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Originally Posted by Phil Russell
Something to keep an eye on: I thought Stoll got to Gaudreau. Stoll played him hard, lots of stick work and body, and it had Johnny hearing footsteps come the third. Gaudreau's awful late turnover in the high slot was the result of him fearing a check IMO. I would really like to see the Flames protect Johnny better. Stoll needed to be confronted.
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I talked about that pregame. We're going to start seeing more attention to Johnny with the extra shoves, cross checks, pushing on the face off etc. His best option is to fight through it and show it to be an ineffective tactic.