Russell has been a beast lately. Loved his game tonight.
But Bouma was the man the gwg, the forecheck and knocking Edler out of the game with a clean hit!
Good write up. I think they go back to Hiller for next game. I don't think there is a battle anymore for the starting spot, it's Hiller's. Ramo played good tonight and did what you hope out of your back up.... A chance to win.
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Great write up, I haven't been able to see a lot of game so these have been awesome to have all year. With that I watched tonight and is it normal for them to be rolling all four lines like that? It seemed like clockwork from a championship team in the 3rd period. 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4, no double shifting or anything, seems like Hartley has a lot of confidence in everyone.
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Great write up, I haven't been able to see a lot of game so these have been awesome to have all year. With that I watched tonight and is it normal for them to be rolling all four lines like that? It seemed like clockwork from a championship team in the 3rd period. 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4, no double shifting or anything, seems like Hartley has a lot of confidence in everyone.
Not at all.
I think a large reason they were doing that tonight was because Bollig was not dressed for this one. I have to think that with their worst hockey playing forward out of the lineup it gave Hartley a lot more confidence to roll all lines and spread out the minutes more, since he didn't have to protect the minutes of a facepuncher who is rarely that effective aside from the fisticuffs.
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Thing that stood out to me in this one was how different it is playing Vancouver now. I used to dread those Sedin led cycles down low, getting caught in their own zone, relying on Kiprusoff to bail them out. Icing the puck. Drawing a penalty.
You never felt safe.
They're just not that team anymore ... don't seem to generate a lot of offensive pressure, or at least sustained pressure.
[caveat is that they played the night before and played well against the Bruins]
Thing that stood out to me in this one was how different it is playing Vancouver now. I used to dread those Sedin led cycles down low, getting caught in their own zone, relying on Kiprusoff to bail them out. Icing the puck. Drawing a penalty.
You never felt safe.
They're just not that team anymore ... don't seem to generate a lot of offensive pressure, or at least sustained pressure.
[caveat is that they played the night before and played well against the Bruins]
I totally agree with your sentiment, and I think there are a few reasons for it:
1) as you say, the Nucks aren't the team they used to be
2) (more importantly) the Flames used to stand around and react to the Sedins and the Nucks. Lately (and last night especially), they have been skating and initiating the play. The Flames are faster than the Nucks and need to pressure them with speed, which they did last night.
3) because they were reacting, and giving too much space and respect, the Flames took a lot of penalties, and the Nucks PP always buried them. By initiating the play and out-skating them, the Flames are now drawing more penalties than they are taking.
IMO, the tide has turned.
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