These are painful times for the Calgary Flames ... sometimes literally.
By falling 5-0 to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, the Flames have now dropped six consecutive games. It’s hard not to think a little bit about the Toronto Maple Leafs firing Mike Babcock amid their slump when considering the Flames’ own struggles, both now and in their own disappointing showing in Round 1 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Talk of big changes (to coaching, Johnny Gaudreau, the GM, or anything else) can wait for another day ... maybe one soon? For now, let’s bask in the fearful glow of Vince Dunn’s hit on Andrew Mangiapane, as you can witness in the video above this post’s headline.
Is that hit symbolic of the Flames’ pains lately, or could you best embody that agony by comparing the team to its most snakebitten player, Sam Bennett?
The most succinct description I can give of the Flames right now is it looks like the entire team has turned into Sam Bennett.
— Kent Wilson (@Kent_Wilson) November 22, 2019
Either way, these are uncomfortable times for the Flames, and not just Mangiapane.
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James O’Brien is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.