from George Johnson of the Calgary Herald,

A dull, glassy-eyed resignation has replaced we’ll-show-you spark of defiance from a year ago.

They stumble out for post-game comments now, loss after blessed loss, looking like accident victims who’ve just walked away from a car wreck.

Disoriented. Confused.

Parroting the same clichés. Forlornly searching for any positives; cubes of sugar in a sand dune.

There’s no defence in Calgary Flames. And no defending them, either.

“We have another situation,’’ said a sombre Bob Hartley of Saturday’s quick-pack trip up north to Edmonton, “where we have to roll up our sleeves, bear down on our chances and clean up our game defensively.

“That’s where most of our problems are. There’s turnovers, there’s missed assignment and the puck is in our net.

“It’s tough to win games like that.”

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