Through three games against the Avalanche, the Flames have yet to reach their full potential. Fan960Wills has more in a new Flames Thoughts.
head into an important Game 4 looking to avoid a major hole in their series with the Colorado Avalanche.FAR FROM THEIR BEST
They also finished a whopping 17 points ahead of the Avalanche, who didn’t punch their ticket to the post-season until April 4, the third-to-last day of the regular season. With all of that said, three games into their best-of-seven series versus the Flames, the Avalanche have looked like the better team. As strange as this might sound, that might be a good thing for the Flames. Here’s why.
While I thought that tough-to-swallow loss would be a wake-up call for the Flames, it clearly wasn’t as they were even worse in Game 3. In my opinion, they are too talented, too deep, too good, and too well coached to keep playing bad. After talking to Flames coaches and players today, I predict they’ll bounce back by playing their best game of the series on Wednesday night. If they do, we’ll see if that’s enough against a good Avalanche team that’s playing its best hockey of the season.
While Smith wasn’t quite as sharp in Game 3, he was probably the Flames’ best player despite surrendering six goals on 56 shots. As a number of his teammates said after the game, the Flames hung their goaltender out to dry at Pepsi Center on Monday night.
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