well, the good news is that we beat the canucks again. the bad news is that the flames let up in the third. and i'm not talking about when they started letting goals in and got some chincy penalties. at the end of the second, the flames were still pressing.
starting in the third, they just sat back on the lead. and yes, it was a five goal lead, and the canucks weren't able to come back, but first off, they made it close, and if burrows hadn't have taken that stupid penalty (i don't think he did it on purpose, but rather just wasn't aware of how close to the net he was), then who knows what could have happened.
i'm of the old oilers mentality. doesn't matter what the score is, 1-0, 5-0, 10-0, you keep your foot on their throat and try for another. we shouldn't be giving any team a chance to get back in a game, and we definitely don't want to give the canucks anything positive coming out of the game, as we have a bunch more to play them. we'd rather have them thinking that we have their number going into the next one. now their just thinking that even if they get down early in the next one, they can still come back. :>
still, when it comes down to it, we got another two points from our division rivals, and as both the flames and the canucks can attest to over the last few years, two points can make a world of difference at the end of the season. :>