The Flames are dumping and chasing alot this early season but they are not a dump and chase built type of team. Their success last season came from puck posession. At least how they generated their offence.
The biggest question everyone wants to know is did Hartley change the breakout system on the D. They sure seem to be trying to stretch pass more often then skating it out and creating the rush.
It would appear that Hartley changed the system that wasn't broken.
What i can't figure out is Gio, Russell, Wideman and Engelland all knew Hartley's system and now with Hamilton and Smid they are all way out of sync.
Hartley had to have changed the system, combine that with really half hearted full 60 minutes. The Flames thus far are jmo giving 15 min of full effort out of 60 and magically expecting this to pay off.
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