OT, the Flames have won a lot of games on the counter attack. Teams like the Kings clearly adjust and sit back a little more and wait for the Flames to force something, since the Flames are used to being aggressive. Sure enough, the Flames spin around in the offfensive zone, don't get a counter attack opportunity, and use only 4 forwards in the 4:34 of OT. The Kings waited for the guys on the ice to be a bit tired, kept possession, and got the chance....so, time for a new OT strategy.
But with Bennett and Janko looking pretty poor since the break, not sure who else you throw out. Tkachuk didn't look great in 3 on 3. Frolik's missed here too.
The Flames have played ok the last 3 games and should've won them all, as mentioned. Also as mentioned, they've let teams hang around to get the chance for a 1 shot to change the entire game around.
My fear is that they're due to play a stinker sooner than later, and that with the amount of effort that top line put in tonight, JG often double shifted, that they're ripe for a let down, and GG's egregious streak against the Oilers to be a very real possibility. Sickening thought, but its there.
You think this place is bad right now after 3 points tossed away this week the last two games especially, if they don't get 2 points tomorrow with the next 5 days off against a rival, a shell of an NHL team that's given up hope for the year on most levels, this place will go ballistic.
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