The problem the Flames have is that a significant portion of their roster is not of NHL caliber.
All of Jackman, Begin, Comeau, Stajan, Babchuk, Smith, Sarich, Butler, Horak, Irving, MacDonald, Taylor, Street, Byron are not NHL quality players.
When you have that many guys that are not quality, it puts strain on everyone because the legit guys have to cover for the mistakes of the bad players. Look at the Dallas game as an example. If it wasn't for the legit guys making swiss cheese of the opposition, the non NHL guys would've cost the Flames the game.
Offensively, we do have enough weapons between Iginla, Tanguay, Cammalleri, Glencross, Hudler, Stempniak, Cervenka, Backlund, and Baertschi that we can have offensive explosions. When your goaltending and certain defenders have been sub standard, you give up just as much.
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