Tough to see the team start so well and fizzle down the stretch of this road trip where they should have closed it out with 3 wins. I wasn’t sure if the move in real time but in hindsight picking Mackey over Valimaki was a bad call. One guy is someone the organization invested a 1st round pick and the other was a college free agent signing older than 3 of our top 4 D from last season.
Huberdeau wanting to do it all has rendered him mediocre so far. Having all these games at home so early only added to the pressure to get off to a hot start.
The Flames were 15-15 after Sutter took over in 2021 so it took him 30 games and an offseason to figure out how to best use his top players. I don’t think many expected the Flames to be amazing due to all the changes but after 5-1 it looked possible so to see them stink it up this past week has been frustrating
I am disappointed in the team right now but still believe they will figure it out.
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