[Igottago]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

Gio - is it just me or was he not the same since almost breaking Connor's leg. All of that weird apologetic talk in the media I think he lost his edge and he lost his mojo with the rest of the team being captain as well. That and his age may have finally caught up with him in the playoffs.

I know some people will think of this as a silly take, but I actually somewhat agree. I love what Gio did as a player this year, he was an absolute beast. But even in his post series comments he was gushing over the Avs players. Its not like the Flames don't have any. This team needed to have a real swagger coming into these playoffs. The Flames are a good organization in terms of how the players conduct themselves but sometimes I really think we need some more arrogant type A personalities in the ranks that want to assert themselves as dominant in the league. They definitely shouldn't be apologizing for playing defence (the McDavid thing) or acting like they just got beat by a team full of hall of famers in the playoffs. The Flames don't always have to be the nice guys of the NHL. They need to be hating this right now.