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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Unfortunately that is...not a Flames' thing. I've never ever seen any Flames' team carry momentum of lessons learned from the previous season into the next one and give credit to the prior season. Nor have I ever heard any Flames' player say they are doing so good in the present season because they learned so many valuable lessons down the useless stretch the season before. Flames just don't do that. Other good teams learn from it. Not the Flames  . |
The Flames haven't had very many coaching changes mid-season. Just Darryl and Geoff Ward this century. When Darryl took over in 2002-03 mid-season, the team went 19-18-8-1 and missed out on the playoffs. In 2003-04, they went 42-30-7-3 and made it in the next season. Long time ago, but it's the same coach. Sutter is 12-14-0 so far and could end the season with a winning record, which probably doesn't mean a ton in the long run but could indicate that the team is moving in a positive direction.
As for last night, I found the game pretty enjoyable from an offensive standpoint. With all the movement in the offensive zone, including scissor switches and D joining in on the rush and on offense in the zone, it looked like a good sign that they worked on some things and hopefully that they aren't being confined to just getting the puck deep and taking shots from the point. They've done a lot of that boring stuff and Ottawa was tired, but I thought it was a pretty noticeable change yesterday.