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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The team has a different core than it had two season ago. Pro sports is extremely status-driven, and the guys getting the big bucks are the top dogs.
Two years ago the top dogs were:
Gaudreau
Monahan
Tkachuk
Backlund
Lindholm
Hanifin
Last season the top dogs were:
Huberdeau
Kadri
Weegar
Backlund
Mangiapane
Hanifin
Very different core. Different pecking order. Different group dynamic.
Did last season’s team really look like a bunch of guys playing and fighting for one another?
Warrener isn’t a hockey savant. But he’s probably a pretty good judge of team dynamics and chemistry. I believe him when he says the team looks like it has big locker room problems.
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He knows some of the guys too, so he likely hears a lot more than we know. Lindholm, Huberdeau didn't click, Kadri at times didn't show up. Lindholm, Backlund show up but the guys getting paid have some influence on how things went down on the ice. Some guys supported the coach but the 2 new guys didn't mesh well. The changes were too much and Sutter wasn't himself either.
Time for the Flames to reset and accept chamge.