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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Just remember that the obvious and opaque media bias creates the circumstances for Sutter to leverage the underdog narrative, which only reinforces a higher work ethic every game and may actually be necessary for the Flames to win. Personally, I get uncomfortable when the media runs around singing the teams praises too much, because then I see Tkachuk making cutesy / risky passes instead of playing how he needs to play, like he did last night.
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Agreed, and Sutter is the master of saying the right things to the media. On the flip side, unless there are voices inside his head, I don't know who was telling Bowness the Flames were going to "run them out of the building". Especially considering the aforementioned media bias which paints the Flames as some fluke team that made the playoffs in spite of itself.