Good news is that they get to face some easy teams for the next few. Let's hope that they manage to get themselves on a roll with that.
There is a tonne of negative things I simply would love to explode with at the moment, but I will keep it (relatively) brief. I honestly didn't think the Flames would win the game tonight, but I didn't think they would be more than doubled-up in goals. Yeah, that goal getting called back was deflating, but have some fricken resiliency for once. Start an important game the right way. Don't get blown out by a divisional opponent.
I expect that in game 61 of a season in which this team went all in, playing a divisional opponent, that this team would at least have their 'good starts' figured out, and be a tad more resilient.
I don't know what is missing on this team, I don't know if Gulutzan is that bad of a coach, but something isn't right and I don't think it matters what trade they make next week, it isn't going to fix anything overnight. I look at the Golden Knights and they just keep coming and coming regardless of what the score is, what has happened in a game, and they compete hard out there all the time. That's what I call a well-coached team.
Hold this trade deadline. I don't want to see any rentals coming here. Unless they are young, fast and skilled, and the player comes with term that the Flames can use for next season, I don't even want to see a trade spending more assets. This team doesn't look like they will make the playoffs, and if they do, the way they are playing doesn't give me a lot of confidence.
VGK play hard all game, all season long. I can't say that about the Flames many times this season. That's the biggest difference right now between these two teams and their respective placement in the division.
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