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Originally Posted by FBI
Super frustrated.
What the hell is going on with Bennett? He was great in the preseason and this was supposed to be his breakout year sigh.
Our system looks like a joke so far. And it's borrrring.
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Same thing that's happening to every other player on this team. Trying to do what the coaches tell them, it doesn't work, they get frustrated, start doing too much, frustration compounded, rinse and repeat.
A lot of hockey fans say it's the players on the ice who are ultimately accountable for their play. But if they're surrounded by a broken system it can really end up being 4-5 against 1 -- I can't even count how many times Gaudreau tried to beat four Canes players by himself last night -- largely because his linemates were busy "playing the system".
Gulutzan is really showing immaturity as a coach making such sweeping changes so quickly. Utterly wasted the preseason and now we're five games into a slowly unfolding disaster.
I'll give Gulutzan some credit though, there's been a few periods where it looked like the system worked as intended. The Flames didn't score, mind you, but they didn't give up any goals either. So I'm not saying Gulutzan doesn't have any good ideas, he just doesn't appear to have any idea how to get 23 men on the same page. If he doesn't simplify his system drastically, his tenure will be short.