Why the Calgary Flames lost
the NHL playoffs are now down to 2 Canadian teams. There are 5 main reasons the Flames are booking their tee times tonight: lack of scoring; inability to stay out of the penalty box; the goaltending; the speed factor and physical play.
I don't care what era of hockey one refers to, you can't win if you don't score. Throughout the regular season, the Flames were one of the bottom feeders interms of goals for. If you wantto break it down further, the Mighty Ducks had triple the number of goals from their defencemen than the Flames received from theirs. It wasn't so much the lack of scoring as the Mighty Ducks only scored 1 more goal than Calgary in all games combined. However, the Calgary power play was unable to click when it counted most. They also didn't fore nearly enough shots the Ducks way (3 in the Second period of game 7, the 1st not coming until the 13 minute mark).
Anaheim has a number of very capable goal scorers on their roster (Scott and Rob Nedermeier; Teemu Selanne). If you want to defeat a team like that, one must limit the number of scoring opportunities (power play chances). The Flames were outshot in every gsame but one. One cannot score unless they have control of the puck. Overall, the Flames did not appear to get the message that in the new NHL penalties will be called. By giving up many power play chances, the flames were wearing out their players and the ones who were left sitting on the bench were getting cold and stiff from not playing.
Mikka Kiprosuff cannot be clames for the Flames early exit, as he kept the Flames in the series as long as he could. However, many of the Goals scored by Anaheim were stick side. If Kipper had been a little better on his stick side the serioes might have turned out differently. I also believe that Kiprosuff is inconsistent as Cloutier can be in the playoffs.
I watched a bit of this series and from what I saw the Flames appeared to be spending more time chasing the Ducks rather than the other way around. Darren McCarty especially appeared to be standing still on some plays.
The final factor that played into the Flames golfing was the lack of physical play. Teemu Selanne was not contained by any of the defenders. If the Flames had used physical play a bit more, they might have worn the Mighty Duck defenders down and thus been able to penetrate the Duck blueline to create a quality scoring chance. Furthermore, the Flames really struggled with the break-out pass, particularly in the crucial games seven. The second period was really the one the killed this team, as the flames were only able to produce 2 shots.
I don't care what era of hockey one refers to, you can't win if you don't score. Throughout the regular season, the Flames were one of the bottom feeders interms of goals for. If you wantto break it down further, the Mighty Ducks had triple the number of goals from their defencemen than the Flames received from theirs. It wasn't so much the lack of scoring as the Mighty Ducks only scored 1 more goal than Calgary in all games combined. However, the Calgary power play was unable to click when it counted most. They also didn't fore nearly enough shots the Ducks way (3 in the Second period of game 7, the 1st not coming until the 13 minute mark).
Anaheim has a number of very capable goal scorers on their roster (Scott and Rob Nedermeier; Teemu Selanne). If you want to defeat a team like that, one must limit the number of scoring opportunities (power play chances). The Flames were outshot in every gsame but one. One cannot score unless they have control of the puck. Overall, the Flames did not appear to get the message that in the new NHL penalties will be called. By giving up many power play chances, the flames were wearing out their players and the ones who were left sitting on the bench were getting cold and stiff from not playing.
Mikka Kiprosuff cannot be clames for the Flames early exit, as he kept the Flames in the series as long as he could. However, many of the Goals scored by Anaheim were stick side. If Kipper had been a little better on his stick side the serioes might have turned out differently. I also believe that Kiprosuff is inconsistent as Cloutier can be in the playoffs.
I watched a bit of this series and from what I saw the Flames appeared to be spending more time chasing the Ducks rather than the other way around. Darren McCarty especially appeared to be standing still on some plays.
The final factor that played into the Flames golfing was the lack of physical play. Teemu Selanne was not contained by any of the defenders. If the Flames had used physical play a bit more, they might have worn the Mighty Duck defenders down and thus been able to penetrate the Duck blueline to create a quality scoring chance. Furthermore, the Flames really struggled with the break-out pass, particularly in the crucial games seven. The second period was really the one the killed this team, as the flames were only able to produce 2 shots.
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