Of the many warts on last year’s Calgary Flames, the biggest, ugliest and most uncomfortable to look at had to be the power play.



19 goals at home, fewest in team history.



43 goals overall, second-fewest in team history.



Third-worst PP in the league.



It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that the momentum-sapping man advantage was in a six-week, 1-for-52 death spiral before Mark Jankowski popped in a meaningless third period power-play goal in game 82 against Vegas, making the score 7-1. Clutch.



“Definitely a lot of frustration last year,” admits Johnny Gaudreau, whose three goals with the extra man was a career-low. “It could have helped us win games. We ended up not scoring on those power plays, losing games and that kept us out of the playoffs.”



Costly in the standings and costly to assistant coach Dave Cameron, who lost his job.



Desperate to improve in that area, general...