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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Anything is possible and I wouldn't be shocked if they got swept again. The defense really seems to have issues with McDavid and Gaudreau has been pretty well shut down by their defense group for six games now. Over the past few seasons now they have not looked very confident playing the Oilers. It's almost like they are intimidated.
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I think you pretty much said it all right here, I think part of it is we don't approach the games the right way. Hartley used to get really pissed if we played a poor game against the oilers. I think he understood the psychological aspect of beating the oilers and the importance of winning the season series. I also think with Hartley's approach we got in the oilers heads but with GG the standard just isn't there. It is as if we are accepting defeat, our top players just don't seem to want to rise up and take it back. One only has to look at the Crosby, Ovechkin match up to see how Crosby gets in their heads by winning every battle. GG needs to ramp up the significance of the battle of Alberta if he wants the team to rise up to the occasion.