I'm not calling for GG's head. He got the team into the playoffs last year and it's only one game in but he has to change tactics.
Flames are not a chip and chase team (of course you have to do it sometimes) they need to carry the puck in. Gaudreau is not going to retrieve pucks on the dump, he has to carry it into the zone and be creative.
I feel GG has taken the creativity out because he's afraid of turnovers at the blue line. Backlund's line may have been one of the better lines tonight but it wasn't a great game by them. Backlund can execute zone entries- that's when you see Tkachuk gaining possession down low.
It was so easy on Talbot because CGY was never dangerous. They kept doing the same stuff and it doesn't work.
EDM walked into the offensive zone all night, they rarely dumped it. CGY could not breakout to save their lives.
Smith was the only positive. GG won't change tactics but it's clear this team won't play to make plays but instead play afraid to make mistakes.
Jagr rarely dumps the puck but he might get coached into it. Hopefully the opposite happens and the rest oft the players take after him and some creativity spreads through the lineup.
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