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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Not at all ... Not trash is a not saying that they are better than the Flames.
They were good enough to cope with the Best line in the NHL and make them look pretty ordinary while their best guys went on a rampage.
Just giving credit where credit is due.
Playing your game:
It is your actual view that the Flames had an epic failure in the Oiler series and it should have been a cake walk and no real cause for celebration had the Flame shredded the Oiler patch work defense as expected.
In your mind do you really expect that the Flames will finish 7 or more points ahead of the Oilers in the regular season and it would be shocking that the Oilers finish in the top-3 with their substandard defense?
as to the Flame defense depth being exposed with the Tanev injury the Oilers beat the Flames playing the worst starting goalie in the NHL or a the very best the worst goalie on a playoff team.
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Yeah that's fair ... I'm personally not calling the Oilers defense trash.
But in that series they actually gave up more than the Flames did straight by the numbers but the Flames couldn't finish to the same degree because they didn't have the two generational players popping off (and I think there's an argument that the Oilers high danger stuff was more dangerous).
Oilers in that series had a 5 on 5 expected goals against of 2.97, 2nd worst of the 8 teams. The flames 2.61 which was 3rd best.
Don't confuse offensive skill and a goaltending disparity with better defenseman. The true answer isn't all that clear.