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Originally Posted by GioforPM
With all due respect, I think you are watching for Flames mistakes and at the same time being overly impressed by the other team.
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There's a level of hyper criticism all over CP right now that is just crazy in my opinion.
It's as if the fan base has grown to expect a bad hockey team, and when we have a good hockey team - they go into full denial and create problems in their mind where problems don't exist.
There is no "perfect" player, and there is certainly no "perfect" team. This is a league built around the idea of parity. Problems exist on all teams, and all players make mistakes.
Some people want to pile on Brodie for having the odd defensive gaffe, as if there's some other 2nd pairing defenceman making sub-5M out there who should be playing in his place.
Some people want to spend assets to acquire a "legit top line RW" to play with Monahan and Gaudreau because...Ferland isn't on pace for 40 goals, just a lowly 37.
Some people don't believe Monahan is a #1 centre...despite the fact he's on pace for 90+ points.
Some people choose to believe Dougie Hamilton is a bad defenceman and that he and Giordano aren't one of the best pairings in the league...when they absolutely are one of the best pairings in the league, and it's pretty much undeniable at this stage.
Some people want to pile on Bennett for not producing based on their own personal expectations of what a 4th overall pick should produce, while ignoring the fact that ever since he got some good linemates, he's been part of an effective 3rd line group of forwards that is doing more good than bad.
This team is growing and developing right in front of us, but so many of us seem to believe we should be playing like a full team of hardened veterans who play a flawless 60 minute game. Going back to Brent Sutter's era, where all he wanted was mistake free hockey for 60 minutes...that's like chasing a unicorn. Mistake free hockey doesn't exist. It doesn't exist for the Penguins, the Hawks, the Oilers (..haha), and it certainly doesn't exist for the Flames.