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Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
This is what I don’t understand. We always had stars who got up for these Battle of Alberta games - Iginla, Tkachuk, heck - the whole team in the 80s.
For two seasons now, this team has shown absolutely no GAF against these guys. Was there even one big hit tonight? One scrum after a face off? One “yo mama” joke? I saw nothing.
Instead we have guys getting beat by a scrub on an icing with an empty net. And getting turnstiled by Ryan ####ing McLeod.
Conroy, please get rid of the tired old guard and bring in some guys who will actually get up for a rivalry game.
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IMO, it's the current leadership group.
Andersson, Lindholm, Backlund, Hanifin - all great players, but they all play timid against the Oilers for some reason. I would add Gaudreau to that list.
Speaking of Hanifin, did he dress last night? I literally cannot remember a single play, or even hearing his name.
A well built team not only has elite players, but those players need to be the leaders in the biggest games, at the biggest times. That is my biggest complaint with the leadership on this team, ever the last 5+ years.