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Originally Posted by hurtin_albertan
Asked about the lineup shuffle I think I heard Darryl say something along the lines of (paraphrasing) “I don’t appreciate being asked that kind of question this time of year, we don’t want to give away any information to the teams we might face in the playoffs”.
Happy with the win but I feel a bit concerned about the team all of a sudden. They’ve faced a ton of adversity already what with the ridiculous travel before December, the whole team getting wiped out by covid around Christmas, and then the crazy condensed schedule they faced in March having to make up all of those lost games. Despite all of that they’ve been consistently good and really healthy too - how many games in a row did they just roll out the same 6 defencemen and not even have to think about it. But all of a sudden Monahan is done, Lucic is fading fast, Jarnkrok is out, Kylington is out, now all of a sudden Gudbranson and Zadorov are scratched…this is not the time of year to start breaking down. I just wonder if “everything”, including the demands of Sutter, is starting to show its weight.
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Darryl was brought in to win, said he had unfinished business and has set right to it.
This team has responded extremely well and as a result if we do actually do some winning in the playoffs it's precisely because of the depth worked in here at the end.
The amount of character shown here tells me it was here all along and Darryl just proved it....along with the help of Treliving who Darryl said when he returned was a good blueprint.
All things I thought I'd never say but the Flames have blown the doors off of anyone's expectations.
Seriously....its great to see this all. Now the real answer will be answered .....can we win when it matters ?
I feel pretty comfortable with the way they've played and responded.
GFG