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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Come on man. It was fairly common knowledge he Flames defied several statistics the year before to make playoffs. A drop off was absolutely expected. Treliving wanting to reward the team and build for the future used thst summer to trade picks thst were locked in for a 22 year old former top 10 pick that was absolutely living up to the hype.
I get your point but we have all watched this team under Hartley and Gulutzan. Hartley’s teams appeared to have an identity and we knew they were going g to work hard every game. Gulutzan’s team looked great at points and pathetic at others. Which team will show up? Well if it was a massive game we knew it would be the crappy version but other games it was a toss up
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Yeah I don't see it the same way. I think Gulutzan's team works just as hard. They just couldn't put the puck in the net enough this season with the bountiful chances they had. Fact is, we were 5th last under Hartley in his last season here and we were worst in the goals allowed territory.
Under Hartley, we weren't a good defensive team. We were also 2nd to last in 12-13 and 8th last in 13-14. Personally, I liked Hartley for his entertaining style, the 14-15 season and all the laughs with the media. But he's a worse coach then Gulutzan and was never going to be the long term answer here and probably the entire league as it doesn't appear that he'll be getting a gig anywhere in the NHL with his outdated and draconian coaching tactics.