The Gulutzan years were bad but this season has been the worst. At least under Gulutzan you could point to a coach in over his head with his insistence on the square peg in round hole approach. This season has to be the lowest compete level of any Flames team I can remember and it's been under two different coaches. I think most of us can agree Ward isn't NHL head coach material but it's pretty clear at this point that a better coach is still going to have major issues with the core of this team as it is today. I'm fairly sure Gaudreau will be moved in the offseason but I'm not so sure he should be the only player. The GM really needs to get to the bottom of this as the team looks like it's heading into a death spiral.
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