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Originally Posted by Corral
This is true, I agree. But you would also agree that good teams shake it off and don't fold their tent, knowing their goalie has been their for them during the year. If the Flames bench is full of guys that will hang their head when a questionable goal is scored, than we have a long ways to go here.
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YES. And that is a big part of how this series has unfolded. But in my opinion that is NOT AT ALL the same thing as the other team "controlling the play."
The reason the Flames are down three games is almost totally psychological. The problem is not that they are outmatched by a superior team; it is rather that they are losing their control on the game because of mental lapses and occasional poor decisions. Were it the former, there would be little they could do about it, but because it is so much the latter, the Flames really do still dictate the course of their own destiny in this series.