Most interesting about tonight for me was the effect of the offer sheet. Management timed the offer to give the team a boost to win this game. No other explanation for such incredible timing just hours before playing the Avs. It worked until the Avs surprisingly matched during the game. I doubt the Flames really believed the Avs would not match, but were surprised by how quickly that happened. So in the end the strategy backfired for tonight, because once the news was in the flames collapsed and the Avs surged.
Hard to believe or understand how an offer sheet for an unproven player can have such an effect on a veteran team like this.
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