The Flames won’t go anywhere until they have a real coach. It has to start there. Hiring some mediocre coach isn’t a option either. They need a well established coach that will push these guys and not hesitate to be like Torts and sit guys for poor play.
Still unreal how his contract was extended in the off season. He’s a nice guy but terrible coach. When he pulled Talbot against Dallas during that 3-4 goal frenzy and threw Riddick in, that’s where I would of fired him on the spot. They weren’t even bad goals.
Leadership is another big issue. Boys just aren’t getting fired up. I love Gio but his age is really showing how and he just doesn’t seem to be able to fire the boys up. As others have said, Markstrom should of been in net against the habs for the first game.
Last but not least the flames will go no where playing 2 of 3 periods. No consistency at all. I rarely tune into flames games anymore. I’d rather watch Edmonton play as at least it’s fun watching McDavid even though their team won’t go anywhere either with mediocre goaltending.
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