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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Hopefully we will see more urgency on the road as it's a bit of a disappointment they wasted one of Smith's best efforts in game two. It would be nice to get off to a quick start and have the Avalanche abandon their defensive shell which has been surprisingly good thus far.
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This is what I was worried about from the start, Flames haven't figured out how to beat trap hockey all year, so it would only make sense for the Avs to make that part of their game plan. Other posters were convinced they didn't have the defensive talent to do so, but playoffs are a different beast. If players are motivated they'll buy in to whatever the coach wants them to do, and to me it looks like Bednar has said the way we win is to clog up the neutral zone. I bet we see a lot more of that tonight