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Originally Posted by djsFlames
The glaring problem under Ward is attention to defence.
It's an obvious issue. I think you'd see more offence as a result of greater commitment in your own zone too.
If you think you're in some kind of window you're not putting your best foot forward by just running our the season with an interim.
Guys need a defined system that emphasizes speed and back checking and a guy like Gallant offers exactly that blueprint.
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When the Flames are motivated, truly motivated, they can - and do - play good D. Almost suffocating sometimes on teams. But it's too rare. The first and second Edmonton games were pretty good that way - not at lot for McAvi and Raisaitl there, and a few other games this year. But no consistency.
And then they forget to play as a team and everything falls apart as they run around stupidly everywhere.
Beats me, but I think it's coaching and a change of scenery for a batch of players. This team is "good" when they want to be and at best semi-mediocre the rest of the time.