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Originally Posted by browna
Gg lit a fire under them for a few games and they found a way to win those close games, along with a few blowouts.
That fire went away, GG doesn't have any further bullets in the gun to lite any more firs under the playees, and the team is back to being prepared, playing well, but not having that extara gear and that killer instinct, despite the decent overall play the lat 4 games, and losing them all.
Its now a fairly defined trend given this is what we saw certainly through December before the Hamilton/Jagr/stick toss trifecta and Treliving laying down the law, and goes to show that this team needs something to more consistently push them, forwards especially, to be that very little better and get that goal to tie it or go ahead, and to not keep a team in it when ahead by two goals in the second.
If you're Treliving or Burke you can not be pleased with this last week, giving up points against a reeling Buffalo, LA and Oilers team, in the same fashion you gave up points to SJ and ANA before Christmas which sparked Treliving's moves in the early new year. Never mind that he sees time running out in the season and the trade deadline and had to figure out where the Flames are going to be....and not waste this defensive and goaltending effort this year.
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I agree with the sentiment but not some of the specifics.
Over the 7 game winning streak it came down to the usual suspects flat out being even better than they already have been.
Gio Point Per Game
Hamilton Point Per Game
Backlund Point Per Game
Ferland and Tkachuk 9 points
Monahan 10 points in 6 games
Gaudreau 13 points
The bottom half of the roster:
Brodie 2 points
Stajan 1 point
Bennett 1 point
Lazar 1 point in 6 games
Hathway 1 point
Hamonic 1 point
Stone 0
Kulak 0
Mangiapane 0
I thought Gaudreau was awful tonight but it's tough for me to really fault him when he's otherwise been lights out in the previous 45 games. I don't know how much more you can squeeze out of the top end of the roster offensively.
It's been almost 50 games now. I don't think the rest of the roster has it in them to produce offensively without sacrificing a huge amount of defensive positioning to do it.
Trelilving's cold sweats must've returned.