Fourth Stage: Can Gulutzan!
As a Calgary Flames fan, I should have known that a six-game win streak doesn’t necessarily mean the Flames are now going to win a majority of their games. Rookie mistake on my part. But that six-game win streak came to an end with an ugly loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. And that was followed by an ugly loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Now suddenly, the conversations were back to the first stage of Glen Gulutzan.
We have gone from Fire Glen Gulutzan' to Coach of the year Glen Gulutzan back to fire Glen Gulutzan in last 2 days. #Flamescycleoflife.
— RANDY WORKMAN (@THEFANBLOGGER) December 17, 2016
The Calgary Flames right now have lost three out of their last four. They may be in a playoff position, but they have more games on hand. And their points percentage definitely says otherwise. Even with their one win that came in that four-game stretch against the Arizona Coyotes, it wasn’t necessarily the best of wins. The Flames played horrible in the first period and didn’t even get a shot on goal until 12 minutes in.
They managed to win, thanks to their recent power-play success coming in handy. But even at one point, Gulutzan decided to challenge a goal for offside when it was very clearly onside. Leaving people on Twitter wondering what on earth he was doing.
So, like I mentioned, people are back to “Can Gulutzan!” I don’t think we’ll be seeing a mid-season coaching change, even if the Flames continue to lose. Based on Flames history, or any team history, lots of managements don’t like doing mid-season coaching changes. Sometimes they have the ability to completely turn things around for the better, but sometimes, it just destroys the dynamic of the team.
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Let’s just hope that the Calgary Flames can go into the New Year being in a playoff position. Then we might be back to another stage of Glen Gulutzan.