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Originally Posted by indes
It's amazing how stark the difference is between watching a highlight package and watching the flames play. They seem to play sooo slow, it is truly reminiscent of the GG days. Tons of D to D passes, players standing still, dump and kind of chase. The flames of last year had a killer transition game with stretch plays and one touch passes, what the hell happened to these guys? Their attack is extremely telegraphed and most of their goals seem to be come off of unforced errors of the other team or lucky bounces.
This team is just no fun to watch. Lack of creativity, speed and intensity has waned my interest substantially.
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In the whole first period this game the Flames were transitioning fast, or at least trying to. The D to D passes that people have complained about weren't there, unless they were accommodating a line change. That tells me it's not a thing that Ward is coaching, unless he made a conscious decision to switch attacks in the second period. It tells me he told them to move the puck quickly, and they did for a while until they backslid. Now, I suppose it's also his job to keep them on task, but I think they aren't giving him respect because he's an interim coach.