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The redwings are clearly the best NHL team to ever set foot on the ice. The statistics show this to be true.
But, when you see a team like this preform the way they have last night, you gotta wonder what's going on here? I'm sure many redwings fans were left with this thought "what just happened here?"
Now, I've read alot of threads here about changing captains, even firing Ken & Babcock.. I got news for you, that isn't going to solve anything here. The people to blame here are the Redwings. Alot of simple mistakes were made last night, and that's what cost them the game.
Hasek gave up 2 goals that he should have easily stopped. The Red Wing defense on the first pred's goal was missing at the top of the circle, hence why a pass was allowed to Alexander Radulov and a goal was scored. There was nothing Hasek could have really done to stop this. A faceoff was lost, and Weber beat Hasek for the 2-0 lead. The third goal scored by the pred's was the winning goal for them, as it was shot from near the blueline by Greg De Vries in which was unscreened and Hasek let it sail right on by him. Hasek was pulled afterwards for Ozgood. Ozzy kept the pred's at bay by comming up big on a 5 on 3, and made 4 good saves.
The other major problem for the wings last night was the number of penalties they took in the first period.. 5 penalties in the first, and 2 in the second period. The pred's also took 5 in the first, but the wings only capitalized on one of them.
Do I think the wings will loose the series? It's hard to say. They have been known to "choke" when it come's to the playoffs, but I have faith that they will work through these problems I've mentioned above. If they don't, then we are likely to see a repeat of last year, and most likely some drastic changes. I do think they should start Ozgood. Just my thoughts on it.
-Neo
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