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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The goaltenders have been such obvious scapegoats that many fans have overlooked just how poor this team's defensive coverage. Even under Keenan we never saw so many opposing players pitching tents in front of the Flames net. No team will ever be a cup contender playing like this and it's the one area where the Leafs have a huge leg up on the Flames as their young players are being taught the right way early. The next head coach of the Flames will likely have to burn half a season or more teaching them to play proper defensive zone hockey and it's going to be ugly like when Brent Sutter came in after Keenan.
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They were good defensively last year. They could lock it down when they needed to.
Honestly don't know where the structure has gone this year, which is more concerning than anything. Hard work etc was important in 2014-15, but especially in the 2nd half, the Flames were a very disciplined team that played within their system.
I don't see any evidence of a system this year, it's some Second City improv every shift.