[Joborule]

I hate Francis, and typically avoid his articles, but what he saying here is not wrong.

This team lacks heart, or ironically, fire. Not gonna go over every point, but one that sticks out with me is that I find the leadership from Gaudreau and Monahan lacking. They obviously have the skill, but they also have warts in their play that withholds them from reaching their full potential.

Monahan just doesn't have the 1st line centre edge by his lack of drive. He doesn't go to war to win puck battles or create takeaways. His full 200' game is lacking, and why I feel he'll only be a 2nd liner at best unless he finds that edge in his play and brings it every shift.

And Gaudreau far too often makes bad decisions with the puck at non-ideal locations that end up biting his team in the ass. His stop at the blueline and dish the puck east-west move hasn't been effective, and seems to results in more odd man rushes back the other way, than leading to a chance for.

Those players two warts I feel applies to many players on the roster. The only two players on the roster that seem bring each and every shift is Gio and Chucky. And Smith is obviously a competitor too. That's not enough for a team that wishes to make the playoffs and make noise. There needs to be more players next season that tries to make a positive impact each and every shift.

Determination needs to be the theme for the club next year if they're going to be successful. The biggest fault in Gulutzan is that he doesn't inspire that out of his players, and is why the heart in the team died when he became the head coach. The next coach will hopefully be better in the leader department, and can inspire the roster as a whole to have much more drive and resilience.

Calgary Flames should have a roster with fire once again.