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Mr.Coffee · 01-03-2023, 10:50 PM

I could only watch half the game tonight so missed the last half, so forgive me if this is wrong but the main problem with the Flames this season is obviously a lack of game breaking offence. It’s extremely obvious. And it’s why blaming Markstrom, after what I saw in the first where he stood on his head and stopped 3-4 unreal chances, is idiotic.

Calgarys top scorer is Lindholm who ranks 56th in the NHL. Goal scoring is up this year, again. McDavid is sort of on another planet so let’s ignore him but Thompson has like 20 more pts. There is a very huge distinct lack of offence and when Toffoli is your best goal scorer you’re going to have trouble. People blame Markstrom for too many nights off?! What about Dube, what about Mangiapane, what about Kadri, what about Huberdeau. These guys play every second night it seems. Way too inconsistent. Which brings me to Ruzicka, where the hell has he gone?

You know the best part of Sutter when he came in is he was way more of a mercenary at first. He didn’t give a #### who you were, he’d sit you or scratch you if you weren’t playing well. I’m not seeing that same level of required accountability this season?

So goal scoring is alarming and then more importantly, how the #### are we 25th in the NHL in PP?? This is a HUGE problem. Ignore Carolina and NJ, they obviously are doing fine without a great PP. but we need a good PP. According to Sutter, you need an “elite” Dman, and Andersson has been (in my opinion) BAD on the PP. Hesitant to shoot. Way too predisposed to passing (like Huberdeau). Next game talk needs to stress to the whole damn team to shoot and crash. How many times do the Flames get traffic? How many times have we scored on rebounds? Nowhere near enough.

I appreciate that they worked hard. To make the playoffs they need to do this every night. But time to switch Andersson off PP1 as he doesn’t shoot, and time to bring up Phillips on line 2, sit / demote Mangiapane, and / or consider a trade if you wanna make the playoffs.

01-03-2023, 10:50 PM	#175
Mr.Coffee damn onions Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I could only watch half the game tonight so missed the last half, so forgive me if this is wrong but the main problem with the Flames this season is obviously a lack of game breaking offence. It’s extremely obvious. And it’s why blaming Markstrom, after what I saw in the first where he stood on his head and stopped 3-4 unreal chances, is idiotic. Calgarys top scorer is Lindholm who ranks 56th in the NHL. Goal scoring is up this year, again. McDavid is sort of on another planet so let’s ignore him but Thompson has like 20 more pts. There is a very huge distinct lack of offence and when Toffoli is your best goal scorer you’re going to have trouble. People blame Markstrom for too many nights off?! What about Dube, what about Mangiapane, what about Kadri, what about Huberdeau. These guys play every second night it seems. Way too inconsistent. Which brings me to Ruzicka, where the hell has he gone? You know the best part of Sutter when he came in is he was way more of a mercenary at first. He didn’t give a #### who you were, he’d sit you or scratch you if you weren’t playing well. I’m not seeing that same level of required accountability this season? So goal scoring is alarming and then more importantly, how the #### are we 25th in the NHL in PP?? This is a HUGE problem. Ignore Carolina and NJ, they obviously are doing fine without a great PP. but we need a good PP. According to Sutter, you need an “elite” Dman, and Andersson has been (in my opinion) BAD on the PP. Hesitant to shoot. Way too predisposed to passing (like Huberdeau). Next game talk needs to stress to the whole damn team to shoot and crash. How many times do the Flames get traffic? How many times have we scored on rebounds? Nowhere near enough. I appreciate that they worked hard. To make the playoffs they need to do this every night. But time to switch Andersson off PP1 as he doesn’t shoot, and time to bring up Phillips on line 2, sit / demote Mangiapane, and / or consider a trade if you wanna make the playoffs.