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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
Our identity with Ward so far.
Dump and chase hockey with small forwards and passing back to our blue line while the opposition sets up.
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It is very puzzling to me that ever since the first half of the 2019-20 season, that this team completely flipped the switch on the tempo it plays, considering the construct of the team.
Whenever the Flames play quick north-south, fast breakout hockey, that's when they are firing on cylinders and looking lethal. A really good example of that was Game 6 against the Stars before the wheels fell off in the bubble playoffs last year.
But the coaching over the past two years seem to encourage the players to play more at a much more conservative pace, which only helps out the opposition in setting up to contain the breakout. Thus you get all these dump and chases that don't amount to anything, because that's not how the roster is built play.
This should be a fast, get the opposition chasing team, rather than slow entry, try to physically overpower the opposition team. And the NHL is all about being fast now. But the Flames coaching has consistently seem to go against that trend despite it appearing promising.