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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Fair remarks. One minor objection is the glossing over of the top 3 d.
Hamilton is young and though I like his game generally, has had some absolutely spectacular and costly failures. Rakell cleanly skating around him in December (?). Another 1 goal game, I forget the opponent, he skated in to 4 opponents on the blue line and turned over for a goal going the other way (St Louis, perhaps?). Then the recent game where he just dropped his assignment (Chicago I think?). Anyways, the guy has a brutal October which is at this point forgivable, but has had some really untimely lapses since. Again, I generally think he is very good offensively but when I went to the Boston game and sat next to a Boston fan, he outlined their frustrations with him which pop up too often. Again, it's not the ceiling, it is the consistency that matters game in and game out
Then there is Brodie's sweet cough up to the hash marks last week
Let's face it, the team is bottom 20 percent of the league and the blame for several untimely and costly goals in terms of points extends beyond the goaltenders.
And don't get me wrong, Hiller has been consistently dreadful, and Backstrom has had one good outing,
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For sure, all three of the top D have had bad stretches and brain farts. Not even going to argue that. Fatigue, coming off injuries, and adapting to new systems all cause problems. If the Flames had a quality 4-5-6 throughout the season it would take pressure off those guys. Unfortunately...
BT is going to have a lot of fun this offseason trying to fix things.