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Originally Posted by Nuje
So if you swapped Iginla for a slightly less (or even equally) talented, but considerably more consistent star, we'd be fine? I highly doubt that. I love nothing more than watching the Flames play a perfect 60 minutes and disable anything the opponents throw at them, but there's a reason they can't do that every night, and it's not one tiny little tweak, or fix. It's not a coach. It's not one player. It's not "who has the 'c'".
The reason is that we are "outclassed" by a team which is simply better. They are able to do it more consistently because they have more tools. They have more players capable of more things, be it out-muscling opponents, or dangling around them, or having more puck possession due to having plain old better hockey sense. There are ALWAYS two teams on the ice. Of course when you lose, you can't control what the other team does, and you want to find your mistakes in hopes of finding ways to win, but the Flames most often don't have the tools to do so.
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I've been conducting an experiment the last few weeks, I try watching games of two other teams, pick a side a pretend I'm a disgruntled fan of that team. It's amazing to me, but the frequency of "back check Malkin!/Iginla" or "stop forcing passes Jagr!/Tanguay" or "one week goal ever game Price!/Kipper" seems to be about the same as with the Flames.
We are near the bottom of the league right now, but they are not abysmal. They are not the only team that runs around in their own end, or gives up leads late in games, or has players cherry picking.
The Flames have NEVER finished bottom five in the NHL. I hope they never do, even though I hope we make some trades for multiple firsts and prospects!