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They’re a young team, a statement that is hard to quantify when you have a 35 year old goaltender and a 45 year old third liner, but still true when you think of the nucleus of players trusted with the most ice time. So are they lacking leadership or do they care too much?
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Nucleus of young trusted players:
Gaudreau 24.3
Monahan 23.1
Tkachuk 20.0
Hamilton 24.5
Bennett 21.5
jankowski 23.2
Kulak 23.9
Lazar 22.8
Of the top 5 Bennett and Tkachuk plays hard although Tkachuk is becoming Burrows... dirty but not physical.... .7 hits / game.
The other 3 play like they want to win the Lady Byng.
Last night they are getting it handed to them for the 2nd home game in a row to non-playoff teams and they dish out 7 hits!!!
A couple of shifts where everyone hits is far more likely to inspire better play than a few lobbed in pre-game warm up style SOG.
It seems that the Flames are actually paying attention to CORSI stats and padding their stats with harmless shots.
The Flames should have signed Iginla rather than Jagr or even better Hendricks.