Last time, I talked about the shooting percentage beginning to fall off a little bit and the special teams still being miserable. Over the course of the season there will be peaks and valleys for every team and so far this season the Flames have been slowly climbing out of the special teams hole they've been digging for themselves with mostly excellent 5 on 5 play. Another thing to consider going into this segment is the team finally adjusting to the offseason coaching change. As Darren Haynes pointed out in his excellent piece on coaching changes in the NHL we can reasonably expect that as the Flames hit that 20 game mark there should be, at the very least, signs of improvement while playing in new systems and with a different staff.
Seven Game Segments: Segment Four
