Bad players can make any coach look like a fool, but the Flames seem to be trying things the same way, with no positive results, so consistently that I suspect we're seeing a good enactment of Gulutzan's system, and that scares me....
The powerplay entries, with a dump back to the trailer who chips it towards a player on the boards as he hits the blue line, the circling back of the D in the defensive zone when pressured, rather than chipping it off the boards, the pinching D at the offensive blue line, etc., etc. None of it is getting the Flames out of their zone eficiently and generating offense.
Figers crossed it really is just growing pains