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Originally Posted by timbit
Still have to be curious as to why their road record is so remarkably good.
Same coaches and same players as at home.
Still haven’t got a response.
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I think the Flames have to be very careful with how they look at this season.
There are concerns, but there are also some pretty good signs that it's coming together.
A team that's great on the road and brutal at home is certainly something that should give them pause, especially when the underlying numbers suggest they're actually better at home.
Personally I think it's a tightness issue that has them get down on home ice too often and then dominate against teams that are sitting on leads, but it's hard to argue against the fact that they're out playing teams for most of each night on home ice.
(The team's score adjusted numbers tend to move towards 7-10th league wide at home, but stay top three on road, adding some weight to this)
So the system is fine in my mind, the depth is spotty, but the big issue is being ready on home ice and handling that pressure.
If it's leadership then Gulutzan is in trouble because it's easier to fire a coach and bring in a task master who wills them to be ready than to add leadership to the roster.
But firing for the sake of firing would be foolish given the inconsistency of the direction the information is pointing.