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Originally Posted by Joborule

You cannot say for absolute certainty that he wouldn't have gotten fired if the team performed under .500 during that stretch. What if it was a 7 game losing streak? Still wouldn't be fire according to you? Unless your Treliving himself, I doubt that there was absolutely zero risk that he wouldn't have been fired. There was a lot of heat on the team, and the coach at that time.

At the time the team was in a position that they have to muster up a streak to get back into the race. They did that, and now have at least muster up points still to remain in a playoff spot. At this point, considering how late into the season it is, and the playoff push officially starts now, he's safe from this point on.

The team overall has been okay. They've gotten the first goals in most of the games, have kept the puck out of their net for the most part also. The issue with this team presently is their inability to utilize their PP opportunities, lack of finishing scoring opportunities, and finishing games/killer instinct in general. They will be getting Frolik and hopefully Versteeg into the lineup soon. Things could be better than what the previous four games have delivered.

With Versteeg coming back soon, perhaps the PP will improve tremendously, and address the team problem of killer instinct. Although I'm of the opinion that with or without him, the PP should still be able to function much better than they have. Both the first and second unit should be threats to score on the PP. Not just one player. As long as they keep the same coach (Cameron) and run the ineffective structure they're running, the PP is gonna remain mediocre, and it will hinder the Flames ability to gain more victories.

I can say that I would have bet a lot of money that a seven game losing streak would Not have resulted in him getting fired in season. Exhibit A: TMac. You don’t just fire a guy mid season when there is no long term solution to replace him. To what end? And the Flames probably don’t want to pay three coaches this year either.