Our coaching staff needs to go - Gulutzan, Cameron, Gerrard, Gelinas, Sigalet....clean the house.
Flames need to hire an experienced head coach like McLellan, Boudreau in past years....Claude Julien could be the guy....maybe even Gallant.....
The team also needs to blow up their defence. Gio/Brodie/Hamilton/Wideman/Jokipakka/Engelland is going nowhere.
Gio needs to go. Wideman will be UFA. Same with Engelland I believe....and a new D-core needs to be built around Brodie and Giordano.
Our D is heavily overrated and thats part of a huge problem. There's constant blown coverages in our own zone.
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2. Brodie
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4. Hamilton
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That is what our defence depth should look like. The fact is that the Flames don't have a true #1 dman....and its not like they grow on trees but every contender has one...just a thought....unless your entire top 4 is pure quality.
We need to hire a proper goalie coach....
Gaudreau-Monahan-XXX
Tkachuk-Bennett-XXX
XXX-Backlund-Frolik
Versteeg-Jankowski-Brouwer
Brodie-XXX
XXX-Hamilton
XXX-XXX
XXX
XXX
NEEDS:
- 1RW
- 2RW
- 3LW
- 1RD
- 2LD
- 3LD
- 3RD
- Starting Goalie
- Backup Goalie
Guys like Bouma, Stajan, Ferland have no place on this team. Bouma/Ferland are always injured and arent really that solid defensively either. Stajan is well....Stajan....
That's my version of a championship team....so many holes to fill....this team is nowhere close to competing. With a lot of cap space coming off this summer, the onus is on management to take massive strides and do whatever necessary to fill as many holes as possible.
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