First off, if you don't have a subscription to The Athletic... a top-quality succinct piece the next day that gives us this much insight into how the Flames could be turning it around lately is a good reason to give them a serious look. They give you consistently great content for your money on a level that the networks aren't even close to IMO
But this is an interesting shift in the Flames season for sure. There was a noticeable bump in confidence and going back to the lines that worked in the past may seem obvious - but we see tons of coaches that refuse to re-evaluate (Brodie under GG anyone?). Moving some talent around wasn't a bad call, but with as many players having terrible years as there were, I'm glad we have a coach intelligent enough to have a chat with his team about what they can do together.
The re-formed 3M also has a LOT of potential with Mangiapane in there now and Johnny has been flying out there lately. Results are coming if they can keep up this play, but the Kings game was definitely cause-for-pause. Addressing that game very decisively in Anaheim has me excited for the next game more than I have been in a little while.
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