I know the Flames, especially the top line, plays a very crisp game in the offensive zone and for breakout from the D, and thus the movement of the puck around the ice rely on hard and precise tape to tape passes and being able to give and of course recieve those hard passes.
The last handful of games (I'd say the last 4 or 5, and again tonight) there's been a fair share of bouncing and skipping on edge pucks which basically negate that type of possession and puck movement and the chances go for not because of some deteriorated crappy ice.
And, that seems to be coinciding with the weather and full capacity at the Dome.
With the failing ice plant at the Dome basically a main hockey operational reason for a new rink, that issue isn't likely to go away as we get further into spring.
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