[iamca]

Great write up and I definitely appreciate your hard work and effort D’Arcy!

After losing to the Oilers with an opportunity to play in the Conference finals, it’s going to be a tough audience.

Honestly when you watch, rewatch, read, write about it, analyze the scoring and keys plays, it comes down to execution on the ice.

For the most part Calgary abandoned their strong forecheck and defensive support structure that made this a successful regular season and first round win.

The power play was not good enough.

The penalty kill was not good enough.

The defense was more porous than the entire season including the first round of the playoffs (definitely Tanev and his presence were sorely missed).

The goaltending was far below expectations and where it needed to be. Each game Markstrom failed to reach a .900 save percentage and allowed a goal on every ~6th SOG.

There were some questionable calls and a few questionable coaching decisions ,disallowed goals, but in the end it’s all about not executing.

Are the Oilers a better team than Calgary, nope! But they played looser and definitely executed better over the course of the series.

Disappointing and surprising not just to most fans, but the majority of hockey writers had picked Calgary in the Conference finals matching up against Colorado.

Next year’s team will be different no doubt, but a long off season for all of us fans and definitely the organization as there’s plenty of difficult decisions to be made.


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