I agree with those who feel that the Flames changed their physical style given the deadly Oilers PP and how often the refs were calling everything. I have 100% faith in Sutter though - that man is a hockey genius. He led the Flames to the finals in 2004 with one style, the league changed after the lock out, opening the game up and he adjusted to the changes, leading the Kings to 2 cups. With Friedman and the other Mcdavid fanboys on SN lobbying for the game to change into a special teams bonanza, Sutter will adjust to account for this, knowing it'll never go all the way to one end but that adjustments need to be made for next year. Like he said in his post game, he has some ideas. The league can and will do what they want, but Sutter can and will figure something out that works.
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