I think Portland are great when they control the puck and have offensive zone possession but when they have to defend they have looked not so hot... good for them this series that they have done a very good job staying on the attack and hanging on to the puck. Dumba and Pouliot are going to struggle at the next level as they are not great defenders imo. When you outshoot your opponent 2-1 you can give up 3 goals a game and not worry though.
Portland is far from through but I'm not thrilled with the spot Kelowna is in... lose tomorrow and it's a 3-1 stranglehold, not where you want to be playing in an away game in Portland of all places.
Especially when tonight's game was pretty much over and in the bank, man that hurts... that tripping penalty Tvrdon took with a couple minutes left - hope the guy doesn't see any ice in the last couple minutes with a lead again if Kelowna has one.
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