15 of those losses CGY was the better team. Markstrom really sucks.
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Don't blame Markstrom when Sutter keeps playing him. Vlader has crashed back down to Earth, but earlier in the season when he was hot, Sutter should've ridden him.
 
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Don't blame Markstrom when Sutter keeps playing him. Vlader has crashed back down to Earth, but earlier in the season when he was hot, Sutter should've ridden him.
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Really though, what was his alternative? Pretty sure he DID ride the hot hand with Vladar but even when he was "hot" he still wasn't great. The team was never going to succeed with Vladar as the starter.

The only way they could've gotten by with okay-ish goaltending from Vladar is if their finishing as upper-tier, which is wasn't. The Devils and the Avs (last year) are about the only teams I can think of who have excelled despite less-than-stellar goaltending, and in the latter case, Kuemper was actually a lot better than we remember, he just had a crap start and finish to the regular season, then got poked in the eye.
 
henchman21 said:
Bettman needs all the revenue the league can get!
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I was thinking the proceeds would go towards paying his creditors. It's not going to be a typical bankruptcy, they are citing fraud and fradulent behavior...

"Lehner and his wife, Donya, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on Dec. 30, later listing $5.2 million of assets and $27.3 million of liabilities. The creditor filing by Aliya Growth Fund (AGF), which loaned Lehner $4.75 million six weeks before he filed for bankruptcy, is the first signal that the process will not be smooth and is unlikely to end by the close of the year, as the debtor had suggested in previous court filings. Its 14-page complaint, in which Aliya asks for a trial, uses the terms “fraud” and “fraudulent” 10 times."
 
expatriatedtexan said:
I was thinking the proceeds would go towards paying his creditors. It's not going to be a typical bankruptcy, they are citing fraud and fradulent behavior...

"Lehner and his wife, Donya, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on Dec. 30, later listing $5.2 million of assets and $27.3 million of liabilities. The creditor filing by Aliya Growth Fund (AGF), which loaned Lehner $4.75 million six weeks before he filed for bankruptcy, is the first signal that the process will not be smooth and is unlikely to end by the close of the year, as the debtor had suggested in previous court filings. Its 14-page complaint, in which Aliya asks for a trial, uses the terms “fraud” and “fraudulent” 10 times."
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I haven't been around too many bankruptcy cases and all are on the business side for me... but pretty common that creditors cite fraud. They are trying to get the case thrown out so they can get all of their money back or at least more than they'd get from a settlement. Especially AGF being so late in the process and pecking order.

Now the 45k on fish after the filing is pure, flatout stupidity by Lehner.
 
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