Hard to stop the best player on earth playing at a level I have rarely seen before, he is full out every shift, his forecheck on Hanifin stripping the puck from him and creating a chance from that is evidence that our team is either over matched or not playing with enough pace/executing with pace. The Oilers speed is giving our D a lot of problems. The eye test definitely matched the analytics with Gudbranson and Kylington, they had a rough game
Not overly hopeful with the combination of 97 at a generational level, our most important defenseman out, and what seems like a bit of a mismatch overall for the Flames. Honestly if the Flames lose this series there really isn’t much shame in it as I haven’t witnessed such a performance by a single player like what I am seeing with McDavid. Hats off to him, it sickens me that he is an Oiler but my god he is essentially unstoppable right now.
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