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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Pretty sure all those goals were on the PP, which might be fine if the PP was humming along. But even the PP right now is struggling a bit in the last month. They’ve dropped about 2 whole percentage points and have fallen out of the top 10 from 7th to about 12th place.
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The Flames had a terrible power play heading into the 2017 playoffs, so I wouldn’t put ANY stock in how it’s current performance will translate in three weeks.
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To me, the concerns that I have now actually extended to the first half of the season. Even when the top line was flying high, you could see in certain tight checking games, the top line was easily shut down.
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What an odd recollection. In the first three months of the season NO ONE was having any success shutting down the top line. They were tearing the entire League apart pretty consistently.
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The silver lining is that the team today isn’t getting shut out like they were at the beginning of the season. The 3M line and now the Ryan line seem to elevate their game in tight checking matchups which is very encouraging to see. So we’ll see how it all plays out in the playoffs, but it might be the most concerning aspect right now for this team as the erratic goaltending seems to have stabilized.
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I get the sense from a lot of posts this season that some people just can’t help but worry. If they’re not worried about the goalies, they worry about the power play, they worry about secondary scoring, or they worry about the top line. The fact is that none of this matters much right now, and history shows that things can turn around in a hurry.
I guess I am just not very worried, and rather overcome by excitement for the playoffs. I believe this team will go far.
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