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Originally Posted by activeStick
The absolute worst thing the Flames can do right now is make a big trade involving "notable" players, fire the coach or for Hartley himself, change the system.
He didn't forget to coach all of a sudden and teams did not suddenly "figure the Calgary system out".
Changing the system is starting from scratch and even if they see success, it won't come for another 15-20 games.
The Flames need to believe in their system and believe that streaks start and end. Everything else right now is just noise.
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Well it can't get any worse than it already is. 2 years ago when we were losing games, the hockey was still fun to watch. They competed and kept it close. These days I can't even watch a full game. It's so frustrating seeing them trying all the same things and watching broken play after broken play. It seems like they give up after the first goal is scored on them.
Guess what? Coaches don't take the off-season off. They watch videos and analyze teams. Figure out how to beat their system. Figure out why the Flames were able to win all those games with terrible advanced stats.
I don't think the team has scored on a single stretch pass breakout this year. Instead the puck is getting iced 3x more than before. If you look at these plays, the forwards sticks are being lifted or the players are being bumped so they can't touch the puck. Instead of other teams shooting in lanes, they are making that extra pass to find open lanes. They know the Flames defense relies on blocked shots and have instead been forcing the puck in close and then passing to the open winger on the other side. It's happened a dozen times already this season.
The only time our offense has had success this year is from Johnny not following the system and being his usual amazing self.
Adapt or die.