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Originally Posted by troutman
Don't know what a coach can do about the Leafs being quicker in every way - faster to the puck, quick to take away space. That is a skill/management problem. Smith is making up for some of it.
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Are they quicker, or were the Flames just slow last night? I felt that the compete level on the Flames just wasn't there, even in a number of situations that guys were fighting for those '50-50' pucks along the boards. I don't know how much of it you can pin on the coach, but I do believe that the Flames were quite listless and it made the Leafs seem much faster.