Blame the backstops!
That seems to be a popular opinion on the undoing of the 2015-16 Calgary Flames.
After all, the Flames were saddled with the NHL’s worst goals-against average this winter, with linesmen retrieving an average of 3.13 pucks per night from their net.
After all, Calgary’s masked men — in order of appearance, Karri Ramo, Jonas Hiller, Joni Ortio and Niklas Backstrom — combined for an .892 save percentage.
How bad is that? Put it this way — no other squad was south of .900.
“You can’t be 30th in goals against.