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Originally Posted by GeoRock
This is an odd argument. So we should be fine to watch our team consistently underperform? We are 10/15 in our conference and currently sitting out of a playoff spot 1/3 into the season after pulling in the 'best D on paper' this summer. Clearly there are many teams that are consistently better than the flames this year.
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To be fair, when I wrote that they were not out of the POs. But the point is that they were not going though the roller coaster that was suggested, and they had avoided the funks the team used to have (especially off the top of the season).
It's pretty clear his "system" works when executed. The players said exactly that and referenced his hard skate a week or so ago as the reason they tightened up their play and started to perform better. It's also clear that they are not yet committed to it. Last night the second period was super flat.
I agree the PP needs to be better (really it's the major complaint right now that I agree with). But I don't actually agree with the folks who say a big point shot is the easy fix. Or that Brouwer is a huge problem. I think they just are not sending enough pucks at the goal on the PP as a result of overpassing and taking too long to make a decision with the puck. It's too easy to defend a slow puck moving PP.
One thing that I think is funny - if you did have a point shot based PP, you want Brouwer in front. He's better at screening than anyone else because of his size (both height and weight).