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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Rhett Warrener a few minutes ago dismissed the win.
He claims that Anaheim showed in the first two periods that they can impose their will, control the game, and the Flames couldn't handle their size and strength along the wall and in the corners.
Interesting. Can we then counter argue that in the third period the Flames showed that Anaheim can't contain their speed and puck movement from the backend, through the neutral zone, and in the middle of the ice?
I found myself thinking after the second that the Flames were not big enough nor strong enough to play with the Ducks. In the third period, they made it look easy. I am starting to think that "getting pushed around" in the big, heavy Western Conference is not going to be much of an issue for this team.
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That may be the case for a game during the season but I would hate to have to meet them in the playoffs at this stage. We aren't big enough up front to deal with the west coast teams over a 7 game series imo. They would wear us down the way LA wears teams down. We are very fast and hard working but taking the hits and rubs would take it's toll over time. So really like what we are developing for the base of this team, give us 3 years to bring in some size and watch out!