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Originally Posted by Vinny01
It really has always felt like on paper the Flames had an elite D
Coming out of the lockout they had Regehr, Leopold, Hamrlik, and rookie Phaneuf. Search and Bouwmeester were added to that group as Leopold and Hamrlik moved on. The tail end of Regehr, Phaneuf, and Bouwmeester Giordano was emerging. Then it shifted to Gio, Brodie as the top guys with Hamilton and Hamonic added. Now we have Weegar, Hanifin, Andersson, Tanev and incredibly strong 5-6.
It has always felt like this team has had a top defense but only occasionally they have been able to live up to the hype.
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Always seems like attitude is the major thing with this team. They just seem to stop playing. It's like Toronto who epically collapses ever year in the playoffs. The Flames just go into this mode where they stop scoring and start making defensive mistakes.