What I am most pleased with is the lack of breakaways against the Flames this season. It was a common theme last season and the first ~20 or so games this season. Even when the Flames started winning, there was always a breakaway for the other team.
Things have really tightened up really well. Johnson has been playing well, but I haven't seen him 'steal' a bunch of games, even when the Flames have been out-shot. Now they are scoring well on top of having a decent defence.
I fully expect that by February, there will be some asinine chest-thumping threads on HF about how the Flames have the best top 4 in the league, another one warning people about the Flames going around burning down villages, 'Does Johnson get Vezina Consideration?', and "Gulutzan for the Jack Adams".
It is a sport. Entertainment. People are passionate. There is a difference between the usual trolls and the 'debbie downers' trying to force us all to see how bad things are, rather than how good things are, but aside from them I don't think you can really harp on fans that were screaming for Gulutzan's head. We are fans here, not people in the decision making process, and it it is times like these that shows.
I myself waffled between 'firing' Gulutzan and not. Maybe if there was a candidate I really liked, I would have turned into a screaming nincompoop as well, instead of just the regular nincompoop I am.
edit: Woops - this is the Treliving thread. Yeah, everyone screaming for Treliving to get axed needs to hang their head in shame. Maybe not get called out, but sit their in the corner silently while you contemplate things.
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