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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
Tanev didn't play very good this series.
I used to think that if he was healthy for us in 2022 we would have beat the Oilers. ... prob not
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Hanifin and Andersson got shook in game 1, and they were fragile as eggs mentally by Game 4, and gave up 4 2 on 1s in the second period of game 4, Oilers scoring on 3 of them.
If a healthy Tanev was an option for Sutter from Game 1, that doesn't happen to #4 and #55 and maybe/probably Markstrom is more settled early in that series too. Bottom line Flames simply don't lose one or two of games 2,3,4, and then Game 5 doesn't turn into the screwjob on the Coleman goal.