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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
To me it seems like a lot of fans including yourself wanted to pin the "okay with losing" tag on guys like Gaudreau, Hamilton, Monahan, etc because of an uninformed Francis article.
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There were multiple comments from media and NHL insiders, in Calgary and outside Calgary, including allusions by Flames management themselves, that there was a problem with the try level and resilience on the team. You can choose to pretend it was all just fabricated by Francis if you want to.
NHLer's shouldn't need a coach to inspire them to try hard every game, ever shift, with or without the puck. The best pros are self-starters and bear down on all elements of the game, not just scoring. I took Treliving's comment that this team was too young to lead itself as an indictment of the players more than GG.