[Erick Estrada]

There is a lot of mediocrity in across the league this season. I feel this is a year a team like the Flames could jump out in front and challenge for a conference title or even Presidents Trophy. Unfortunately that's simply not in the cards with the current head coach who is undoubtably a tier two coach. There's no doubt in my mind that with a better coach this team is good enough to go head to head with the Blues for tops in the conference so it's a real shame that such an opportunity is being wasted as they don't come along often. Has to be tough especially for Burke who didn't pick Gulutzan and probably knows the opportunity being wasted. He can't step on Treliving's toes so it's amazing he's been able to keep all the hairs of that big mop on his head as this has to be tough to watch for him.

I know the glass half full people will cling to the winning streaks but to me the guy is forever searching for that answer to a mathematical equation that doesn't translate to on ice greatness. He simply does too much stuff that goes against the grain (rolling all four lines late into games is his signature) and it's kind of ######ing the potential of the team. There's no doubt in my mind you could sit across a table from him and get blown away by some of his philosophical hockey talk but there's more to leading men that fancy talk as I simply don't see the leadership intangibles required to get the players to play like they know there will be consequences for selfish or careless play. This is by far the most careless hockey team I have ever seen. The casualness they turn over the puck is astonishing but that's what happens when players know there aren't going to be consequences for their actions.