This team looks awfully familiar to the team I have been watching over the last 5 years.
I can't really remember the last time I have seen this team display a sustained, shift after shift, intense effort. They are often of the losing end of "50:50" pucks because their puck pursuit is so bland. Team speed is definitely a factor in that, but so is a determined collective effort, which this team doesn't possess. Unfortunately each line has a completely different approach to how they want to play, down to each player having what it seems like very different ideas each night on how they want to play. I see very little cohesion.
Even when a D man pinches he quickly gives up because there is often very little support from the other players to support the rush.
All in all a pretty typical Calgary Flames performance.
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