Ugly

It looks like the Calgary Flames decided to pick up where they left off last year in the playoffs, with one of there more brutal performances of the year. For those of you who have forgotten, or who have wisely chosen to wipe all memories of the event, the Flames put on a horrendous display of hockey in their Game 7 loss to Anaheim in the first round last year. Captain JeromeIginla was invisible, star goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was merely average and a team famous for it's hard work looked disinterested.

Thursday night the Flames had a chance to redeem themselves against the Red Wings, but they decided to pull a no show. Now I didn't get a chance to see much of the game, I only caught the first period before heading into work, but from what I can tell there was a serious lack of effort.

Determination, or lack thereof, has been a recurrent problem for the Flames this year. Much of the heat has come on rookie head coach Jim Playfair. I've spent most of the season defending the guy, but quite frankly I'm losing faith in the guy.

Now here's my question for discussion, with the Devils firing Julien with a week to go in the season, should the Flames fire Playfair mid-series?

All always your comments are appreciated.