from Matt Larkin of The Daily Faceoff,

It’s past time for the Calgary Flames and their fans to point fingers. But where?

Even when we factor in the epic offseason roster makeover, losing Johnny Gaudreau to free agency, trading Matthew Tkachuk, acquiring Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri…no one expected this start through 12 games. The Flames supposedly did a commendable job replacing their two 100-point scorers with high-impact players, right? They were still supposed to be one of the best teams in the Western Conference, right? They still had a lockdown defensive system under coach Darryl Sutter, one that theoretically got even better on paper with Weegar’s arrival.

Yet here they sit, losers of six consecutive games and seven of their past 10, with the same 5-5-2 record as the Chicago friggin’ Blackhawks. Not exactly how the Flames drew it up.

So what is the source of the problem so far? Let’s do some diligence and see if we can identify it.

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