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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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Johnny handled it well. But yeah, I'd like to see the guy malled for all the cross checks he threw on Johnny when he was down on the ice. There was less than 5 minutes to go in a one goal game so I imagine that's why the flames didn't respond. That was the one instance the kings had Johnny cornered and it was because he was on his knees. So the guy threw 4-5 Crosschecks on him while he was already down.
Especially if it was a game where there's a 2+ goal cushion I would want the guy absolutely destroyed by Bollig. I don't care if he was a willing combatant. Bollig should grab the guy, drop the gloves, and start swinging. Make him pay the price for cheap shots on Johnny. Also wouldn't mind responding in kind against their top players go make an even bigger point of it.