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Originally Posted by Wild GM
My growing concern is that the mix of players is not right. In the salary cap era NHL it is increasingly becoming about if you have the right combination of players.
The Flames aren't particularly fast
The Flames aren't particularly big
The Flames don't play a heavy game
So what are they?
I think they have some high end skill for sure.
But when you think about "how they are going to win" the answer isn't clear.
I think too many of their top line players are too passive. You can have some of those but I would suggest overall Tkachuk, Backlund, and Gio are the only ones in the core that really have a lot of sandpiper. Ferland does but still isn't consistent enough with it (though I have zero complaints about him overall)
If Sam can continue to find his game, he is another who certainly has grit.
And for those saying the team is timid because of the coach, I don't agree. Some of these guys (Monny, Hamilton, etc) just don't have that in them.
I would be in favor of moving out a piece like Brodie or even Hamilton to bring in a core player with more grit.
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We should be a team that makes you pay every time with our transition game. We should be a team who's D is all over the ice jumping into plays and creating offense.
Our main strength should be offense from the back end and while we may not have the heaviest grittiest team we also are not slow or small.
I think we have a great mix of skill, speed and grit. This roster is underperforming and I believe it comes straight from the system.
EVERYONE IS ALWAYS STANDING STILL. It infuriates me to see how many players are flat footed all game. Wingers waiting for passes, defenseman after they make a pass in the neutral zone. The whole ####ing PP. Defense on the breakout waiting for Smith to pass it to them.
I'm not sure how anyone can defend GGs systems at this point. Clearly not built for this team as there have been very few games where they looked dominant.
