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Originally Posted by 868904
This team still doesn't support the puck enough for me, especially the forwards on the breakout, so I'm not sure I like Hartley's system. It's entertaining and it doesn't bother me that much since wins aren't expected but I can see it being frustrated when it starts to matter again.
However, Hartley deserves an extension for single handidly sparking the rivalry with the Canucks. It always bothered me how over the past few seasons, the Canucks would roll in here and just toy with the Flames and the Flames would just take it. It was a really abusive relationship, like a pimp and his least favourite whore. I dont know how Brent Sugter allowed that to happen, because Darryl sure as hell would not have allowedd it. Hartley pretty much told the Canucks, "we're not your butch anymore!" And for that he deserves an extension.
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I like watching the Flames team play (usually) this season. They are not very boring.
With that being said, I wonder if this system is the 'correct' one for the team moving forward, but it just doesn't have enough horses to make it work. I am not sure if the correct approach would be to turn this team into a more defensive-minded one who has more trouble scoring goals and playing creatively (have to wonder what that does to the confidence of the kids coming in) or being too 'loose' and turning into Edmonton.
I am not saying it is right or wrong, better or worse. I am actually wondering what would be an ideal type of system for a rebuilding club that needs to teach and stay respectable to avoid that losing culture, even if losing is inevitable, given the talent level of the club.