Only the guy wearing a bright red Flames jersey would make this cartoon any more appropriate than it already is...
At this juncture, it's hard to point to any one thing this team is doing wrong. They are just plain inept all over the ice. The Capital's first two goals were utter garbage. The ill-advised scrambling by the Calgary defenders on both occassions was strongly reminiscent of beer-league shinny hockey... Ference and Warrener in particular were bad all game... I dont recall a single puck battle won by the forwards in or around the defensive zone all evening... Tanguay, Kobasew and Friesen were complete non-entities at either end of the rink...
Im pretty much at a loss, myself. The players aren't even executing basic, elementary plays: there isn't an offensive of defensive scheme in existence that would save this group right now. Panic and confusion are the order of the day 'round these parts currently. And Im not sure what needs to be done to fix it.
On the other hand, Iginla is playing really well.
Positives:
Few.
Negatives:
Innumerable.
(Cartoon purloined from here.)
