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Originally Posted by sa226
Is there any context for the bolded? Hartley's training camps have famously been very difficult and intense. Is he suggesting that that wasn't the case this year?
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It sure looked to me like some of the forwards like Monahan were just going through the motions at times. IMO they did not play well at all this preseason. I believe Warrener was pretty focussed on the two games against the Jets to end preseason where the Jets were hustling like it was a regular season game and the Flames were just coasting and you see one team come out of the gate 4-2 and the other 1-4.
I can understand a veteran team coasting through preseason but a young team like the Flames need to play every game like it's their last and every player needs to play like he's playing for a roster spot. Maybe this is just a case of a young team having issues dealing with success? Read too many press clippings in the offseason and thought they were better than what they really were. I would argue the team needs to play better this season than last season as it's fair to expect they won't get some of those 3rd period breaks they did last season. So far they look far worse.