Another potential reason to put down your pitchforks for another couple of weeks:
https://twitter.com/DarrenWHaynes/st...44802427977728
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FWIW, #Flames have had 7 'legit' practices (excluding optionals/game-day skates) in 4 weeks since season began. They have 5 in next 7 days.
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With our ridiculous schedule so far, there is a case to be made that the Flames haven't had enough on-ice practice with the new system yet (especially Monahan and Gaudreau).
In other words, I think it's still a little premature to judge how some of our young guys will do under this system. They've only known Hartley's structure-less breakaway or die system since entering the NHL so it takes a while to smack those bad habits out of them. The system has really helped our bottom-9 and even players like Engelland who just need to keep it simple.