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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I never bought that excuse for Hamilton. In any given season about a third of players in the NHL are learning a new system. And as was pointed out by edslunch, every player on the Flames will be learning a new system next season. Should we expect them all to play terribly for the first couple months?
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What exactly is the Flames system? Fall back and collapse in front of the net and sacrifice your body to block shots? I imagine it took him a while to get used to playing an outdated system that went against a lot of principles he had been taught over his career. Even guys like Gio and Brodie that were well versed in the system looked like amateurs at times last season.