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Originally Posted by Robbob

I think Carolina passes the eye test for me, albeit a small sample size. That initial game against them back in October 2017 one of my takeaways from the game is how aggressive their forecheck was. They really limited the space and time for the Flames. Wouldn't surprise me if from the PGT or GT from that game there are similar observations.

That is a good thought. It is worthwhile reviewing the October 19 home game thread. Posts about the Hurricanes tend to follow a similar theme:

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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

We're getting worked over right now. Have been all period.

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Getting dominated here. Canes look real good

Originally Posted by neo45

Pretty good hockey

Originally Posted by Jore

pretty much every line has gotten hemmed in their own zone for extended periods of time. if they don't fix that it's not going to go well

Originally Posted by mdubz

Terrible. Flames have had zero possession all game. Sloppy af.

Originally Posted by Jakester

Ugh. It was coming. The Canes dominated play all period.

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Entire team getting pinned in all night, eventually get scored on...

Originally Posted by djsFlames

We should be generating the type of chances the Canes are. This is a bit frustrating.

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Flames once again being reactive.

Letting Carolina dictate the game.

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Carolina are very quick, and very aggressive. Flames having a tough time against that combo.

Originally Posted by DropIt

Canes toying with the Flames. This one could get ugly

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Canes simply outskating and outworking the Flames. Lucky they're only up by 1.

Originally Posted by azzarish

To their credit the Canes are a much better team than the last time I saw them. And we can’t seem to handle them now.

Originally Posted by Muta

Man... Carolina is a fast team. No wonder they're spending a ton of time in our zone.

Originally Posted by Moneyhands23

Ugh. Out coached and out worked

Originally Posted by Zoller

Carolina has had substantially more quality scoring chances than Calgary

Originally Posted by calgARI

That was a terrible performance by the Flames. They were completely dominated in all aspects of that game. Badly outplayed throughout and lost the massive majority of puck races and battles. Not near good enough and could have been much worse. One team was very prepared to play tonight and the other wasn't. One team played with some edge and effort and the other didn't. One team was disciplined and the other wasn't. Really disappointing.

Originally Posted by crapshoot

Carolina beat us to every puck. Terrible effort all around.

Originally Posted by Tinordi

This game was a perfect example of how winning the possession game wins you the actual game. Carolina had the puck *a lot* Flames were chasing, had probably half as many scoring chances and took six penalties.

If you can't skate with your opponent you're going to lose.

Several complaints from fans in the thread were directed towards the Flames inability to draw any penalties on Carolina.

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Well, they’ve had the puck for the majority of the game, so they’re less likely to take one.

I found this one comment by djsFlames quite interesting as it pertains to this topic:

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Need to get out of our zone way more effectively. Can't let them bottle us in for extended periods like that. At least they're clearing the front of the net well...