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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
I watched hockey in the 80's and it was fun because there were a lot of mistakes. But don't confuse that with 'good' hockey, it was actually pretty bad. Team defense was almost non-existent and the goalies were not great and had minimal padding. And the hooking, holding and interference was out of control. I don't mind trying to come up with ways to make the game better but I also don't think we should be pining for the way the game was played in the 80's.
As for amount of goals scored, I really don't care if a game is 1-0 or 7-6, as long as there are scoring chances. You can have 1-0 games with plenty of scoring chances, a low scoring game doesn't automatically mean it was boring to watch.
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I don't think you necessarily need great defense to have great hockey. Great defense can be a part of great hockey, but I don't think either team in this Finals played great defense. And don't confuse: watching two excellent offensive teams get chance after chance with no goals is NOT great defense. Is inefficient conversion of scoring chances, that's all.
That's what we saw in this Cup Finals. There's no way a goalie of Crawford's ilk ought to be able to reasonably withstand the onslaught TB put on at the end of game 4. That wasn't great defense. It wasn't great goaltending. It was just TB unable to put the puck past a humongous goalie into the net.