Since Flames don't have a first OR second round pick this season, this cannot be a lost season, and Flames need to not only make the playoffs, but actually win at least one round. The expectation would be that the Flames picks this year would be late ones anyway. We're getting closer to American thanksgiving where you get a good idea of what kind of team you are.
Flames on paper should not be a mediocre team, but that's how they are performing up to this point. Meanwhile a rebuilding team like Vancouver actually looks like they may be for real, and won't be a pushover this season. How come that team can exceed expectations, yet GG can't get this team to play up to them? How come this team makes brutal mistakes with more frequency than the opposing team, and other teams in different games? Isn't the Flames suppose to have the best defensive depth in the league? Therefore, they shouldn't be giving up as many grade A chances right?
This team plays fairly sloppy. They don't function like a well tuned machine, where each part does it role efficiently. It's practically been the first line alone that has kept this team afloat. There's been no secondary scoring whatsoever from the bottom lines, and that's just not sustainable. The bottom six is not that bad that it cannot produce period.
The Flames need to be one of the best teams in the league this season. Anything less than May hockey is failed year. Is Glen capable of making the team one of the hardest to beat, and get the team to be a top 2 team in the division? I mentioned before that my confidence in him is nonexistent. The warts on this team that was prevalent last season still show up, and I think that's more of a reflection the coaching than the players themselves. I don't believe he's capable of making the adjustments, or getting this team to the next step of being a contender.
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