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Originally Posted by timbit
I hope creating current success with the Flames is not as complicated as some posters pretend it to be.
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I think it both is and isn't.
It should be easier than most claim. As Sutter pointed out, the team is capable of dominating periods against any other team in this division. We have seen it all season. We saw it last season. And we saw it two seasons ago. They have the ability.
Because of this though I think we have the right to be uncertain exactly how to fix it. It isn't a players talent issue, probably. It isn't a playing systems problem, allegedly (not sure I agree but willing to give Sutter any benefit of the doubt.) Those are things that should be immediately fixable. Instead it's some weird mixed problem of proper motivation and effort, consistent thought, and proper usage. Whether anyone can take these guys and get them into the right gear is an open question, hence the projected difficulty in getting them there. But if anyone can it is probably someone like Sutter.