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Senators enter matchup with the Flames on losing streak
BOTTOM LINE: The Ottawa Senators, on a three-game losing streak, play the Calgary Flames.
Calgary has gone 9-7-1 at home and 17-18-5 overall. The Flames have allowed 127 goals while scoring 121 for a -6 scoring differential.
Ottawa is 14-21 overall and 4-11-0 on the road. The Senators are 10th in the league with 164 total penalties (averaging 4.7 per game).
Calgary Flames players have shown management that they’re not good enough to win
His answer to Ryan Leslie’s question about the direction of the franchise set Flames Twitter ablaze.
“Well every day since the start of the season, Craig, Dave, Brad, myself have talked about how to improve the club every day, short-term or long-term. Flames fans know we have some contracts that are up. We’d like to keep all our players. The reality is in a cap world you probably can’t. It’s a real balancing act. Ultimately the players sort of dictate who stays and who goes, quite frankly… We’re continuing to look at our team. We thought, okay we’ll get through the All-Star break, see where we sit, see where we stand. Continue to talk to our own players and agents and yet, realistically be in the marketplace and try and figure out how we can better this club. And that’s a daily act on our part.”
His answer left a lot of Flames fans worried that there is not a definitive long term plan in place to get the Calgary Flames back to being a legitimate playoff team, and ultimately, a Stanley Cup contender.