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Originally Posted by PuckSlap
Guys. We got beat by the oilers. Wtf? Doesn’t anyone want to try and take the first step and admit that? It’s not a good thing to be beat by anyone. But the ####ing oilers? Wow
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Yeah, but it was a hard fought 7 game series. One for the ages.
Right?
Please, someone tell me it was a hard fought 7 games....
Nah, the Flames got stomped, somehow, by a team with no goaltending, precious little in the way of defense, and some really fast forwards.
I don't mind continuing with this core (because other options are worse or risky), but the idea that this team is a contender physically, or maybe more importantly mentally.... to me that's nuts. It's a good team. But nowhere near cup winning as is.
Losing to the Oilers sucked. And these two series showed that the Flames need speed and finish, a lot more than they have. Whatever Markstrom's issues against the Oilers were need to be addressed (tiredness, over-awedness, terrible defensive breakdowns, a physical thing).
It'll be more of the same next year, and that's cool, we've seen far worse Flames teams than this for 20 years.