Think the Flames have a really good chance to win this series based on all the good points that have been made in this thread. But in order to do so, I think there will be a few major keys to for the Flames to be victorious:
- Forecheck: Ward likes to deploy a pretty fierce forecheck, so Flames’ forwards will need to jump all over Winnipeg’s young defensemen early and often and force those turnovers to create scoring chances
- Backlund line will need to neutralize Winnipeg’s top line and score themselves. If they can do this successfully, the Flames should win pretty handily. When your top shutdown line forces the opposition’s top line to defend all night, I like your chances to win any game/any series.
- Goaltending: Pretty simple, can’t have another Brian Elliott like performance and on the flip side, we can’t get Jaroslav Halak’d. If Hellebuyck plays absolutely lights out for at least 3 games, Flames are done.
- Jets forwards are extremely skilled and can be dangerous off the rush with the talent they have, so the Flames’ defensemen will have to be very weary of when they pinch and how often.
Last edited by Classic_Sniper; 07-27-2020 at 03:14 PM.
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