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Teams Take Different Directions
by Paul on 08/18/08 at 07:01 PM ET
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from Darren Eliot at Sports Illustrated,
Teams typically follow the wave of success on the ice as well and retool and retrench accordingly. But this year it isn’t as clear as to what type of team will lead to the ultimate prize. The Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with a bruising, brawling style, while the 2008 Detroit championship team was all about skating, passing and puck possession. No one will deny that both teams had the requisite blend of skilled veterans and emerging stars....
So, plodding and marauding on the blueline is definitely giving way to passing and pushing the pace from the back end. But up front, teams seem divided. For instance, the Capitals pummeled their way into the playoffs with a group of big, bruising, banging forwards leading the way. The Flames got bigger and grittier this summer by adding Rene Bourque, Curtis Glencross and Todd Burtuzzi. And certainly the Stars believe in the sand paper approach to hockey success, adding grandiose grit-disturber Sean Avery to a team that already has up-ice edginess provided by captain Brendan Morrow and Steve Ott.
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As soon as they make trades to have a defensive pairing of Visnovsky and Vishnevski.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 08/19/08 at 06:38 PM ET
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So the Flames have both Todd Bertuzzi and Todd Burtuzzi? Wow. I hope they play them on the same line.
Posted by BobTheZee on 08/19/08 at 06:21 PM ET