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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
No, he might be closer to 50 with Gaudreau and more than 16 minutes of ice time. Guy has an absolute rocket and anyone who has watched him play would know that. If the system was so bad, then Gaudreau wouldn't be on pace for 90+ points, Monahan at 30, Ferland at 20 and Tkachuk at 24.
Blaming the system for a lack of finishing is such a cop out answer. It's like when people here were blaming Sigalet and trying to get him fired because Elliott was stinking it up here. Then Elliott showed us his real side in the playoffs and Smith has showed up to prove what actually good goaltending looks like.
Peter Loubardias called it right the other day when he said that this city and fanbase gets too down on coaching when this team isn't winning, more so then any other fanbase he's seen. I'm in total agreement with him. I've seen 11 or 12 coaches go through this franchise since I've been a fan and no coaching change has ever turned us into a juggernaut of a team.
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That's low even for Loubardias to make that comment. Acting like coaches in Edmonton or Montreal weren't thrown to the wolves recently??
Why do you think this team has never turned into a juggernaut based on coaching? The Flames almost always go cheap and hire someone nobody else wants. With the exception of the Brent Sutter debacle where they actually lured a coach away, this team always picks a coach up off the scrap heap and they get what they pay for imo.