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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Granted, but he's had a lot of success in the regular season before, so this isn't a big surprise.
He's notorious for getting the most out of his lineup. He's a perfect hybrid of a player's coach and a task master. His style is an uptempo attacking style which works well with a young quick lineup. It's the perfect tactics for the roster he has, and he's maximized the talent he was given, which wasn't great to begin the year.
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Or he’s just a coach who has inherited a great team that was built for the new NHL unlike our team that’s built for the old NHL. Gallant doesn’t have a great NHL track record of success. He’s only made the playoffs once and was bounced out in the 1st round.
McPhee is the real genius behind the curtains. He chose players specifically who could play fast, react fast and defend fast. The Flames are built the opposite, we’re slow, lack skill and play with a lot of edge that in turn leads to a lot of penalties.
Our PK isn’t good enough to allow so many good teams PP opportunities to hurt us. But we do and we’ve done it 2 years in a row by leading the league in penalties. Could you guys imagine how many less goals we’d allow if we took less penalties? We’d have more wins that’s for sure.