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Originally Posted by blender
Thing is that Flames being in a close series with Dallas is true. It's what happened. Its not an excuse for anything. It is simply reflective of the reality that the margins are extremely thin at this level, and the Flames have a decent team.
Changes will be made. Maybe next year we will get a better result.
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Need to find a way to get a little bigger and a little tougher without shedding on the skill front.
It's interesting that Lucic helped our cause far more than previous "skill" adds when it came to playoff performance. Seems that players that can intimidate and lean on you aren't going out of style after all when it comes to the big games.
Minimal contact skill players become more irrelevant at this time of year.
That's not to say that skill-first players can't be successful, but they have to get their nose dirty to keep producing. Guys like Pettersen were willing to take the contact in order to find the net.
Johnny was not. Maybe a tad towards the end, but it was too little too late.