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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 was reading this and thinking:
Thats right, except we have in Brodie, Giordano and Hamilton some of the most offensively talented blueliners around.
Who arent allowed to do anything.
We are struggling for goals and relying on 2 lines because the GM built the team to get some offence from the back-end and the coach isnt letting them.