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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Do people forget that the Flames had one of the best power plays in the entire League last season with Cameron and most of the same on-ice personnel? I am not remotely convinced that he is a problem.
I said it in another thread about the powerplay, but to my eye the biggest issue has been that the players are too stationary and don't move the puck quickly enough. I don't believe these are tactical issues so much as they have to do with player execution. It is understandable for a group that has struggled so mightily for the past several weeks on the powerplay to be second guessing and not executing. I think they need to—and will—work through it.
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The Flames had their struggles for a big chunk of the year last year as well, but ended up as the 10th ranked PP unit. I'm not sure scraping into the top 10 qualifies them as "one of the best power plays in the league". The best units display consistency, and not lengthy sinkholes in competency like the Flames have, time and time again, shown under Cameron's leadership.
The PP is killing the Flames right now and has been since late November - this team would be 6-8 points higher in the standings if not for complete and utter incompetence with the man advantage. I'm inclined to blame Cameron as he has been the constant the last 2 seasons despite having a playoff caliber team to work with. A good coach would be able to turn the ship around and not continue to walk barefoot in the horse manure the rest of the year.