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Originally Posted by Caged Great
This boils down to the Flames not respecting their opponents. The teams they face from now until the end of February are all bad pretty much with a couple of exceptions. It seems like they feel that those are easy points, don't try and then oh crap it's 3-0.
This team needs to get their head out of their posterior and realize that all teams are capable of being good except the Oilers. In order to actually win or make the playoffs, they need to try for more than the last 5 minutes.
if they actually try, they might win. I also wonder why they don't do the things that make them successful in the final 5 minutes all the time. The way they approach the game is entirely different.
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I think the way you have worded your post is interesting. 'You are better than your opponents, so play like it'.
That is the fundamental problem with the team, and us as fans.
There's the actual Few good teams in the league, the few garbage dwelling teams, then everybody else.
Flames are everybody else. The gm and the fans try to jump to the team being any better WAY too soon. I mean we're fans, what do we know.
However, trading away multiple 1st/2nd round picks for hamonic after beating being above average, especially if anyone pays attention to advanced stats?
Going into this season with your biggest move being bringing in lucic???
The team is mediocre. This team is WAY worse than last year. We aren't talking about it enough, but Giordano had fallen off a cliff. He's TERRIBLE this year. He wins barely any board battles now, and his shot doesn't get past the chin pads of the opposition forwards.
If the flames were smart they would maximize return on Giordano and backlund and perhaps gaudreau But they are not smart, they are stupid ( not opinion but observations made over 30 years).