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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I am leaning towards a Coaching upgrade.
Ward seems like he is out to get a bonus by making the replacement level players (Nordstrom, Simon, Leivo, Nesterov) into success stories. They all have been given a greater chance to fail than the guys that have been working their way up in the Flames system.
When you a Lucic and Ryan to the replacement level players it is pretty obvious that the Flames do not have the depth to roll 4 lines, They have basically talent for 2 top lines (now that Gaudreau and Monahan are playing closer to their potential)
Last night in a 3-1 3rd period of an important game defense TOI
Andersson 8:05
Gio 6:18
Valimaki 7:40
Tanev 6:29
Hanifin 4:05
Nesterov 5:40
What the heck? Hanifin has been the Flames best d-man of the season so far. Was he so awful last night to have his ice time cut rather than increased? Was he hurt?
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The answer is quite simple. Ward and this staff are not good coaches.