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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Reading the game thread and other posts, what do some of you people expect? Did you think the Flames were going to go on a 22 game winning streak? The Flames are going to lose some games. The guys who crawled back onto the bandwagon when we started winning are the worst.
Not like TB dominated us. Hockey is a game of inches, didn't go our way last night, deal with it.
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Not sure which game you're watching. In the game I watched, Tampa totally dominated Calgary yesterday. I am not talking about bad puckluck or poor bounces. We were in Section 107, close. Tampa's offense was organized and well-executed. Calgary's defense was disorganized frequently. Jokipakka losing battles at the board consistently, Engelland being too slow. Several times, they have caused 2-on-0 or 2-on-1 shooting situations. They should have scored a couple more if not for Johnson in the 1st and Elliot in the 3rd. Tampa has a few giant players, of course - Hedman, Boyle, Sustr. It was not pretty having our smaller guys bumping into them and just ricocheting off, helplessly. And I noticed that Boyle was not even playing a mean game like some of the bigger guys do. In fact, he was visibly trying not to hurt smaller players bumping into him by stopping earlier and raising arms to protect the player! On almost every attack developing, Tampa was playing the system of gaining zone; it was the textbook execution - who gets where and takes a position. Cooper is a really good coach.
I am not a fair-weather fan that whines about loss of interest each time Flames loose a couple of games in a row. I hate Tampa passionately since 2004. It would please me a great deal to say that they sucked and I wouldn't be upset if Flames payed a really hard game and lost. But they didn't last night. In a close parity league, this was not a close game at all and it was not worth my $300.