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Originally Posted by dino7c
He wasn't up to his usual standard for sure...the two "bad goals" being a break away and a 2 on 1 says a lot though. Both were created because of mistakes of the skaters
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Benn’s was a fluke. He flubbed the shot with a half open net but luckily went in between the legs. Markstrom needed a rest after trying to get mentally up for 4 straight games vs teammates, but it was the right call, as a 80% Markstrom is vastly superior to Rittich. Zero confidence in Rittich and the Flames will have to score 5 or more to beat the Oilers with him in net Friday.
So, back to this mini series; pretty much all 4 games the Canucks were the more prepared team from the drop of the puck, and each game were ready for what the Flames were going to throw at them, making subtle adjustments to combat what they thought the Flames were going to come at them with, based on the way the Flames played them in first game they played a few weeks back. Flames game to game adjustments this series were some line up changes mostly forced because of injuries.
The other “strategy” is throw the lines in the blender for short spurts and hope ice cream magically pops out.
Like GG 3 years ago, if the players don’t have the confidence that the coach can figure this all out, it’s going to demoralize things further and players are going to start playing for themselves because the coach doesn’t have the answers.