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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
A little sobering that the Avs handled the Flames without MacKinnon and Landeskog. To their credit they played the perfect road game that was a complete 180 from Saturday night. This is the kind of game the Flames should expect to see in the playoffs and while a lot of people will talk about the 1st line not getting it done the reality is that opposing teams in the playoffs are going to make things difficult for that line and for the Flames to have any sort of playoff success we need to see a lot more from the likes of Backlund, Coleman, and Mangiapane. This was a game where the team needed secondary scoring and it's just not there right now as Coleman and Mangiapane in particular have been extremely streaky offensively and Backlund hasn't really got into gear all season on the scoresheet.
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Not sure I'm with the word "handled" they gave up over 40 shots, and were on the wrong side of most metrics.
Their goalie played very well.
Additionally if we start to see teams key on the top line (would have to think they already are) and shut them down there's an issue. But last night was more about self destruction than anything the Avs did in my opinion. How many offsides? 10? Tkachuk handling the puck like a live grenade.
Just not their night.
I wasn't drunk, but I certainly wasn't sobered!