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Originally Posted by dino7c
The .850 goaltending is what did the Flames in mostly IMO..stomped? 4 of 5 games were tied in the third.
And let's be real the Flames won game 5 and got jobbed.
It's a fine line, both the Oilers and Lightning were a shot away from losing in game 6 of round one
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No offence but this is a horrible take. As much as Markstrom sucked, did the team in front of him pick him up? Did they adapt and look at ways to help support him with the way they played in front of him? (Sutter is at fault for this as well). You get a 2+ goal lead in every game at home and blow 2 of them.
To reach the promise land you can't have such a simplistic way of looking at things. Did the Flames take a step this year? Ya sure, but they still look very far from the ultimate goal and were defeated in the same fashion they have in the last what 4 playoff appearances? Losing streaks when things got difficult against good teams.