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Originally Posted by Rutuu
Sigh...there are a few reasons that Canada has a 30+yr dry spell going for a cup. Bagging out a hall of fame coach when the underlying defensive metrics say otherwise is as Canadian as snow on May long weekend.
15 more goals from Huberdeau / Mangiapane and 15 more stops from Markstrom and this team is easily in the playoffs.
They've got centre depth...defensive depth and what was once a top goalie.
Its sports, sometimes it doesn't go your way, but one of the ONLY natural advantages Calgary has at the moment is that there is a top coach that lives 2.5hrs away and feels he owes the city / franchise something.
Why are we throwing our one advantage away?
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15 more goals from 2 guys or the 15 saves from Markstrom would have surely helped....But to me, the coaching is still the #1 problem. 17 OT/SO losses? Over 20 losses when outshooting your opponents by more than 10? Those issues are at the crux of the problem, and land squarely on the coaching staff, albeit ably assisted by the goalies for the second one. But even that is a coaching issue, or at the very least, competent goalie coaching/management would have mitigated the damage.
Correct either of those problems by even 10%, and they make the playoffs.