Originally posted by Asher
For all of the talk about the Flames scoring problems, let's compare them to the Oil's vaunted offense.
Flames:
Goals for per game: 2.89
Goals against per game: 2.32
Oilers:
Goals for per game: 2.76
Goals against per game: 2.60
Top 3 offensive players:
Flames:
Iginla: 1.32 points per game, +13
Tanguay: 1.00 points per game, +14
Daymond Langkow: 0.96 points per game, +9
Oilers:
Sykora: 0.93 points per game, EV
Ryan Smyth: 0.88 points per game, +1
Jarret Stoll: 0.73 points per game, +3
Defensive top two:
Flames:
Phaneuf: 0.67 points per game, +16
Hamrlik: 0.43 points per game, +15
Oilers:
Tjarnqvist: 0.44 points per game, EV
Bergeron: 0.40 points per game, +3
Goaltending:
Kiprusoff:
sv%: 0.929
GAA: 2.04
SHO: 4
Roloson:
sv%: 0.920
GAA: 2.40
SHO: 3
Seems to me the Flames are better categorically. What should be alarming to you is that our third-best scorer is still outscoring your marquee forward.
For all of the talk about the Flames scoring problems, let's compare them to the Oil's vaunted offense.
Flames:
Goals for per game: 2.89
Goals against per game: 2.32
Oilers:
Goals for per game: 2.76
Goals against per game: 2.60
Top 3 offensive players:
Flames:
Iginla: 1.32 points per game, +13
Tanguay: 1.00 points per game, +14
Daymond Langkow: 0.96 points per game, +9
Oilers:
Sykora: 0.93 points per game, EV
Ryan Smyth: 0.88 points per game, +1
Jarret Stoll: 0.73 points per game, +3
Defensive top two:
Flames:
Phaneuf: 0.67 points per game, +16
Hamrlik: 0.43 points per game, +15
Oilers:
Tjarnqvist: 0.44 points per game, EV
Bergeron: 0.40 points per game, +3
Goaltending:
Kiprusoff:
sv%: 0.929
GAA: 2.04
SHO: 4
Roloson:
sv%: 0.920
GAA: 2.40
SHO: 3
Seems to me the Flames are better categorically. What should be alarming to you is that our third-best scorer is still outscoring your marquee forward.
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