We don't have the horses. Look how much possession Quinn Hughes had. The Flames don't have players with that level of skill right now. It will hopefully improve in the coming years, but the Flames just don't have the players to dominate that format yet.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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