i really have no idea at this point. Thankfully, the PK looks much stronger. My biggest annoyance was the inability to know when to pressure the puck carrier on the PK. Early on, they were just floating around in their PK box and hoping passes would hit their sticks. instead the opposition PP would simply whip the puck around until a great scoring chance was inevitably available.
as far as their 5 on 5 play, there are games where they just look so terrible. Like last night's game, the philly game, the only passes they seemed to be able to get open for and actually complete were in their own zone d to d..... Like the concept of puck possession, speed, etc, were completely non-existent. How much is due to the flames vs the opposition's style of play, i don't know. I just know when the flames look bad, it's like a non-stop powerplay as far as puck possession goes...
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