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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Reasons for optimism? A guy Detroit didn't think was worth resigning. A 28 year old who has never played in north america. A offensive dman who is a defensive liability. A coach who hasn't coached in the NHL for over 3 years. A system the players have had all of 5 days to digest...
Baertshi is legit, but all the other reason for optimism are complete unknowns at this point in time... Is it any surprise the media isn't convinced? No, its not a conspiracy
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I understand what your saying, but the problem with the media is it likes to hype the fashionable, sexy teams. The Phoenix Coyotes came pretty close to winning it all last year, and after three seasons of beating the odds, they get no respect. The Coyotes don't have any superstars, but they do know how win close games. Fortunately for the Flames, and this is why I'm optimistic, they do have superstars, in fact two. If the Flames can get a bit of that Coyote mojo, playing the game with a pack mentality, they'll be substantially better than the media has placed them.
A Flames team playing well will actually be a little annoying because the media will talk about how good such-and-such is playing, or how such-and-such is the most under-rated player in the game or resurrected his career, and for people who follow the team, we'll think: "well, we've kinda been saying that all along, but nobody was listening, everybody was just following stat lines."