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Originally Posted by sureLoss
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Everything he said is correct. The Gulutzan system is too passive. It's good for keeping goals out of net, which has been the case for the most part, but there's still times that the opposing team gets grade A chances, and Mike Smith has had to bail us out. Meanwhile, it's not good at creating grade A chances for. And I'm not talking about savable shots from good scoring location. I'm talking about great set ups that give the shooting a prime chance at scoring at an open net. The team scoring has dried up because these opportunities haven't been available.
It's all about risk/reward. The GG system is very low risk, and as such, low reward. The Flames don't have the NHL Team Canada roster out there that the 3 forwards for each line will be able to make magic happen and get goals by cycling around until they find an opening.
This team needs to be more assertive, and take a higher risk, higher reward approach. To add on to what Button said, I find this team is fairly passive in forechecking, and doesn't generate enough attack zone turnovers. (Which is what caused the Frolik goal against last night) They've invested into this defense for a reason. Trust that it and Smith can bail you out when the assertiveness results in a turnover. Get more goals off of the rush, and turnovers generated. And then apply that same energy into the PP which truly is slower than molasses in January. You got an extra man! Take advantage of it, and keep the opposing team on their heels.
2 goals per game is not gonna cut it. In the end it's not about how much goals you gave up, it's about having more than the opposition at the final. And their passive play is keeping them in the losing end more times than not.
Flames need to 'attack', and dictate the game by being aggressive. Play to win the game, rather than to not lose. Because doing the latter will result in not achieving the former. Say what you want about Hartley hockey and all the corsi BS and bad statistics, his teams were exciting and he did lead us to second round of hockey for the first time in over a decade as a result. And that was with a mediocre roster. GG has a better one.