I think the Roughnecks lack a true floor general and have since Evans left. They have a lot of shoot first type guys - Dickson, Dobbie, Catonni, Loewen and to a lesser extent Berg all like to get 1:1 matchups and try to make it happen on their own. The Mammoth don't have a more talented group out of the front door, but kept the ball hot, and got everyone involved. Calgary isn't moving the ball nearly enough - and that's partly because of the type of players they have. And teams know that - they are sliding over and double or triple teaming Dickson, and getting in the way of a lot of shots. The way you beat that is by moving the ball more and quicker - but I didn't see that adjustment being made last night.
5 on 5 they got nothing done for most of the night. The score flatters the team with 3 goals basically in mop-up time.
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