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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Fan 960 crew talking about how the team is struggling as they figure out how to integrate all the new players.
...every team has new players. Every team. This team signed a defence man who has been good, and a goalie who has been elite. They then signed a bunch of junk and are playing them WAY too much and WAY too high in the line-up.
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That’s a fair point though...
Gio needs time to learn that shooting the puck directly into the other teams shin pads to either keep the puck in the Flames zone or allow an odd man rush against isn’t really the plan.
Tkachuk needs time to figure out that lazy half assed efforts to clear the zone isn’t what the system is.
Lucic needs time to learn what colour jerseys the team wears so he can occasionally pass to the correct team.
Backlund needs to learn that being the last man back and turning the puck over to allow a clear cut breakaway to the other teams best player is probably not ideal. He’s new, give him some time.
The entire team needs time to learn that, generally speaking, shooting directly into the goalies chest or 20 feet high and wide is unlikely to score many goals and standing around watching in the D zone like pylons is more an Edmonton style... not Calgary’s. Just give them some time to gel. Like, maybe, another 15 years.