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Originally Posted by Kasi
No my feeling last year is how it always is with Sutter. It’s great if there is buy in. We know from previous stints with us and LA that there is a shelf life with Sutter that after a certain point players check out. Heck Tkachuk has pretty much told the media he wanted no part of Sutter anymore. So yeah my thoughts were yay Sutter was connecting with the team and we did well. Now it’s just hard to not think of the impending expiry date we knew was coming at some point. I didn’t think it would be this year though.
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Over the last 13 games, the Flames have let in 2 or fewer goals 7 times. During this time they have a record of 5-8. The fact they aren't even winning the vast majority of these 7 games is fairly telling that the offense isn't getting it done.
**If you toss out empty net goals they have actually held opponents to 2 or fewer goals 8 times during this stretch.
Does not scoring enough equate to players checking out? I'd say holding teams to account defensively more than 60% of the time indicates the opposite - the team is buying in, they just need more from a lot of the best players. You're not winning many games in this league by 1-0 or 2-1 margins and last year the teams best players were getting it done.