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Originally Posted by taxbuster
So on the issue of conditioning, who's doing that now for the Flames? I remember Rich Hesketh from some years back (don't think he's there any more) but during his tenure, the Flames were generally in pretty good shape. Don't think he'd have let a "Johnny" live on the kind of diet we've heard about.
I've thought for a long time - starting back in the Colorado series - that the Flames look gassed half-way through games and just don't have enough oomph to compete. Size helps, too, and they are definitely on the smallish side and get pushed off the puck too easily and frequently. It takes a certain mental tenacity I'd think to stick to a regime. Not sure it's happening here.
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The Flames are 16th/31 in average weight, so you're right, but it's nothing crazy.
I will say this, ever since Ryan Asten came into the picture, the Flames have dealt with way fewer injuries. They must be one of the healthiest teams in the league over the past eight years or so.
It almost makes you wonder if conditioning and injuries are correlated to an extent.
There's probably a happy medium somewhere