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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Meh. I don’t think I’ve been this apathetic towards a Flames team since 2013 when they traded Iginla. I’m finding it hard to care about them right now. I don’t find myself looking forward to games, and honestly I don’t find myself getting overly excited about wins right now.
I miss caring about this team, but I’m finding it difficult to find a reason to care right now. They’re not an elite team. They have no high end prospects coming. They have no elite talent on the current roster. They don’t play an exciting brand.
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Sucks to say, but that is what happens when you lose 2 elite 100+ points players in a single off-season. Say what you want about both players "betrayal", greed, wife issues, lack of desire to win, whatever. Both those guys brought fans out of their seats on a night to night basis, even when the team was losing.
I know we were all excited thinking we "won" the FLA trade. But deep down I knew the team was losing a lot of the excitement factor and you could at least look forward to being entertained. Not sure what Huby is at this point. Extremely hard to believe he was considered a legit superstar over the past half-decade. I get trying to adapt to a new system. But I can't recall a single play this season where I thought he did something "magical" or got me out of my seat. All I see is a guy who is a class act in front of the mic, but often misses passes, sucks 1 on 1, has very few elite moves, and looks like a middle 6 forward most nights. Hasn't been a single game this season where he has legit taken over and you could point to him being the stand out 1st star of the night. Very disappointing. I guess the good news is his new contract doesn't kick in until next season, so
maybe it takes him a year to figure things out here before he takes off.
Big Sutter fan here, but his choices are baffling. Seems to have lost the concept of icing your best possible roster night in and night out. Otherwise we'd have seen the younger guys being put in positions to succeed and Vladar in the net more often.
I still watch the games, albeit more in the background while doing something else. I think the team will struggle to get to the post-season ,but make it in. Will take a miracle to win more than a few games though, as every team seems to be a bad match up for them right now. God help us if we somehow play the Oilers again.
No choice but to ride the rest of the season out and pray they get it together at the right time. However Flames' history tells us that will not be the case.