Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Well, as a STH, I have been to 4 of the 5 games so far.
In those four games, the Flames are 0-4 and have been outscored 14-4. Four goals in 4 games.
It's sports, I understand that you lose sometimes. But when you drop $10k a year for a pair of tickets, I expect exciting, entertaining hockey, and I expect inspired efforts.
The Flames have a ton of talent, but they aren't utilizing it at all. They are far from firing on all cylinders, or getting the most out of their players.
What scares me, as a STH for the last 14 years, is that, after sitting through the frustrations of a team that just couldn't put it all together, then having the god-awful Brent Sutter era, and then a rebuild (which I was all for), we now have the most talented team we have had since I have been here, but it is starting to look like we might be wasting it.
The talent is there, without question: Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, Backlund, Bennett, Giordano, Hamilton, Brodie, Hamonic. That is plenty of talent to build a solid (and presumably exciting) team around.
And yet it's not.
I was patient last year with the coaching staff. And it got better as the season went on. Yet here we are with all of the same issues in year 2. So as a STH, I have to say that I am starting to get pretty frustrated.
I would much rather watch Jankowski and Bennett and Lazar fail (because there is hope and expectation that they will improve), than watch Brouwer and Stajan and Versteeg fail.
/r
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