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They Kept Coming & Kept Coming
by Paul on 05/17/09 at 08:42 PM ET
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from Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Tribune,
Still searching for an explanation for the Game 1 disappointment? Maybe the Hawks were simply overmatched.
“I don’t think we looked overmatched at all,” Seabrook said. “I think they’re a great team, and they come with a lot of speed. We had our chances too.”
Speed is supposed to be the Hawks’ advantage, and we’ll take it on faith that it eventually will show itself in this series. But speed doesn’t mean anything if you cough up the puck.
The Red Wings looked tired in Game 7 of their conference semifinal against Anaheim. But on Sunday, as Seabrook put it, “they kept coming, they kept coming and kept coming.”
They did indeed, and let it be a lesson to these baby-faced Hawks that the great teams know how and when to turn it on.
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The Red Wings like to make nifty plays and then hope their opponents try to attempt the same. They don’t make many mistakes…
Actually, the Wings made a lot of mistakes. They uncharacteristically had 11 turnovers. That was mitigated by also having 11 takeaways, but it’s still not the way the Wings want (and need) to play. Maybe it was just the change of pace from the Ducks series, but they looked rushed out there in the first period. They settled down in the second, and the Hawks spent the last two periods simply chasing the Wings around their defensive zone.
The Hawks will be better prepared on Tuesday…but so will the Wings. In the end, I think Uncle Mike has both the better team and the better plan.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 05/17/09 at 11:20 PM ET
I think Detroit definitely looked tired AFTER game seven against Anaheim - but that is no different than any other game. That’s why the hockey is so much better when players aren’t playing back to back.
And Detroit NORMALLY doesn’t make many mistakes - so it looks like game one was an abberation in that sense. Both teams were sloppy, but after playing one opponent for so long it takes a bit to readjust to a very different style of play. It didn’t surprise me to see both teams looking shaky.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/18/09 at 05:37 AM ET
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This seems to be the common refrain from the Chicago media, and I just plain don’t get it. Did they watch the same game? Was that team tired when they locked down in their own zone and used a dogged forecheck to protect a one-goal lead for three minutes? Or when they jumped out to a 2-0 lead?
What did I miss?
The Ducks’ comeback to tie that game at three wasn’t an issue of Detroit being tired—it was an issue of both teams being pretty damn good hockey teams that each found a way to get some goals.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/17/09 at 09:22 PM ET