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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Why are some folks seemingly reluctant to point the finger on the most obvious direction...the Flames best players have been awful. There's your group to blame.
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The defense was awful under Hartley but the forwards consistently delivered goals. Now the defense is still awful but the team's top forwards are not scoring. I don't think Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, etc turned terrible at the same time so really there's only one place to point the finger and that's towards the head coach. I will say it looks to me like the forwards are simply having a difficult time grasping a new system and that's partially on them for sure and I would expect over time they may catch on and right the ship. Unfortunately it's looking like by the time they do the season will be lost.
IMO finishing bottom 6 again with the GM's hand picked coach means that the GM has to be on the hot seat. I like Treliving but man if you are going to fire a head coach you better ensure you hire a replacement that is better and I'm not convinced that's going to be the case here.