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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Holly crap, the Flames fan pity party, 2017-18 season post mortem, why our window is going to close on this core with no success post mortem is just at another level today.
0 patience from many for this young core to actually develop and 0 patience for this management to take the time needed to find and get all the pieces needed to compliment the core. And all of the unreasonableness being justified because of apparent decades of hard ship (which wether true or not, has 0 bearing on what's going on now) cheering for this team.
Painful. So much more painful then anything I've seen on the ice this year.
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Respect your opinion, and wish I was as patient.
That being said, is this really a fan expectation problem?
The gm predicted this team was a hamonic away from taking the next step to a contender. The coach openly stated this should be a 100pt team.
This team is right in the bubble. Other than goaltending, Gaudreau, and the progression of tkatchuk, the rest of the team has been pretty meh.
We desperately need a 2nd line. On a playoff and cup contending team, tkatchuk is the only guy still on the 2nd line. Backlund/Frolik make up an excellent 3rd line. And take your favourite current bottom 6 to form your 4th line.
Our strength used to be offense from the defence, that has disappeared. This team doesn't play any kind of quick transition game, and prefer a controlled break out, which eliminates a lot of off-the-rush type offence. I blame the coaches for the lack of effectiveness of the offense from the d. Brodie is a great dman on the rush, he's not a good defensive player, nor is he a strong point dman in ur traditional 'halfcourt' offence. So while he could be extremely valuable in the 'new nhl' he's of no value to the flames or their system.
This team has a gap in the way it's been constructed (personnel) and how it's coached. I sure hope it's a quiet deadline for the flames, so they can take a look on which to change in the offseason, after the inevitable early exit or missing the playoffs altogether.....