Is there any reason to have hope the Flames will come home and be able to win at a decent rate?
It's not a small sample size any more. We have a president's cup worthy road record and a draft lottery hopeful home record. Something is clearly broken in how we're matching line, or the system we play at home.
We could theoretically miss the playoffs with the best road record in the league. I wonder if that's ever been done in the nhl or any major sports league.
All I can think of is the Flames maybe are better suited at playing a patient game where they keep the home team on the perimeter and wait for mistakes and counter attacks, but don't succeed at trying to create offense and defend against the counter attack. Whatever it is, the coaching staff needs to figure it out right about now.
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