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Originally Posted by Textcritic
In the playoffs? If they did, then I don't think this had a significant impact on the series. The Flames skated circles around the Ducks through most of those four games and were ultimately let down by a poor goaltending performance and a few instances of very poor decision-making. I disagree that the Ducks "pushed them around."
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So we controlled the games by outskating them and should have won except they kept getting phony goals from the blueline etc. that any normal goalie would have stopped. Is that about it? Funny but even on some of those bad goals the Flames were hemmed in there own zone. It was tipped in by a guy standing in front of the net by himself. They played their usual game and the Flames played their's and yes ultimately their goaltending was superior. But they are still built to play a physical game and it worked in the playoffs for them yet again.
That is the Ducks style of play and the Kings employed the same style. The style works.
The Flames didn't just lay down like they have before against the physical Ducks but they still didn't have enough players who can play physically to counter their style. The mix isn't right and although the Flames can outskate teams they don't win enough board battles or create enough screens in front of the net. They generate a lot of chances from the perimeter. Ducks are pounding it from the point, bashing along the boards and then crashing the net.
I really dont get the argument that says who cares if we have a small weak team they can skate. They will just outskate them and that's all you need these days. Yet teams who do nothing of the sort are winning recent Cups.
Flames dont have the right mix and you can see Tre recognizes that with who he brought in. Too bad for him it didn't work with TB. But Stone certainly helped. They got a little closer this year and if TB would have worked out would have been even closer. But now DE and Stone gone and they weren't there even with them.
