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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
27 pages of arguing about this coach but maybe, just maybe, this team just isn't very good.
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On paper, does this team look like a bottom feeder? Compare this team to the 2013-14 team which had Galiardi, Butler, McGrattan, Westgarth, Shane O'Brien. and Reto Berra? Or the 2012-13 team that had Cervenka, Begin, Butler, Comeau, Jackman, Sarich?
You have Brodie with 2 points, Monahan with 6, Gaudreau with 8. All 3 are a combined -31 with 14 games played. Take those 3 out of the group and our combined +/- is a plus 12 (even including Grossman's -4). Engelland leads our team for +/- even though he was Brodie's partner for half the games.
Our problem is very apparent, and our top players are not currently our top players. The Ducks last year were putrid at the beginning of the season and Getzlaf had a 16 game goalless streak where the Ducks were dead last in the western conference.
The Flames have too much talent to be where they are. Will they turn it around with Gulutzan in time to salvage this season? Let's hope so.