IC, so youre in the "its all the coaches fault" camp... Gotcha!
Good teams lose hockey games, bad teams win games. Young teams go through growing pains and old teams slow down. In a league of such Parody, that one bonafide #1 Center makes a huge difference in your own end when they match against other teams top units.
I could care less about what the Oilers are doing up north, where they sit in the standings. I care about the Flames and in saying that, are you bored when watching Flames games? Would you prefer the Flames play the shutdown type game? And further to that, do you think they would be successful if they were coached to play smother/shutdown hockey with this group of players?
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