Watching the Calgary Flames play the third period of the past two games against the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche was the equivalent of watching Lindsay Lohan attempt to make it through one day of rehab.
Painful, in other words.
Apparently the Flames hadn't got the memo that there are three periods in hockey. Watching the Flames completely dominate the Oilers in every aspect through most of the first two periods, only to then see a 4-1 lead blown, was aggravating beyond belief.
At least they won that one, and Miikka Kiprusoff was excellent in the shootout.
However, to witness three leads blown like us Flames fans did yesterday was especially painful. I don’t know what it is about the Avalanche, but they are the new Chicago Blackhawks for the Flames; we can’t seem to shake them.
Neither Henrik Karlsson nor Peter Budaj were good in this game, but the Avalanche took far more advantage of this fact in the third, out-shooting the Flames 15-3. While yes, the backup Karlsson didn't have that great of a game, he wasn't the reason the Flames lost; careless giveaways in our own en ...
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Calgary Flames Must Learn to Hold Their Leads
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