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Originally Posted by Fan in Exile
He had a bad shift that allowed the Hawks to prolong that series. Kane was brilliant and made a lot of other guys look bad too but as AC has pointed out, Bouwmeester gave him space and didn't use his stick in the first rush and stood on Elliot's stick while Kane did a wraparound. He might also have pointed out that Bouwmeester had the puck on his stick and instead of clearing it passed it to a Hawks player behind the net when he got bumped, who then passed it back out front to Kane. Very weak play that prolonged the pressure and led directly to the goal.
It might not be fair to conclude he is a terrible player or you can't win with him but I think it's fair enough to doubt him as one of your go-to guys. If Sutter had a do-over, I don't think he ever comes to the Flames as a free agent.
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I don't recall exactly,but it was Keith or Seabrook that Johnny stripped of the puck in an OT that led directly to a goal, and Doughty that he made look silly last year in his hatrick game, so either those defenders are garbage, or Johnny and guys like Kane know how to capitalize on a bad play. It happens to the best of them, to say they are bad defenders every time they make a bad play is rather silly, considering the larger body of work. Sure the errors stand out, but come on. A guy doesn't have a 15+ year career playing at the highest levels of hockey, at an all-star caliber, by being bad at his job.