Short Term Problems:
- One line team
- Shallow at center ice
- Over reliance on goaltending
- 3 of the 4 lines incapable of consistently playing Darryl’s checking style
- Some of the defensive pairs have real struggled recently
- Team is slow and cannot play at the pace upper echelon teams play at
- Flames are an analytics darling, but in reality, cannot finish and cannot execute at a high level
- Teams adjusting to Flames, not catching teams off guard as much, so less quick starts
- Major cap crunch looming, which will likely limit the types of rental players management can go after
Long Term Problems:
- Shallow depth due to a rushed rebuild = not enough picks = not enough prospects
- Too many expensive UFAs limiting cap space
- Window to win likely closing
- Major cap crunch looming, so even if important players are re-signed, not a lot of cap space left to improve team drastically
- Gaudreau is a UFA in a few months, Tkachuk & Mangiapane each are 1 year from UFA, Kylington ready for a big raise as well
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