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Originally Posted by ---Hatrick---
I hear ya. They seem to struggle to score at times, which is why we need to target help in the top 6.
Is it an issue that stems from coaching? I don’t know, maybe. Could be personnel, could be adjustments teams are making to play them. I do know that the record under Ward has been impressive and I’m not going to sit here and say it’s solely due to the goaltending
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I think some nights the goaltending is the beneficiary of solid D. Then some nights like last night, the goalie makes a few 10 bell saves that truly make a difference.
I pretty firmly believe the example I cited, which I see more than once every game, can only be rectified by coaching.
You can not tell me that when it is Gio and Brodie on the back end, and either the Monahan / Gaudreau or Lindholm / Tkachuk based lines up front, that it is a personnel issue.
This team is deciding not to move as a 5 man unit with speed. This D to D thing appears to be deliberate, and I don’t know if Gelinas is bringing it back from the old times with Sutters who believe that dump and chase and a cycle game is the only way to win
When the Flames were outscoring their defensive issues early last year, they were moving the puck quickly. Now the only guy I see even somewhat regularly doing touch passes and having the puck as quickly off his stick as it arrived is Tkachuk
I love good goaltending and the W, but that’s not a game you win more than 50 percent of the time, playing that way