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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
As much as I enjoy Oiler hate (it might be the only thing you and I agree upon).
I was a bit pissed that there was little acknowledgment of the positives of Calgary this year. This sort of effort has been there all season, it shows up as a come from behind win against a good team, and a blow out against Oiler teams.
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Agreed. The flames seem to get little to know credit for games like that. I agree the flames work hard every night and deserve the praise they get for it. We love it as fans.
But everyone is so quick to dismiss the flames as not being as skilled as any other team in the league... It feels like no one wants to admit that they might have underestimated the talent that this flames team has. I look at Brodie, gio, backlund, hudler, monahan, and Russell as guys that are showing how talented they really are. They are all hard workers and that's a very important part of their strong season... But all those guys are examples of players whose skill was underestimated. They're making plays and decisions that are winning games both with skill and hard work.
I get tired of the "on paper, the oilers should beat the flames" comment. Why?!!! I'll take backlund over RNH... I'll take hudler or cammalleri over eberle... I'll take Monahan over Taylor hall... I'll take cammalleri with no blades on his skates over yakupov... I won't even mention the horrible defence on the oilers team cause it's not even comparable in any way to what the flames have.
Plus the flames have way more depth players that can move up and down the line up and contribute in lots of ways... Colborne, bouma, Byron, stajan, mcgrattan... Oilers have nothing close to that. And the flames have even more talent on the way that trumps the oiler prospects by a wide margin.
So I ask you... Who is really the more talented team? I'll take a properly developed and coached 24th overall pick like backlund who has great skill and a two-way game over a first overall pick like RNH who has received no effort in his development since junior.
I'm tired of the oilers talent being over-estimated while the talent of the flames is totally dismissed. People try to say "who would have thought the flames would be better than the oilers?" I did...Many of us on CP did... cause we don't fall for it every single summer over and over again like everyone on Sportscentre seems to.