I wish it was simply a matter of the Flames playing on their heels, they aren’t playing scared. They’re playing outplayed..sure McDavid is willing his team to wins but we are straight up playing poor defence and our system is not working as effectively or efficiently as theirs.
I’m actually looking for some structural changes at this point…I know Sutter will lean on the foundation that got them through the regular season but we need to make some X and O’s changes. Flames are very predictable right now, our PP is telegraphed , our entries , cycling, dump ins are predictable. It’s how we kept getting caught on odd man rushes , turning over pucks and weren’t able to generate any major possession time and rarely able to get a high chance shot off. Trust me this isn’t merely about lack of effort or pinning it on Marky or the refs, the Flames blueprint for success has been exposed, Oilers have been able to adapt to it and are exploiting it. Flames aren’t going to hit their way out of this.