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Originally Posted by zamler
Do you think the Flames are playing to their potential? If not how far off?
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I suppose for me:
Defense would at least need to pass the eye test (cut the moronic brain-dead turnovers/plays down to a minimum) and the advanced stats test (all 3 pairings > 50% in 5v5 CF).
3M would need to remain possession freaks while chipping in offensively at around a 40-50 point pace, about where they were last year.
Jagr line needs to start carrying rabbit's feet, sleeping with Cree dreamcatchers and holding ritualistic Mayan sacrifices to jinx the other team's goalie. The goals gotta start going in soon again, right?
4th line needs to start chipping in again. Brouwer looking confident at least, but Versteeg sometimes leaves his head at home. Lazar needs to sit and watch from above until he figures out what hockey is again - he's killing plays worse than "2016 Whipping Boy" Brouwer, which is really saying something.
Smith needs to be Smith. The backups need to at least keep their GAA under 3 and sv% over .920.
Thing is, all of these are pretty attainable and within reach - and we'd be a top 5 team, easy. Just a matter of time. But my patience is definitely being tested.