Couldn't watch live so had the game on tape delay. Glad I did. Play was so bad in the first I just fast forwarded after the Oilers got their first. Oiler score kept going up - I kept fast forwarding... all the way to the end of the game.
Flames are wasting all their mental energy thinking about stopping McDavid. They can't. They need to play more offence not more defence. They have to keep play in the Oilers zone, which means loosening up the game and playing wide open attacking hockey.
The problem is I think this is anathema to the coaching staff.
But unless Taney makes a miraculous recovery, offence is the only route to winning this series IMO.
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