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Originally Posted by ReinhartonD
What bugs me is that in years past, if somehow they got down to a hated rival by three or four goals, they'd at least be able to make things uncomfortable for the Canucks for the third by pounding on some of those divers, or dishing out some nasty hits. This year's team doesn't have the guys either willing or capable of doing that. I wanted it to at least look a bit like the third period of the Leafs-Habs game. (Not that Montreal has the ability to scare anybody either.)
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This was really noticeable tonight. There's no one to stir it up and at least give the Canucks something to think about for next time.
It's really unsettling to me how many times in the last 3 or 4 years this team seems like scared children against what is supposedly their biggest rival. They need to have more self belief that they can actually play against the Canucks. There's just no swagger at all.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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