Flames don't have the talent at this point to play a complete game. They can either score, or they can play sound defensively. They can't do both. I think that they are trying too hard to play sound defence. Burke did make some comments about the team giving up too many leads at the end of the game, so perhaps they are trying to compensate too much?
I hate to say it, but Flames should be trying to play some river hockey again. Get those vets some goals to make them more trade-able. I don't know... you don't want bad habits developing either, so it is good developmentally to try and be better defensively...
Something changed on this team. Maybe it is just a confidence issue. Maybe over-compensating on defence. Maybe just the ebb and flow of the season. Lots of maybes. What is not a maybe, is that this team is almost a chore to watch now.
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