Absolutely hated the officiating last night and pretty much all series long. The refs have basically influenced the decisions on virtually all of the games in this series.
But the team structure is what's costing the Flames right now. How in the world does the 16th best team this year out play the 2nd best team in the league 4 straight games? How do the Avs have 2 consecutive 50 shot games? I don't understand what the coaching staff is doing right now. It's the playoffs, why is there so much room out there?
The Avalanche have been soundly out shot and out played in a lot of games this season. Even when their season was on the line down the stretch against teams that were trying to land that final playoff spot, these guys were getting out shot badly. I'm talking like 42 shots for the Hawks and 20 for the Avs or 44 for the Coyotes and 27 for the Avs.
I just don't understand how the best team in the West can make an average middling team look like an unstoppable juggernaut right now. The coaching staff are so overwhelmed at the moment, it's like a deer in the headlights. I don't think they have a clue here. Treliving needs to step in the steer the ship here because honestly, his job could be on the line with this disaster of a playoff series. It actually looks worse than 2015 and 2017 somehow.
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