The disappearing act of heavy forechecking and backchecking by this team is very evident. When you get outhit by smaller players like Yamamoto and Archibald and you let them run around freely in your own zone, this team deserves not to win. Markstrom is not your goalie when the team in front of him lets everyone down. The only guy i would sign right now after this series and on Thursday is Zadorov. St least him and Tanev were hitting out there. Gudbranson is a huge disappointment in these playoffs TBH. Wow, this tells you what a team and character the Flames were in 2004 with Iggy, Regehr, and Kipper with supporting casts!
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