After a great performance last night versus Dallas the Flames put in another stinker. Every other game the same thing is observed: Despite a change of the coaching staff the Calgary Flames are not a consistent hockey club.
That means the finger points straight to the players lead by the non-existent captain. Granted, there’s no natural centerman to speak of on this club, but when Matt Stajan is consistently your best player, you know something is wrong.
Danny Taylor made his debut tonight, and as Flames fans were hoping they’d get something better than Irving, they really got Irving 2.0. Tough to really measure Taylor tonight, but he was the cause of 3 goals so you can’t really put your stock in him. 45 seconds in he mishandled the puck and the Flames pretty much folded the tent there.
Calgary is a sub .500 team yet again, can’t find consistency, and frustrates fans to no end. LA in town Wednesday. Don’t expect any huge changes, the question will be which Flames club will show up?
Top line was the 4th line. Iginla should sit in the pressbox. Heck the whole team should fold, it’s just a serious bunch of misfits
Despite the many changes the team gone through, fans are crushed with disappointing losses and it is difficult to decipher whether another transition will make a significant difference. Nevertheless, even if it does, it will be a couple of years before the Flames can rise above and well beyond standards.
Some of the discrepancies noted throughout the 60 minutes of play:
– Failure to play in the offensive zone but allowing the opposition to do just that. Hence, the forwards are primarily chasing the puck from each end.
– Capitalizing on man advantages: More time is wasted passing pucks rather than attempting to shoot the puck at the opposition’s net i.e. The more the shots on goal, the more the chances of scoring
– Lack of aggressiveness and forechecking abilities. The Flames do not appear to threaten their opponents; but rather let them take the possession of the puck
– Failing to gain momentum in all criteria