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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
That article was fantastic
It basically confirms everything we have been seeing, pinpoints the moments where things break down, and shows the cause
Key point is that Huberdeau is good and the Flames play stupid hockey
It’s hilarious and painful to watch the other 2 forwards skate straight at the 2 D men.
Or entering the zone in lime with each other. We are coaching our U11s attack triangles on 3 on 2 zone entries, for goodness sake
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We don’t play stupid hockey, we play playoff style hockey. Heck, even Bill Zito acknowledged that his team wasn’t playing a game conducive to playoff success, so he pretty much nuked his President’s Trophy winning coaching staff and traded away their history record breaking winger.
Those are pretty bold moves to make for a team that almost won 60 games. But it worked and they went all the way to the Stanley Cup finals beating some really good teams in the process. Personally, I think the Flames could’ve been the Florida Panthers of the west last year, we played well against the good teams last year, but we just didn’t get good enough performances from the goaltending and game breaking side to get us over the hump.