Yes, the Flames need to improve their offense. But lazy players like Vanek are not the answer. There are 3 things that need to be done, which I believe would all help immensely:
1) get a scoring RW (like a Hoffman, not a Vanek)
2) improve the PP (last year they were a 1520th place team in offense most of the year. A better PP throughout the season, and they probably would have been more like 10-15th)
3) utilize the defense properly, and add tempo to the style of play (passing it back and forth between the D caused the forwards to have to stop in the neutral zone. This killed their offensive flow. Guys like Gaudreau could overcome that, but much of the rest of the team - and the bottom 6 in particular - really suffered offensively as a result of the style)
After a bad year, fans are far too negative about the talent on the team. Playing a better style, and getting the confidence level back, will make all the players look better than they did this year.
IMO, this was a bad year, not: this is a bad team
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