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Originally Posted by Mathgod
In game 3, you can't really fault Elliott for the high-stick non-goal. Maybe you pull Elliott after the game tying goal but by then the whole team was deflated so I don't think the Flames win it in OT even if Johnson was in net.
I don't think Johnson leads this team to 4 straight wins even if he had started this game.
Bottom line, Elliott defecated the bed when his team needed him to make some key saves, and he cost the team a chance to get back into the series.
Gulutzan couldn't get the most out of his players in the rs nor in the playoffs. That's why this team stumbled to a 7th place finish in the conference and got a terrible matchup in the first round, and it's why the Flames are the first team to be bounced from the playoffs this year.
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Elliott was shaky the entire game 3. You could tell from the first shot he was fighting the puck. He should have been pulled after the second goal. Gulutzan not doing that probably cost us the series (outside of Elliott's performance). Anaheim wasted no time pulling Gibson.