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Originally Posted by taxbuster
That was a game that alternated between frustrating and entertaining. Kinda fun in its own way and happy that the Flames took advantage of the opportunities on the PP.
However - on the whole, they still look like Game 1 - disorganized, confused and often passing to......no-one or nowhere. And Johnny gets away with a lot of giveaways only because he is often fast enough to get back and break up the play. But he REALLY needs to be more careful sometimes.
Brodie needs a rest. Dunno what's wrong with him, but clearly his head is not in the game right now. Maybe he's just tired out - has a bit of a tough life, so a rest might not be a bad thing at all.
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I actually agree with a lot of this and, while I dont want to pile on Gulutzan, some of these issues are his responsibilities.
Disorganized, confused, and passes going nowhere and to no one. Unprepared.
The issue with Brodie might well just be some time off. Be it in the press-box, or whatever, because he was abysmal today and quite frankly, I dont think that means that Brodie is garbage and has forgotten how to hockey, hes probably just got other things on his mind and to give him some time to sort those out would likely be beneficial to everyone.
Hes a good hockey player, hell, a great hockey player, but hes also human. We dont want to trade him, but we need him playing at a different level.
And it wasnt just today, today Hamilton was bad but that seems like more of a one-off, Brodie has been off all season so far.