I gave myself over night to think and cool off before posting.
It's hard to pin this on GG. I thought the Flames played Vegas as well as anyone I've seen. They handled the vigorous forecheck well, had plenty of possession, were pretty disciplined on the holding and stickwork. And nothing in Frolik's game up until the 18 minute mark of the third said he shouldn't be out at that point.
Frolik should have yelled to Smith and/or Brodie that he was going to pass. Or he should have put it to the boards where Bordie could skate to it.
The first powerplay was quite good. The others were bad. It's a matter of effort and speed. They weren't anticipating the puck movement. They weren't putting the puck across the ice. It's so easy to defend when the puck stays on one side and only gets to the other side by going point to point. There have to be way more touches for Monahan and Tkachuk - those are the guys who are going to score by being in close. If they are just going to shoot from the outside, might as well put Brouwer back on to screen.
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