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Originally Posted by squiggs96

Are they? Are they really? I love the Flames. I've been a season ticket holder for over a decade, but that -36 goal differential really tells where this team is as a hockey team, and in the standings. They are a team that gets outscored more often than they outscore another team. They are a team that doesn't score on the power play. They are a team that fades when things go wrong. They are a team that wants to go score a goal right away, but is told to stay in a system. They are a team that is not allowed to bank a puck off the boards against Vegas to ice the win, and instead has to trust the system which leads to two quick goals and a loss. This team is exactly what a minus 36 differential looks like. It disappoints me.

I don't want the whole team blown up, but I would like significant changes starting with GG. I think the Flames have a lot of great pieces in Gaudreau, Monahan, Hamilton, Tkachuk, Giordano, Smith, etc., but if the one in charge isn't using these great pieces properly, then you are going to see a team that gives up 36 more goals than it scores, and one that won't win enough games to make the playoffs.

My sentiments exactly.