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Originally Posted by dino7c
What's a 1-8 matchup supposed to look like? Hockey isn't really like that anymore. Any playoff team is a good team...look at the other side. First round is usually the toughest.
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Well I would normally agree with that notion, but considering everything, the fact that we we swept them this season and won the season series the year prior, playing the worst team in the playoffs (points wise) and have the supposed depth advantage, most would have expected the Flames to be the better team.
There were a lot of questions also coming into the series about the goaltending and how Mike Smith needed to just not lose the team the series. But it’s been the exact opposite, with out Smith’s brilliant play, the Flames would likely be facing a 2-0 deficit. Right now, the Avalanche look like the #1 seed whereas the Flames look like the #8 seed. I’m hoping the team starts to play harder and with more urgency now that we’re on the road though. It’s going to take a much better effort to win at the Pepsi Center than it was at the Dome.
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