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Grubauer played a great game, not to mention the Flames hit 3 posts.
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Every goalie looks good against a team that can't score.
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Single game save percentage? You can’t be serious with this stuff?
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If smith didn't play lights out, the flames wouldn't have won.
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The power play had lots of good looks for their limited opportunities. Unlucky to not get one.
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I thought the PP was bad. Sure they had a lot of zone time. But no one moved their feet. No one was creative. IT was pretty much, shoot from the point with lots of bodies in front of the net. In my opinion, it wasn't good.
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the 3M line had good chances.
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It was arguably one of their worst games this year.
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10 minutes for the 4th line? Since when is this an issue? This is commonplace in the NHL especially considering players on our 4th line are also penalty killers.
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Except they didn't really do that - Versteeg (11.5 minutes ice time; 0 minutes of PK time), Stajan (9 minutes ice time; 30 seconds of PK time), Brouwer (13.5 minutes ice time; 33 seconds of PK time). So its an issue that they're getting to much time in the case of Versteeg and Brouwer too much PP time.
But Im assuming you won't agree since you thought the PP was pretty good :P
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If you can’t stand how Gulutzan coaches that’s fine, but even then replacing him in the off season is a much better idea than doing it now.
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Like I said in my original post, i thought it was the flames best game of the season, and things look to be trending up. But if you thought the flames played a great game....I think you're fooling yourself.
I think you're missing the broader issue, however - I think the flames are a very good team...on paper. And the team is in its contending window that might only be 4 years (when you look at the salary cap of the team and age profiles of the players). I have significant misgivings that GG is the guy to take them to the promised land. Making the playoffs isn't good enough. Being a top 8 team in the conference isn't good enough. The stakes are high. You waste this year, there's only 3 left.
Why waste a year if you don't have to? If he's not the right coach, get the right one in place.