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Originally Posted by tvp2003
Oettinger looked a little tired in the third, he’s pretty young so he’ll probably be fine but I wonder if getting shelled like this will eventually wear him down.
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He has also played 48 regular season NHL games, 10 AHL games, and now 4 NHL playoff games for a total of 62 games this year. By far the most games he has ever played in a season anywhere in his career (38 AHL games was his previous high two seasons ago). The Flames made him work and a couple of times, he looked a little slow moving around. The team in front of him really protects him, but despite that, the Flames made him work hard tonight.
It might not be a factor, but could be. He has never had this kind of workload, so it is a wild card for sure.