Well, our ES Sv% went from .930 to .918. once Cameron took over. Part of that is Lehner struggling and Anderson getting injured, how much of it can you blame on Cameron? Because, that, and our struggling PP, have been the difference.
I think a lot of people are letting end results influence their perception of the events. I've found our offense has remained pretty static, though we haven't had the result to show for it.
War-on-ice has a pretty
solid scoring chance definition, and their research shows it doing a better job of predicting future goals than Corsi. They include data on rush shots, rebounds and shot location.
Coach|Scoring Chance %|SC for /60| SC against/60
Cameron|53.1%|26.0|23.0
MacLean|48.4%|25.0|26.7
To me, this aligns pretty well with how I've perceived the games. We've looked far more competitive in my mind.
The PP on the other hand is an interesting one to me, because in a lot of cases the head coach isn't the one running the PP. I'm not sure who did it under MacLean or who does it now, but it's certainly failed to get results lately. How much of that is a different system, the coach, or luck, Idk.