Darryl Sutter Calls Out His Group: 'Maybe Edmonton's Just a Little Bit Better'

The Calgary Flames trail the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in their best-of-seven series, and frankly they haven't looked like themselves at any point in the series. Edmonton has outscored, out chanced, out maneuvered Calgary every step of the way, or so it seems. Darryl Sutter, Head Coach of the Calgary Flames, with his team on the brink of elimination had an interesting take in his morning presser. It's not unusual for coaches to use these press conferences to send messages to their teams through the media. It's tough to say that it's exactly what Sutter is aiming to do. However, if it was his goal it's a good way to fire up your locker room:

'Maybe our guys are doing all they can.' Sure sounds to me like he's indirectly gut-checking his players ahead of Game 5.

However, there is truth in his words. Edmonton does indeed deserve credit for what they've been able to achieve in this series so far. While the job isn't done, they certainly deserve to be where they are. Sutter, on the other hand, isn't one to just roll over & accept defeat. Which is what makes me think he's using his media avail to send a message to his locker room.

The Flames will need to win three straight over an Oilers group that is purring on all cylinders right now. That's no small task, but Calgary had lots of success vs. Edmonton during the regular season, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that they get it done. But the odds are not in their favor.

Full media availability here:

À LIRE

Il y a 2 heures  |  Par William Nadeau De nouvelles images révèlent l'ampleur des blessures au visage de Brayden McNabb après son hospitalisation

Il y a 2 heures  |  Par William Nadeau Les deux joueurs que le Canadien donnerait en échange de Dylan Larkin seraient enfin révélés

Il y a 3 heures  |  Par William Nadeau Ce que le Canadien recevrait en échange de Brendan Gallagher est révélé et c'est mieux que prévu

Il y a 5 heures  |  Par William Nadeau Acquisition majeure pour Kent Hughes et le CH en attaque : « il ne serait pas là pour niaiser et y travaille »

Il y a 7 heures  |  Par William Nadeau Un décès frappe la LNH et le Canadien de Montréal est en deuil : un grand bâtisseur nous a quittés

Il y a 8 heures  |  Par William Nadeau Les Flyers confirment un bon coup de Kent Hughes et du Canadien en attaque

Il y a 9 heures  |  Par William Nadeau Voici les trois joueurs que le CH pourrait perdre dans un repêchage d'expansion après la sortie de Bettman

Il y a 10 heures  |  Par William Nadeau Surprise sur le marché des transactions: un gros nom en attaque est soudainement retiré

PLUS DE CHRONIQUES