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Originally Posted by Vedder
Bottom line dating back to last years series is that the Oilers have gotten more out of their top guys than the Flames at key moments. 1st line generated nothing at even strength tonight.
I think the Flames clearly have a better team game than the Oilers, but you need the top guys to be game breakers.
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the way i see it is the Flames have played some excellent team games against the Oilers in the regular season and outworked them but they need only let up for a few minutes for McDavid to strike
Edmonton has pieces that allowed them to get away with being outclassed for 3/4 of a game and still get the goals they need
you have to grind their top players down for 60 minutes and stay on their tails relentlessly
I still expect this goalie tandem of the Oilers to let them down in a big way when the level of the games escalates in the coming weeks . Campbell is not great and skinner is too fresh to handle a hefty load of games , and I think that will be the equalizer in the end