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Originally Posted by CSharp
As much as we hate Bieksa as a Nucklehead and a Ducks, he's on the money about the Flames. The D has been soft ever since Regehr got traded. Actually, the Flames D got soft when JBo and Butler were introduced to the Flames. Besides Tkachuk, the forwards are fairly ineffective late in the season and into the playoffs when the going gets tough. Nobody wants to get into the dirty areas - well maybe except for Lucic and Bennett - if and when they show up. Skilled buttery soft team!
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Really. He was on the money?
What was their identity during the regular season two years ago when the finished 1st in the west?
He didn’t mention any of this.
No. He simply brought up irrelevant players from the past because he is emotionally trolling Flames fans with nostalgia. Good job. It worked.
Using a construct like identity to explain the problems with their play is a false flag. Too often they’re mentally weak. Firing the coach and getting another new face preaching another “identity” hasn’t helped and isn’t an answer.
I don’t think Tkachuk is mentally weak.
I think he has slowly pulled the team mentality out of this state the past two years. I think that’s why he’s talked about as captain material and why he was sorely missed in the playoffs.
Calling a team with 1/4 of their forwards who play as physical anyone and who will fight just about anyone in the league “buttery soft” is laughable and only plays into the notion of “identity” being a media/fan cliche.