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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
It's an 82 game season, naturally goaltenders will steal games for your team. A lot of opposition goaltenders and even their backups have stolen games for their team against us as well. It's definitely not just the Flames, that was my main point. We haven't been as bad as everyone thinks, the coaching isn't as bad as everyone thinks and we're facing the same type of problems every team faces in a long season.
To your second point, we gave up a lot for Hamonic. But he hasn't been nearly as impactful as I personally thought he was going to be. He doesn't have a great offensive skillset and it shows with his 1 goal this season. Been solid in the defensive end, but the addition of him doesn't make us a contender. He's just a slight upgrade over losing Derek Engelland.
Treliving also stated in the summer that he thought scoring goals was going to be this team's weakest link and it has come true. We rely on 2 lines to win us virtually every game. Other teams have the type of depth to have 3 or 4 lines consistently contributing in a meaningful way. We don't have that. We have a rookie center who's hit the rookie wall hard and a 4th line that's under performed compared to last season. Not enough internal help.
I'll be disappointed if we miss the playoffs. But I didn't think we'd be a contender anyway. I thought we'd be a bubble playoff team with a chance to win a round and that's where I think we are. We've had a tough schedule up to date and now this is the time where the team needs to make up ground and win. With no passengers and maybe even a small trade deadline addition, I think we can get hot and get in. Mike Smith has the ability to steal a round as well, so I definitely haven't given up on the season.
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I agree, that's my point. There is no use in saying "well, if Frolik didn't make that dumb play we would have 2 more points", as it's something that happens to every team.
Hamonic has been fine for a while now. The trouble is, we assumed that Brodie would return to his old self which hasn't happened. I'm not saying it is that, but Brodie became a lot less effective since GG took over and forced him on the left side.
As for the bolded, when you give up so much for a guy like Hamonic, you'd expect your team to be a contender. I believe that was the thought process of Treliving. To do that and still be on the bubble has to be disappointing.