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Originally Posted by jayswin
Both Bennett and Ferland are getting lots of ice time, RicardoW. Be careful, you'll out yourself as a Jets fan if you don't pay close attention to Flames stats while deriding the team without watching them, pretending to be a fan.  |
Yep Ferland is 11th in Toi and Bennett is 12th.
There are only 13 players in the top 3 lines and 2 pairings of defensemen. So the Flames are regularly putting out 5 man units that only accidentally make physical contact with the other team.
Try finding a softer team in the league.
The Flames are 31st in the league in teams hits.
I am saying that the Flames have a personnel problem that will not get solved by a new coach unless he has enough clout to force player changes.
GG had no trouble playing Engelland and his style 18:20 a game for 81 games last season. The Flames just don't have hard players as talented as Engelland. A new coach would be worth 5M / year if he could get Hamilton to play more like Pronger and less like Bouwmeester.