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Originally Posted by djsFlames
I think what's most alarming is the team can't win a game in regulation.
If I'm not mistaken January 11th was the last one
We're coming on a month now, that's insane.
So Gulutzanesque in that team appears to play to be "in" the game, but not to run away with it. When we win we still let other teams hang around within a goal.
The lack of foot on throat is actually pretty disturbing considering Treliving's criteria throughout this rebuild has been to seek out character guys that want to win.
It's crazy how much that competitive nature has been sucked out of most of these players since the first round series.
Lindy still had it (maybe being relatively fresh to the team) but he's slowly falling into complacency with the rest of them.
Need a coaching/leadership/culture face lift in here, stat.
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What's most alarming is that it has been a butter soft schedule. The fact that this team is still in a playoff spot is an illusion of its perceived quality. There is nothing in their game that says...threat.
The temptation for Brad will be that the division is so weak, a few key pieces and you could make the conference final. I think this is also an illusion. Watch LVK...there is another gear there. The flames look like they are getting ready to downshift another gear.