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Originally Posted by Lil Pedro
Tyler Toffoli has been an absolute disaster this series
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He’s not the only one:
Markstrom - overpaid sieve
Jarnkrok - biggest bust of trade deadline acquisition
Hanifin - smoothest and one of the softest skater that usually gets burned
Gudbranson - biggest teddy bear that disappears in the playoffs
Kylington - smallest D wrapping his arms around the largest players and gets thrown around
Andersson - has become confused with Hanifin’s bad zone coverages
Tkachuk - he’s likely hurt again from Dallas series
Gaudreau - when the hitting gets tough, where the hell is he?
- frick, that’s pretty much more than 2/3 of the defesive corps! The 4th line was checking heavily for the 1st game and first half of second game. Then, it’s like the Oilers took over and it’s a total reversal! How do you get small guys like Yamamoto and Archibald outhitting guys like Gudbranson and 2/3 of the defence? Then, they fly around the Flames zone untouched most of the time! You get 4 guys stick-checking McDavid without a body hit on him and they get burned by 3 or 4 Oilers going toward the net. I sure miss the Regehr days when all the Oilers are scared going into the Flames zones. Loved seeing Hemsky and other Oilers getting crunched in the end zones behind Kipper.
It’s true that it’s mostly not the fault of Markstrom but he’s a scapegoat. He only looks great when the team in front of him is great. Just like last season when the Flames were bad, Markstrom isn’t all that good either. Unlike what Kelly Hrudy said, Markstrom is not the Flames man for this series. Need to shake things up early to see if something can be changed to shift the momentum.
I have to say looking back at the trade deadline when Tre got Jarnkrok rather than bolster the D with depth. I thought it was surprising he got a small center instead. I thought, ok, maybe Ruzicka is the depth forward they can plug in if they needed size and scoring on the 3rd line in the playoffs. Nope, Sutter with his stubborn ways with some players. He can keep saying that unfinished business BS. But until then, it’s the same old Flames Playoffs BS we keep seeing! Flame me all you want. You’re seeing the Oilers playing the Flames game while the Flames actually looks like a defenseless Oilers team right now. Worst thing is, we don’t even have a McDavid calibre player!