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I don't know why the leaders on this team, specifically, the forwards, think that it's all offence or all defence. You can play a two way game and not sacrifice your offense at all.

All the wingers have to do in the defensive zone is position themselves BETWEEN their defenceman with the puck and the opposing forechecker providing an option to the defenceman to get the puck out.

It's taken these forwards years to figure this out and they still haven't. They still constantly fly the zone early and leave the defencemen with no options but to turn the puck over.

They are either extremely stubborn or extremely stupid. I'm leaning towards stupid.

The key to playing offense is not beating your opposition to the other end, it's outmanning them when you are there. That means the key to offensive pressure is activating the defenceman in the attack. The Flames have the personnel to do this, but all they need is to understand that you have to get the puck out of your zone first before you attack.

It's not a race to the other end dummies! You don't need a head start. You need to attack with numbers.

I'm so sick and tired of watching this team get hemmed in its own zone because the forwards are not providing support. It's the same old culprits every single year and their "leadership" is only going to ruin the next generation of forwards who come in. The young ones will think its okay to fly the zone early because the veterans do it.