I am becoming as apathetic as some of the players wearing the flaming C.
Silver lining is that perhaps the system is decent enough, and the team has most of the necessary pieces organizationally, but need to learn how to play possession hockey better. It would explain how they take so many minor penalties. Hartley's system was a more passive system that relied on counterattacking. Maybe they just need more experience in playing this kind of a system.
On the other hand, I would not be upset if the Flames decided on a coaching change next season either. This team seems unprepared too often and unable to make comebacks. They don't seem to have that urgency, determination, passion and intensity in their game any longer. They also don't seem able to generate high-quality scoring chances, and seem overly-concerned about making sure that they win the corsi game.
They are in a playoff position, but I seem to look at them as not being much better than last season's team, and generally worse than the season before that.
They are still a rebuilding team, and being in a playoff spot is great, but it seems like the other teams being bad has just as much to do with their place in the standings.
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