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How do you fall to 30th in SOG (29th in Shots against) and think the team is headed in the right direction?
Because last year this team had 76 points, this year they’re on pace for 92. Sixteen point improvement. Last year they gave up 286 goals, 3.49 per game. this year 3.01. About a half goal a game. This is not complicated when you understand grade school math.
I know you are smarter than your posts make you sound and you just like to shit post but let’s go ahead.
Your analysis ends in grade school and anyone who completed above elementary would understand the fallacy. 2 years ago the Flyers were on pace on pace for 92 points after 72 games before collapsing down the stretch, which was an improvement over the 75 point finish the year before. Sound familiar? Yet they finished with 87 and went right back to mid 70s this past year. Why?
Winning in unsustainable ways. Sure for the short term you can get lucky and have the illusion of progress. Puck luck and things break your way or in the case this year of a hot goalie. Those things pale long term over a well built team with talent and coaching. The underlying math (the stuff you find beyond grade school) shows that the Flyers aren’t built or building for the long term. Winning a few more games because Vladar is standing on his head doesn’t mean the forwards, defense, or coaching have improved.
Goals for is worse, PP is back down to 32nd, Shots dropped several spots to 30th, PK is worse, etc.
The team is unwatchable at times with the slow grinding play but hey as long as Vladar stops 30 SOG a game in a year that should focus on rebuilding for the long term all is good? No. That’s the same shit different year.
The underlying numbers are more important than the topline numbers to the team’s health long term. The team’s future is on life support.
The Flyers rebuild was always a lie. Rather than draft elite talent they wanted to buy it and then were shocked, absolutely shocked, that they can’t.
The Flyers gambled that the casual fan wouldn’t look behind the curtain and keep supporting them. You are proof of how gullible Flyers fans can be as long as you give them a show.
How do you fall to 30th in SOG (29th in Shots against) and think the team is headed in the right direction?
Because last year this team had 76 points, this year they’re on pace for 92. Sixteen point improvement. Last year they gave up 286 goals, 3.49 per game. this year 3.01. About a half goal a game. This is not complicated when you understand grade school math.
The Flyers are one of the worst teams in the league only being kept on life support due to playing to get to the shoot out every game. They lead the league in number of shoot outs and shoot out wins. 2 things which will not happen in the playoffs. They play boring low event hockey (that can’t be questioned because Tocchet is god apparently).
SOW..SOL…G…..GA….DIFF..PP%…PK%…S/GP..S%…SA/GP..SV%
1st..20th..26th..15th..20th..32nd..21st..30th..17th..29th..25thOther than Vladar’s numbers, everything across the board is worse than last year but a segment of the fan base wants to stick their fingers in their ears because the Flyers aren’t eliminated yet. Another game where the Flyers didn’t deserve to make it to the shoot out. What is it now, 3 goal in 23 OT? None of them scored by Konecny, Tippet, Zegras, risto, drysdale.
How do you fall to 30th in SOG (29th in Shots against) and think the team is headed in the right direction?
In last 11, Flyers are 7-3-1. .682 hockey. That continued pace will get them to 96 points, maybe enough to make the playoffs.
