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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
There was some talk that Florida was changing the way they played as their system wasn't conducive to winning. I believe Sutter brought that up himself as well during one presser.
It may be difficult to make Huberdeau effective without changing the whole system to a more run-and-gun system, and this doesn't guarantee any more wins. I am all for it, since the Flames aren't winning anything right now anyway. It just may not be the right answer either.
At the moment, I think the Flames should just keep at it with what they are trying to do. AFAIK, the offensive system was changed, and the players all had the green light (including defencemen) to be creative out there rather than play in a rigid system. Maybe they are not executing? Maybe they are leaning on what they have been doing in the past too often because they are hesitating?
That's the tough part when losses pile up - everyone starts playing a bit more slow, and then you have the odd guys who try to do too much by themselves. It starts looking ugly. I am not sure that anyone - even any of the videos that we have seen from THIS season (which is where the system should be changing) - really knows what it is actually supposed to look like.
What I do remember clearly is that in the off-season, Conroy specifically stated that he wants this team to have an unstructured, creative offensive system, but to also make sure they return to playing a structured defensive system (that Huska changed to zone). I don't know why, especially with the lack of goal-scoring, that the team suddenly reversed course into that overly structured offensive system. I think that players are falling back on it because they are not feeling comfortable out there.
I guess that I am not convinced that the Flames have deviated from an aspect of their game that they specifically wanted to address, at this stage in the season. Let's see what the month of November brings before we decide that Huska is a terrible coach who hasn't really changed anything.
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Doesn't seem like Florida changed much from Q to Brunette to Maurice.
A lot of these players played this perimeter system and shots shots shots system for the last 3 plus years, and a few that came in the last season got broken down when they came in to follow this style.
Its probably habits that have to be broken I would hope, but its starting to feel like what they said in the media and what they are doing is two different things.
They talked a lot about our D joining the rush, skating the puck up and I have seen none of that, they don't come in on the rush to create that next wave they often just fade away or follow the rest of the guys and get caught covered up.
Shooting on a set goalie is always going to be difficult unless you get a lot of traffic in front of them.