1/31 GDT : Red Wings 3 at Flames 1

#121 Nightfall

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:30 AM

Christ that game was boring. Amazing to compare it to another recent game with the same score, but the game against the Blues was intense and thrilling, while this was a dreadful slog. Oh well, at least they won, and on the road no less.

Calgary played more defensive and conservative than the Blues. There were less scrums in front of the net and so on. It was one of those games where one team was trying to slow it down (Calgary) while the other was trying to dictate the play (Wings).

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#122 Heroes of Hockeytown

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:44 AM

Calgary played more defensive and conservative than the Blues. There were less scrums in front of the net and so on. It was one of those games where one team was trying to slow it down (Calgary) while the other was trying to dictate the play (Wings).

Can't disagree with that. Definitely doesn't make for good television though. Not that Flames do (or should) care about that. A nice contrast of the best and worst the game has to offer.

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#123 Hockeytown0001

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:45 AM

Not much discussion - guess the main factor was that the site was down for a while.

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#124 Nightfall

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:59 AM

Can't disagree with that. Definitely doesn't make for good television though. Not that Flames do (or should) care about that. A nice contrast of the best and worst the game has to offer.

Yup, I agree. It was worse than Devil's hockey back in the day.

Not much discussion - guess the main factor was that the Wings won.

Fixed it for you.

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#125 hooon

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 02:02 PM

Yup, I agree. It was worse than Devil's hockey back in the day.

Fixed it for you.

The site was down for nearly half the game.

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#126 Nightfall

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 03:44 PM

The site was down for nearly half the game.

True, I am just saying that even if it was up the whole game, we would have only seen 10-12 pages in the win. If it was a loss, we would have seen 16-18. Thats the MO here. You should know that by now.

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#127 brett

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 05:24 PM

road win woot!

hudler scores another. look at him go

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#128 Red Wings Addict

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 09:31 PM

True, I am just saying that even if it was up the whole game, we would have only seen 10-12 pages in the win. If it was a loss, we would have seen 16-18. Thats the MO here. You should know that by now.

We've definitely seen a significant difference at times when it comes to losses but I'm not sure it's that big. I feel like what really makes a difference is the opponent and whether or not the Wings struggle through some ups and downs.