Parise is sick apparently, so we might see Minnesota with more jump next week. He's usually very energetic but wasn't a factor in this game at all until the shootout. I also think that the Flames defense played pretty well on the boards against a physically stronger team. They're not as incapable of physical play as they sometimes seem.
Setoguchi calls it "one of the ugliest wins you'll ever see," and he's not wrong, but it was so tight that I didn't find it boring. A lot less boring than the Vancouver game.
Postgame, Yeo says that the Wild's execution was "very poor," but the structure of their game was solid. You could say the same about the Flames.
Last edited by Henry Fool; 02-12-2013 at 08:47 AM.
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