WCSF: San Jose Sharks (P2) vs. Colorado Avalanche (WC2) — SHARKS WIN SERIES 4-3

[zamler]

Originally Posted by vilzeh

I didn't actually go that deep with my comment, my point was that you can't call it a 5-4 game even if Johnny scored 3 times from those breakaways, different game.

But Johnny didn't score because he was a nervous wreck much like the rest of the team sans Smith. I've given up trying to understand why.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

I hope not, because it'll make MacKinnon going one man wrecking crew on the Flames in 5 games look worse.

Good, the more embarrassed they are for choking then hopefully the more motivation they have to not repeat it next season.

[hwy19man]

Game 1 final score


2 at 5

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...me-1-1.5113556
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl...cap126349.html
https://scores.nbcsports.com/nhl/rec...=17&final=true

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

Goes to show how much of the series was Calgary not showing up and how much of it "ZOMG Avs Soo good"

Flames beat themselves. Colorado did not become the Harlem Globetrotters

Yeah but that's way more concerning to me than if the Av's had gone on to dominate more opponents.

[hwy19man]

Pregame links for game two
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl...summary_4.html
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl...preview_4.html
https://scores.nbcsports.com/nhl/pre...home=18&vis=17


The game is on Sportsnet/CBC with Dave Randorf, Louie DeBrusk, and Scott Oake.

The game is on NBCSN with Brendan Burke, Joe Micheletti, and Pierre McGuire.

[keenan87]

This series is annoying. Anything can still happen but San Jose is playing Colorado so much better. I am going to be really disappointed if the Flames don't make a few key changes.

[Saqe]

Makar got exposed badly

[Yobbo]

Originally Posted by keenan87

This series is annoying. Anything can still happen but San Jose is playing Colorado so much better. I am going to be really disappointed if the Flames don't make a few key changes.

No kidding. I feel the same way. Seeing the Sharks take it to the Avs seemingly fairly easily makes me realize that big changes are needed. We played scared and on our heels the entire series.

[Yobbo]

Avs looked like world beaters playing us and embarrassed us completely. Still bitter as hell.

[nieuwy-89]

Originally Posted by Saqe

Makar got exposed badly

Flames let him look like a future Norris trophy winner.

Sharks are exposing him to real NHL competition and he looks like the untested rookie that he is.

[zamler]

Flames are a bunch of butter soft buttercups compared to these teams. Painful.

[CgyFlamesftw]

Avs are gonna get swept arnt they lol. What a disappointing first round.

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by zamler

Flames are a bunch of butter soft buttercups compared to these teams. Painful.

100%. It has been quite obvious that reffing is different in the playoffs and small guys like Gaudreau do not get the calls they normally do in the regular season hence making them useless.

The Flames need speed but they also need some bigger skilled players who actually utilize their size. Can't really say the Flames have a single guy like that. It's a small team and not even very fast to compensate which makes it worse.

[Kybb79]

Flames might have been the worst team in the playoffs. Smh at the flames core!

[Jore]

Originally Posted by nieuwy-89

Flames let him look like a future Norris trophy winner.

Sharks are exposing him to real NHL competition and he looks like the untested rookie that he is.

flames made scrubs like johnson, zadorov, and cole look like norris winners. meanwhile, first line would get pinned in their own zone every shift by the likes of compher and jost.

sharks making it look easy so far, exposing the avalanche for the fringe playoff team that they are. if it keeps going like this i don't know how anyone could think the flames don't need serious improvements

[zamler]

Originally Posted by keenan87

The Flames need speed but they also need some bigger skilled players who actually utilize their size. Can't really say the Flames have a single guy like that. It's a small team and not even very fast to compensate which makes it worse.

Flames would make a good basketball team, all skill no contact allowed.

[keenan87]

Game 2 and Elliott Friedman is already speculating that the Avs are really going to have to pick their spots with Girard and Makar... hinting they won't play much.

So wait? Makar isnt a norris dman that dominated the entire Flames roster?!?

[2macinnis2]

Meh, this isn't a huge surprise. Colorado can play better than this but there's no question right now that they are being systematically outcoached. I think the reason the Flames were so inept against them wasn't because they needed more plugs like Compher and Kerfoot and Jost and the like, or that they needed more 200 lbers... it was mainly that Peters was an outright, unmitigated disaster of a coach in his first playoffs.

That the Sharks have totally dismantled the Avs attack early in the series in total team fashion is a major indictment on Peters. Like I said post-series, much of what Peters did well in the regular season was negated by how bad he was in the playoffs. If they make it again next year, he has as much to prove (if not more) as anyone on the roster.

[Magnum PEI]

Gotta love Timo Meier. Pretends to throw a reverse hit then collapses into the boards. Refs should know better.

[2macinnis2]

I also thought Makar was pretty shaky against the Flames... he was just never really placed in any sort of pressure situation. I think it was and is beyond idiotic for Avs management to be playing him this playoffs, especially considering expansion.

And FWIW my buddy from UMass who followed the college playoffs closely said Makar wasn't anything special in the tournament either.