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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
I don’t think it’s intangibles. I think this team has Great depth. I think is a game breaker. The Flames need a 30-40 goal scorer. Probably improves the PP and moves everyone else down a line and gets garbage like Stajan and Lazar in the lineup. Flames need a Taylor Hall Type player in a bad way.
Unfortunately I don’t think we have the assets to add one and Calgary isn’t a free agent hot spot. Kind of comes back to Hamonic. Why he is a good player, he isnt what we needed and the assets used for him are what were needed to address our true need.
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By intangibles I mean a coach with the mentality that will push thet extra bit out of the, at times in the games to put teams away. Going up against the Oilers 3-0 last week early in the second would’ve turned thet into a 5-1 or more game. Same can be said for Buffalo or the Kings, two teams thet had just as low confidence and they would have packed up and moved on if the Flames gave them any sustained troubles and took the game a bit futher out of reach on the scoreboard, to match the play on the ice.
Versteeg is missed, and without breaking the bank,whether he is back or not, the Flames need to add some rentals to bring more of what a Versteeg brings to the roster, as well as pot a few key goals and the right times in games to prevent the unacceptable letting off of the hook of teams the past 9 days.
Offseason I’m not worried about yet, but Smith’s performances, and great seasons by JG cannot be wasted, and they need to be rewarded with playoffs because this team is good enough, just not lead by a guy thet can get all of what the players have in them, game in and game out.