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Originally Posted by New Era
Rewatch the game. Halak rarely had to go cross-crease. He was allowed to get square to almost every opportunity the Flames had. If there is a weakness in the Flames' system, it is not getting the defense to move laterally. Also, how many odd man rushes did the Flames have, versus the Bruins? The Bruins had many more odd man rushes than the Flames, and they were able to cash in on them. The Flames did not use this new found speed to generate odd man rushes. It wasn't much different than last season.
I get that everyone is all excited about hockey being back, and trying to find positives in the changes brought to the lineup, but there wasn't much difference from last year. The Flames looked okay against the Bruins, but this was a Bruins squad that was missing s number of important starters. There is a very long way to go.
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Are you even a fan? It's absolutely unreal to be this negative after a single practice and preseason game.
Things don't change in one game. It's going to be a really long season for you at this rate.