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Originally Posted by Locke
Yeah, when any one of those three are going to be on the ice at any given time, it wouldnt surprise me if the Oilers dont concede a goal against all season.
Grim times in the Pacific to be certain.
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The one skill that those defenseman and the Oilers collectively have mastered is not caring when they get scored on, repeatedly and often.
The Flames lost that series becuase when the Oilers jumped the play in hopes of getting odd man rushes or situation, and scored, the D, especially Hanifan and Andersson were affected by giving up goals, and especially game 3, they turned into pumpkins as a result and it snowballed as they lost confidence.
The Oilers gave up as egrigous goals but their defense had immediate amnesia and didn't get any more down than usual and the team itself didn't get down because they were giving up bucket loads of goals, maybe because they were used to it.
Basically, the Flames lost confidence in their and by their defense.amd were a bit shell shocked. Oilers didn't care that they were terrible defensively and didn't let it affect them.