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Originally Posted by Bingo
If I'm coaching a hockey team I don't coach by results. It has to be the process and then you hope your roster has the ability to convert the chances.
The Flames with the existing lines and pairings have given up less and generated more.
I don't go away from that formula because they're hitting too many goal posts.
Completely blows me away that I had to argue that strength of schedule matters for weeks on end, and now I'm being told it matters as a reason why we shouldn't leave the lines alone and need to demote Lucic.
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I had always been in complete agreement that strength of schedule is a big factor. So I'm not sure what you're getting at. Case in point, the Panthers getting off to a decent start playing a super easy schedule but then faceplanting once things got harder. Similar situation with the Devils although they won many more games early on.
Looch has 4 points in his last 18 games, and 3 of them were against the Sharks. Honestly, I haven't seen much evidence that he's 2nd line material.
The Flames have a number of winnable games this month and it's crucial that they don't lose more ground in the playoff race. This team usually wins when they score 3 goals and usually lose when they are held to 2 or fewer. Have to find some consistency offensively to be successful. It's nice to think that all those posts will eventually become goals, but things don't always go as nice and neatly as we expect them to. I'm worried that Looch on the 2nd line may be hampering that line instead of helping it. Not sure what the situation is with Ruzicka but hopefully he gets back to being the player he was earlier in the season.