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Originally Posted by AC
Too early to be calling for heads IMO.
The system seemed to work very well last year once all the players clicked. We became one of the best teams in the league for the 2nd half, and had a dominant PP, and a really good PK.
We were also the better team in the playoffs, undone by horrid goaltending.
Team went 40-23-3 over the last 66 games last year, with the 6th best PP and the 6th best PK. Took until Nov 15 for that pace to start, I'm frustrated the team didn't pick up where they left off in the regular season, but I'm also willing to be patient since it's a really long season filled with ups and downs.
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You can say the team was undone by horrid goaltending I would agree with you, but they only scored more than 2 goals in 1 of the 4 games in the playoffs.
You don't win many games in the NHL, in any era, scoring 2 goals per game.
The Flames can't score. Any other problems will be magnified by the fact that the team isn't dangerous and thus not respected in the offensive zone.
This is what I don't get about some posters referring to this team as having the skill level to compete. High skill teams score lots of goals, average skilled teams score an average amount of goals and underskilled teams score below average amounts of goals.
The Flames are 29th in the league in scoring. I think that's an indication of their skill level.