[Coach]

Well I've taking some time to digest what I watched last night and here are my thoughts:

The series is not done. Many teams have come back from 3-1, and I have to have optimism that the Flames can turn this around.

The Flames need to hit people. There are countless times I see a Flame curl past a player eligible to be hit and over the course of the series it's given them comfort with the puck. Every player needs to finish their checks, not just Bennett and the Ryan line.

The effort from the top line is pure garbage. Lindholm was better last night, actually finishing checks and trying on the forecheck, but whenever the puck moved, no Monahan to be seen, and if Gaudreau was there, his forecheck is light. He's never hit people, but he was always sneaky good and picking the puck away from opponents on the forecheck and it's just not happening. I'm at a loss for how it can be turned around, they just need to be better straight up. It's on them.

Last night was the first time I recall seeing Neal stop and start to retrieve a puck all season, and it only happened once. Get him out of this series and off this team. He's a bum. I see him on the ice and I look at the clock and there's under 3 minutes in a 2-2 game. WHY THE HELL IS JAMES NEAL ON THE ICE? He's shown no capacity to be of any value at all in that position. This is my only issue with Peters. He's not going to pick it up. He's had his chances and he's playing with two young talented players. Bring me Czarnik or Dube. I don't understand why Neal is immune to the pressbox.

Smith has been a monster. I feel bad for him. He's giving everything he has to give his team a shot, and give himelf probably one final chance at a playoff run, and he's being left out to dry. 40+ shots in back to back games is absurd from the 2nd place team witht he defense they have. Mackinnon's game is no excuse. The amount of second and third chances being allowed is unacceptable. Whenever we get the puck in our zone we give it straight back to them and it's just resulting in chance after chance again. Make a play.

SHOOT THE F***ING PUCK. Tkachuk gave up two sure goals to make an absurdly low percentage play. It almost worked once. The second on should have been a shot. If I watch one more player glide through a prime scoring position with the puck because their path to the net isn't clear I'm going to throw my remote at the TV. THE PATH ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE CLEAR. SHOOT THE PUCK THROUGH TRAFFIC. Sick of seeing great scoring chances just disappear.