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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Disagree entirely. A team that's gone all-in as hard as the Flames have and traded just about every meaningful pick for the next two years has no excuse to miss the playoffs by any margin. The time for excuses and "finding their way" is over for this club, this is the team that is either going to make it or not.
I'm just going to throw some quick stats out to highlight where the team is at.
Flames are currently:
28th in GF/G
14th in GA/G
20th in PP%
20th in PK%
20th in SF/G
25th in SA/G
I'm sorry, but if this trend continues then the coaching staff needs to be seriously looked at. If the problem really is the players as you suggest, then we'd better be ready for rebuild 2.0 because those numbers are pathetic for a team that fancies themselves contenders. Bottom third of the league in just about every metric.
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All of this requires the contextual understanding of "10 games in". IF this were indeed the numbers over a full season, I'm sure they would also likely be in the bottom 3rd of the league, which would instantly put his job in question.
If it stays like this all year, I'd be genuinely surprised.