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Originally Posted by gargamel
For years, it seems like the Flames have felt that they're all entitled to a rest day if Kipper gets one. It will be interesting to see if that's still the case. I think/hope that Hartley's influence and/or the fact that, even though he's the backup, Irving is our #1 healthy option, leads to a complete effort tonight. If we get that, we'll get the 2 points.
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I don't think that's the case at all, I think it was more the case that, when the backup was in, they were trying to be more careful, more defensive. The result was spending the whole night in their own end.
It will be interesting to see if they play the same up-tempo game tonight that we have seen recently, or if they revert.
Bottomline: they have to put up a W with the backup in there. Better for Irving and everyone concerned if they win 9-8 than if they lose 1-0 in OT.