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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Probably several reasons. He has had injury problems here. And he's playing with less talent in Abby.
Abbotsford's offense looked fine until they lost Brodie.
I'm not sure why people look past the lack of offensive talent on the team for other mysterious reasons. Teams do not coach to not score. Lack of scoring usually correlates with lack of talent. When has a coach ever asked his players to score less?
This whole bashing Ward and farm team for its lack of talent is way overblown on this board. Its as simple as the farm team not having a lot of scoring.
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I disagree 100% with you. Even at the NHL level, teams that have talented scorers have a tough time when you play a system that emphasizes defense first. Abbotsford's offense did not look fine even with Brodie. We can't keep defending the fact that we have no talent in Abby or even on the Flames. Defensive coaches always have the philosophy that you take care of defense first and offense will take care of itself. That's not coaching to score.