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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The Flames had a bad series. And they got weak goaltending. Did you watch game 1? Or the last game they played in the regular season? You can't possibly have such a narrow one-dimensional view that you honestly believe the Flames can't beat the Oilers, can you?
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And like I said, lets not pretend Mike Smith wasn’t giving up muffins and 100 footers. He was certainly better than Markstrom, but is there a guarantee Markstrom wouldn’t stink it up again vs the Oilers?
I like most people here expected a Flames series win based on how the regular season went. The Flames completely dominated the checking game in the regular season.
But that was the regular season and in the playoffs, it was a completely different story. The Oilers out-checked the Flames and made life miserable for our supposedly better D and McDavid and Draisaitl elevated their games to the next level like superstars typically do. The Flames do not possess those kinds of superstars, that’s just the way it is, Darryl says it all the time.
So to me, it makes sense that this Flames team that was only going to weaken in depth due to cap constraints, would have a more difficult time beating the Oilers who ousted the Flames in 5. Maybe I’m wrong and the Flames would’ve won the next one, but all the factors I’m seeing leads me thinking the Flames probably would’ve lost again.