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Originally Posted by ricardodw
The pre-season games are like staged fights. The home team dresses a stronger lineup and shows the fans who have been anxiously waiting how good the team they put together in the off season actually will be.
The visiting team does not need to put on a show. They dress the required number of NHL players and let their kids get some NHL exposure.
Last night the Flames dress 6 out of the 12 forwards that are expected to be in the opening lineup, 4 of the 6 d-men in the opening lineup and the NHL level backup goalie. 7 forwards on one-way NHL contracts and 5 d-men
The Flames dressed Zaradov, Gudbrandson, Pitlick, Lewis and Richardson and Vladar. That is 6 of their 7 off season NHL additions that are pretty sure of being on the NHL roster. Coleman was the only of the new guys who has yet to skate in front of the Flames crowd.
The shiny new guys... Pelletier and Philips and Mackey were all put on display
On the other hand the Washington Generals dress 3, maybe 4 forwards that will be in their top-12 and 1 maybe 2 D-man out of their top-6. No goalie that is expecting to play in the NHL this year.
Cap hit of the Flames line up last night 35.3 The Oilers 13.5 plus 4 guys without contracts Sceviour, Hamblin, Cracknell and Bourgault
The Harlem Globetrotters might have given a refund on a performance equal to what the Home Town Flames gave last night,
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so if the Flames win tonight are you going to plan the parade?
Its really not relevant...SJ is better than Vegas by your logic too I guess.