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Originally Posted by Hustle
Not picking on you EE but this sentiment has always been weird to me as I'm not sure what relevance it has to today's game. I can understand if the Iginla led Flames were still at the helm but today's team is completely different as there isn't a single player on our roster that was on the 2004, 2006 or 2008 teams. Those teams were all up 2-1 and lost Game 4 instead of taking a stranglehold.... this team went after the Canucks. If anything, this team has shown a tendency to play big when the other team has a significant amount at stake (see the LA, Dallas and Colorado wins in the last 2 weeks of the year).
That said, I expect the Canucks to come out hard. Hopefully the Flames can keep their composure and get in on the forecheck.
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Yeah I agree.
The broadcast crew last Friday said it was a battle of two trends. The Flames haven't won a game 2 in 5 tries and the Canucks had lost 7 straight home games.
The Flame stat is irrelevant because the games span over 2 generations of the team, and who pays attention to game 2s anyway.
The Canuck one was real, as they had at least a half dozen guys in their room that have felt those losses, and likely have some dread in their heads.
The finish series stuff going back 11 years won't effect anything.
The team is young and every new experience is exactly that.