so i opted to not watch game one, and i clearly dodged a bullet there. 6-0 against vancouver is one of those knife-to-the-heart kinda scores and i was pretty glad to not have suffered through it.... i'm optimistic about the flames' chances to redeem themesleves tonight in calgary, and pleased that we don't have to wait another month in order to (attempt to) even up the series....
from a purely theoretical perspective (the only one i have since i didn't see any lowlights after thursday's stinger), calgary was poised to lose on thursday. nerves due to pressure on the new guys (bootuzzi, cammo, bourque, glenX) could have been a factor, and the cobwebs were probably hard to shake for the vets who hardly saw exhibition action (read: conroy). the dustin boyd affair was presumeably a bit of a distraction for at least one guy (uh, dustin boyd), and the 'nucks had the spirit of luc bourdon in the room to nudge them along to victory....
oh, and primeau took some seriously ridiculous penalties.
it's my understanding that keenan put out 14 different line combinations in the garage the other night, which can't be good ever in a single game. i'm hoping it's purely because he knew the game was out of reach and thought he'd blend stuff up a bit, but i'm sure the juggling started long before 4-0... i honestly thought my rages about conroy on the first line were a thing of the past, but apparently i'll have to continue with them again this year....
as for tonight, regehr should be anxious to wallpaper SOMEBODY (presumeably with the last name "sedin") and i'm hoping his presence will help the team come out guns-a-blazing....
this post was pretty useless, i know. but i figure after two posts straight by duncan, it was my turn to do some of the heavy lifting...
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