[Maritime Q-Scout]

I often wonder what the Flames culture is like at the executive level.

I truly believe that in order for a team to win, it starts with the owners/president and works down.

Stress should work it's way up the corporate ladder, not down. What I mean by that is when the heat is on the 4th line for not producing, your 1st line should be saying "we've got this". When the 1st line isn't producing the coaching staff should be deflecting the heat to themselves. The GM deflect it to themself, off the coach. President or whomever deflect off the GM.

If your employees/players are supported and allowed to make mistakes then they'll go through fire for you. The going through fire is the "extra gear" that's talked about in the playoffs.

Is the rink too much of a distraction? Are people looking out for themselves and not others? Are people in the organization properly supported?

I don't know the answers to any of these questions. Perhaps everything is fantastic and the team is a model franchise? But one playoff run in 30 years tells me it's not the players, that each year, while an isolated data point, shows a trend.

We look north to the dumpster fire that is the Oilers, and basically point the finger to Katz, Lowe, et al.

How much better are our owners, executives, etc?

Now some might read this and take my questioning as condemning the franchise. They are legit questions, and if the answers are "it's great" then great.

I think there's something off within the organization's culture. Is there a Calgary OBC that are blind to something?

I don't know.

Yes, the playoffs changed to a completely different game.

How effective was Peters at getting makeup calls?

How is the team approaching the NHL about the playoffs officiating?

I'm rambling on my phone at this point with lots of questions and no real answers.