I will say the Flames are a better constructed team top to bottom than the Canes and BP will have more to work with in goal and in top end skill. A big thing will be if he can help us shore up the defense so that we're not leaving Smith out to dry and needing him to play the hero. Also eliminating that unraveling in games that came after bad goals. After the hiring, it's up to Treliving to address the issue of scoring depth. Without helping that situation we can't really expect too much regardless of who's coaching. We figured out in the last couple months that the vast majority of our scoring ability relies on three players.
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