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Originally Posted by OldDutch
I said yesterday that today was the measuring stick, not game 2. Jets came out hard pushing back and fair enough Flames got flustered and the Refs played a part role in ensuring the outcome.
How they responded to that would measure them as a team. I said if they routed the Jets they will win in 4.
Jets have no wind in their sails right now. Just felt like a beaten team late in the 3rd.
Does this mean Calgary will win next round. We’ll see, but I think they answered the right questions for this one.
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There's no question so far that Calgary's in the driver's seat and has been the better team. They'll win this series and probably deserve so but the skepticism the fanbase throws at this construct of the Flames is 110% warranted.
We have seen now for several years this franchise play a good game only to slide back to lazy, uninspired hockey. A reluctance to drive to the net one game followed by a bounce back of a game or two to get the fans back on the roller coaster.
The problem with this BS is it gets nauseating. Choose a lane. Don't show us what you're capable of only to mail it in two days later. True championship teams deliver almost every night (not every night, but way more often / frequently than Calgary). Look at the Blues last year... grinding it out every night.
I predict we win Thursday and look studly again but then I predict it gets to their heads again and in round 1 we start all over again with this hot / cold BS. This team could literally be one of the best if they brought what they did tonight EVERY night. I know that's not entirely realistic, but it's also not unrealistic to ask for more consistent efforts- and by efforts I mean the hard things in the game. Blocking shots, driving to the net, getting hits to make the play... etc. They know what they have to do... they show us all the time randomly after they play like ####. Like tonight. Great, I really mean that.. it was great they played so fantastic... but bring it more often. Because honestly? We could be like Carolina and already through to the playoffs if they did just that.