"The first game here was in overtime and went their way," said head coach Mike Keenan. "The second game here, I thought Roberto Luongo (who made 36 saves) probably won the game for them. The third game, I thought there was an indiscretion in league scheduling -- we played a 5 o'clock game (in Vancouver) after we had played the night before (in Edmonton). They sat and they were rested. I didn't think -- and I still don't think -- that's what the competition would want in the NHL.
"Then we outplayed them fundamentally in the last game (Thursday at GM Place) but they were able to find a way to win. We gave up 20 shots -- that's a pretty good road game. Everybody knows that Kipper (Miikka Kiprusoff) didn't have his best night. What are you going to do?"
He is trying to put a rosy little spin on it, but what it boils down to is in a head to head battle of goaltenders, Luongo has simply been better, the Canucks best players have been better than the Flames best, and good teams will find a way to win. I love the quip about the "indiscretion in league scheduling". Is that like the "indiscretion that saw us play in Edmonton then fly to Minnesota the next night (and win, behind a Markus Naslund hat trick)? You would expect Mike Keenan of all people to not want to BS the fans of Calgary, but to serve this up as though it were a valid reason they are 0-4 against the Canucks is insulting to the Flames' fans intelligence. And that is saying something. Sure they may win tonight (we played last night, so we get to use the excuse, right Mike?), but it's been a great season so for for the boys in blue, so celebrate tonight, and all the best in 08 from all of us at WAACH!
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