As is usual with this team, if there's an excuse out there this group grabs it by the horns and uses it.
I could definitely understand the team running out of steam in the second half of the game and losing due to fatigue. This wasn't the case. This was a team that couldn't execute simple plays anywhere on the ice from puck drop.
It's one game, at the same time, with how crappy they have been so far this season, they have really used up any good will from this fan.
I definitely think this team is overrated by us. They can't score and don't generate much 5v5. They are worse defensively which is kind of shocking. Giordano, Hamonic, Hanafin have all been subpar to expectations. I have been surprisingly impressed with stone.
If treliving doesn't trade hamonic for just about anything before the deadline I'm going to really drop my faith in him being a pragmatic manager of this group.
The fact that the Pacific leaders are wild card level compared to the other conference is really indicative of the quality of the division. Sad that the flames, a team that everyone thought was on the rise, have fallen off so much.
This is going to be a sad place should the flames lose the next game (imagine losing to the oil and nucks consecutively). I wouldn't put it past them, they are of the same quality as the oilers and nucks this season.
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