Man Management: The system is fine but the choices made on lines and ice time are mind boggling.
Special teams: If the Flames had a half assed decent PP they would be solidly in a playoff spot despite the above.
Mike Smith's injury: I like what I see from Gillies and Rittich but neither can carry the mail right now at the level of Smith.
TJ Brodie: He has single handedly cost us games this year with his blunders. He reads the offensive play well, he can make an outlet pass when not pressured, and he has good instincts when to jump into the rush but he is absolutely terrible when under pressure in his own zone, his skating on the back check is lazy, he gets owned physically by stronger guys and he gets walked a lot. He is also terrible when teams have sustained pressure in our zone cycling the puck, he gets lost in positioning. Combine that with the major blunder at least once a game where he makes an inexcusable play under no pressure where he just makes a bad decision and you have a recipe for deflating plays that kill the team.
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