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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
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The Flames were grossly outplayed in the Dallas series.
The Jets were missing their top two centers in Little and Scheifele. Take out any opponent's top two line centers and you can get away with not having a competent head coach.
My question to you is: what made Ward coach so differently in that qualifier round that has changed all of a sudden less than 1 month into this season? Was Bennett randomly benched or scratched or moved to wing in that series? Were Robinson, Rinaldo, Reider and Jankowski randomly promoted to the top line?
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The Flames were a complete mess right before the Peters’ situation occurred. Ward came in and at the very least, steadied the ship and didn’t make things worse. I like the job he did in the bubble, they actually won a round. Losing Scheifele was big for the Jets, but they didn’t have Little for 90% of the year and were still playing well. The Flames also lost Tkachuk in the Dallas series and thus lost their top line at the time. They lost, it wasn’t that close, but the Stars went to the Stanley Cup finals, so that speaks to how good that team was. Plus I blamed Gaudreau and Monahan more for that loss then the coaching staff. With Tkachuk out, they needed to step up and they didn’t.
As for question about Ward, nothing has changed. Message is still the same, system is still the same. It’s the core players and to a lesser extent the new members of this team that haven’t stepped up to the plate to deliver. Bottom 6 scoring is basically non existent, not enough production from the majority of your core. Lots of basic mistakes, lots of defensive breakdowns, not enough pride in their game. Lots of things that are out of the coach’s hands. Puck watching, bad bounces, undisciplined penalties, missing the net on grade A chances and etc.