Calgary is going to out hit and manhandle the Wings?

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Well I know what I saw last night was amazing, Detroit gets no respect in the league for strength and grit but last night the Wings were flying and the Flames were running. I even saw Lang stand up to a few guys. (Not knocking Lang but the man is not a grit player)

If the Wings can keep the hit streak going the Flames are in trouble.

Most hits by the Wings in one game this year:

http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/2007/04/hit-parade.html

Also I enjoyed that after Hasek was made fun of for his dive 2-3 weeks back against Calgary we see Mika pull one last night. The man was 5 feet out of the crease and Cleary was going straight down the line when Mika came out an extra foot and got in the way. Then the little bump turns into what Mika made to look like a career ending cheap shot. He even curled around the post for crying out loud. To hit someone with that much equipment on hard enough to spin them around and send them back 6 feet would be amazing and painful, Mika took a dive.

CBC analysts (Kelly Rudy & Ron MacLean) called him out on this embellishment and oversell of th collision. Not that I am saying Cleary did not do anything (he obviously made contact and therefore deserved a penalty) but come on Mika grow a pair and stop the embellishment.

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They always tend to throw there weight around come playoffs.

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Well I know what I saw last night was amazing, Detroit gets no respect in the league for strength and grit but last night the Wings were flying and the Flames were running. I even saw Lang stand up to a few guys. (Not knocking Lang but the man is not a grit player)

If the Wings can keep the hit streak going the Flames are in trouble.

Most hits by the Wings in one game this year:

http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/2007/04/hit-parade.html

Also I enjoyed that after Hasek was made fun of for his dive 2-3 weeks back against Calgary we see Mika pull one last night. The man was 5 feet out of the crease and Cleary was going straight down the line when Mika came out an extra foot and got in the way. Then the little bump turns into what Mika made to look like a career ending cheap shot. He even curled around the post for crying out loud. To hit someone with that much equipment on hard enough to spin them around and send them back 6 feet would be amazing and painful, Mika took a dive.

CBC analysts (Kelly Rudy & Ron MacLean) called him out on this embellishment and oversell of th collision. Not that I am saying Cleary did not do anything (he obviously made contact and therefore deserved a penalty) but come on Mika grow a pair and stop the embellishment.

It's still a series though. You may outhit and outskate a team on one night. But can you do it for a series?

Also, sort of the point i've been trying to make today. The Flames are a great skating team. They've got a ton of speed up front and a pretty darn mobile defense for their size. If anybody thinks we'll cakewalk all over them, outhit and outskate them every night, then more power to you. I hope it happens but i'm not counting my chickens yet.