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Originally posted by Lyncher
ok ... so obviously close to none of you know anything about hockey ... and obviously never watched the first to games of the series, where the Ducks have shut out the Wild in both and completely dominated on offence, defence, special teams and most of all goaltending. I for one have the privilge to hate both teams equally because the play European hockey and lets face it is god-awful to watch. but taking all this into mind ... this series will go no further than round 5
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Bullshit!
You say none of us know anything about hockey? Did you even <B>see</B> the first game? The Wild, who everybody expected to be dead tired coming off of their 7 games series with Vancouver, completely dominated the Ducks in terms of offense, and if you don't count the goaltenders, the Wild were the better team in terms of defense. Why do you think the Ducks didn't score during regular time? The Wild didn't have a super hot goaltender to rely on. The Ducks sat back, and let their goaltender ride them through 4 1/2 periods, right before they capitalized on a single mistake made by Minnesota in the second overtime.
I'm sorry if my tone is harsh, but I really hate average teams that ride their outstanding goaltenders through the Playoffs. The Buffalo Sabres did this when they had Hasek. They even managed to get to the Playoff Finals. But once the other team got around their goaltender, they showed what a poor team they really were.
And don't get me wrong. The Ducks have some mighty fine players like Kariya, Oates, and Sykora, but there just isn't enough talent on that team to justify their current standings. The same thing that happened to the Sabres is eventually going to happen with Ducks. They can't expect Giguere to carry them forever.