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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
2) The officiating in game 2. Every time the Flames tried to play physically, they got a penalty. It changed the way they played, and they were never really physical again after that.
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A lot of the Flames' penalty trouble was their own doing, and wasn't simply a result of physical play. A lot of it was either being undisciplined with their sticks and ending up with high sticking penalties at bad times, or just plain being reckless and taking completely unnecessary pointless penalties... at bad times.
It's easy to point the finger at the refs, but a lot of the Flames' wounds in the series were self-inflicted. It's very possible to play physical while staying out of the box - the Flames didn't find that sweet spot.