A few things that keep being brought up, but I think people aren't looking at the big picture or all the moving parts or looking to hard for faults.
Bart is just fine as a 7th Dman. He gets paid peanuts and allows Andersson and the other young Dmen to continue to develop playing a ton of minutes.
The roster is always a evolution from day one, but it also needs to be managed in terms of roster limits and cap. I think a lot of people just needed to take a breath as Treliving eventually got the pieces up here.
The PP is struggling, but I think that will come and go depending on how the first line is playing. They struggled mightily in Dec and that is when it did a swan dive in terms of %. Also Gio is only 14 mins behind Brodie of TOI on the PP for the season so I don't know where that complaint for him not being used came from.
I also don't think Stajan and Brouwer get enough credit for the PK work since both the Detroit game and Frolik injury.
Taking the entire season as a whole I don't really have a problem with how things are going. They have played 43 games and I think you can see the evolution of the team in a positive way. From the emergence of the 3rd line, the new blood on the 4th line, the team defense improvements, emergence of Ferland, etc. Overall they are where I expected them to be, solidly in the mix for a playoff spot.
Funny thing is Vegas being shot out of a canon is why this race is that much more interesting. In some alternate universe Without them around Flames would be sitting 2nd in the division at or near the half way point of the season. In reality with Vegas being the top, I am content sitting 3rd in the division after 43 games. Still lots of hockey to be played.
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