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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Let's be objective here: the Flames were outshot 18-3 with Daniel Sedin on the ice. So that's not a huge overstatement. As PMM says it was a huge coaching failure by Desjardins not to use them more in the third. He was soundly outcoached by Hartley - the Flames couldn't get an outlet pass to work in the first with Canucks D stepping up in the neutral zone to disrupe the breakout. By the 2nd, Hartley had changed the breakout strategy and suddenly everything was flowing again.
Don't underestimate the importance of that coaching matchup.
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The Sedins looked great early, and then less so in the third period. They are highly skilled cerebral players who will get their chances, but the way that game turned strongly suggests to me that there was indeed an "answer" on the Flames part. The fact that they were both held off the score sheet last night for the third straight game against Calgary bolsters my confidence that they have bigger problems than an inability to finish their chances. They are getting on; I wouldn't expect them to improve as the series wears on.