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Post by wild1 on Nov 16, 2008 18:54:25 GMT -4
You keep hearing how the Cats are on such a great program for exercise and nutrition, but everytime we play back-to-back games or 3 in 3, they get completely out hustled, and Montreal this is their 4th game in 5 days, so they should as tired or more so than the Cats.
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Post by hockey1981 on Nov 16, 2008 18:56:33 GMT -4
I agree....BADLY outworked today. I would think MTL would be more tired, but it doesn't look like it so far.
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Post by sec21critic on Nov 16, 2008 19:39:08 GMT -4
1) This is the first 3-in3 the team has played this year. They have played 2 games in two nights before this. They were 2-0 in these games, including the blowout vs. Val d'Or 2) Three of the four game Montreal has played have been at home... and the other was a short trip to Gatineau.
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Post by hockey1981 on Nov 16, 2008 19:43:04 GMT -4
Moncton flew to Quebec Friday Am, then Bussed to Drummondville (1 1/2 Hrs from Quebec), then bussed to Montreal (30-45mins away from Drummondville), not a bad roadtrip imo.
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Post by gongshow on Nov 16, 2008 19:56:51 GMT -4
Moncton flew to Quebec Friday Am, then Bussed to Drummondville (1 1/2 Hrs from Quebec), then bussed to Montreal (30-45mins away from Drummondville), not a bad roadtrip imo. Add to that basically the whole month of Novenber off so far. Total shots on the road trip -71 Total shots against -113
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Post by sec21critic on Nov 16, 2008 20:03:03 GMT -4
Moncton flew to Quebec Friday Am, then Bussed to Drummondville (1 1/2 Hrs from Quebec), then bussed to Montreal (30-45mins away from Drummondville), not a bad roadtrip imo. Moncton also played two of the top four or five teams in the league going into today. Montreal played Bathurst, PEI, Gatineau... not exactly the same level of competition. My point was noone can really compare this trip to any other part of the schedule... because there has been nothing to compare it to. And conditioning had little to do with it, if you ask me. The third period of today's game is proof of that. The team didn't win because they didn't eat right... the team lost because they didn't work for it.
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Post by senators19 on Nov 16, 2008 20:49:14 GMT -4
Moncton flew to Quebec Friday Am, then Bussed to Drummondville (1 1/2 Hrs from Quebec), then bussed to Montreal (30-45mins away from Drummondville), not a bad roadtrip imo. Moncton also played two of the top four or five teams in the league going into today. Montreal played Bathurst, PEI, Gatineau... not exactly the same level of competition. My point was noone can really compare this trip to any other part of the schedule... because there has been nothing to compare it to. And conditioning had little to do with it, if you ask me. The third period of today's game is proof of that. The team didn't win because they didn't eat right... the team lost because they didn't work for it. I agree completely with your points here. Plus throw in the inevitable letdown after their road winning streak ended which only added to the bit of lackluster performance.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Nov 16, 2008 22:43:48 GMT -4
You keep hearing how the Cats are on such a great program for exercise and nutrition, but everytime we play back-to-back games or 3 in 3, they get completely out hustled, and Montreal this is their 4th game in 5 days, so they should as tired or more so than the Cats. I don't think it has anything to do with conditionning, I think they are just on a low after having lost their 1st game. They should be back to normal after a week of regrouping.
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Post by mikeb on Nov 17, 2008 8:22:22 GMT -4
You keep hearing how the Cats are on such a great program for exercise and nutrition, but everytime we play back-to-back games or 3 in 3, they get completely out hustled, and Montreal this is their 4th game in 5 days, so they should as tired or more so than the Cats. I don't think it has anything to do with conditionning, I think they are just on a low after having lost their 1st game. They should be back to normal after a week of regrouping. Losing that game should not have been that devastating. If anything, the coaches should have used it as a motivational tool. I would hope that the team doesn't use losing one game as the reason for taking the next game off.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Nov 17, 2008 10:29:38 GMT -4
I don't think it has anything to do with conditionning, I think they are just on a low after having lost their 1st game. They should be back to normal after a week of regrouping. Losing that game should not have been that devastating. If anything, the coaches should have used it as a motivational tool. I would hope that the team doesn't use losing one game as the reason for taking the next game off. It would be if you had not lost for 2 months and all the media/fan attention was on "the streak". I'm sure the coaching staff will spend the week refocusing the boys and making sure the loosing streak ends at 2 games.
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Post by t-dude on Nov 17, 2008 20:30:08 GMT -4
I don't think it has anything to do with conditionning, I think they are just on a low after having lost their 1st game. They should be back to normal after a week of regrouping. Group hug in the shower! ;D
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Post by mikeb on Nov 18, 2008 8:19:45 GMT -4
Losing that game should not have been that devastating. If anything, the coaches should have used it as a motivational tool. I would hope that the team doesn't use losing one game as the reason for taking the next game off. It would be if you had not lost for 2 months and all the media/fan attention was on "the streak". I'm sure the coaching staff will spend the week refocusing the boys and making sure the loosing streak ends at 2 games. The media and fan attention was on the streak. The coaches all talked about one game at a time and that was what they were stressing to the kids. Like I said, use the loss to motivate the team. If that's all it takes to get the team completely unfocussed, then what will happen if they lose a playoff game? Will they lose the next 2 games? I think it was more they took the night off than they were depressed because of the loss. Their competitive level was not there.
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Post by chsb on Nov 18, 2008 9:38:32 GMT -4
Moncton flew to Quebec Friday Am, then Bussed to Drummondville (1 1/2 Hrs from Quebec), then bussed to Montreal (30-45mins away from Drummondville), not a bad roadtrip imo. They flew to Quebec City and then slept at Chateau Frontenac....not a bad trip....even on a honeymoon. It is precious to be on Irving's team sometime....something small market teams could not afford.
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Post by chsb on Nov 18, 2008 9:40:39 GMT -4
Moncton flew to Quebec Friday Am, then Bussed to Drummondville (1 1/2 Hrs from Quebec), then bussed to Montreal (30-45mins away from Drummondville), not a bad roadtrip imo. Moncton also played two of the top four or five teams in the league going into today. Montreal played Bathurst, PEI, Gatineau... not exactly the same level of competition. My point was noone can really compare this trip to any other part of the schedule... because there has been nothing to compare it to. Other teams will fom now bring their A game against the Cats and I don't think that you will fare as well in the future as you did in the past. The Cats had a great run and I hope the fans enjoyed it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:09:21 GMT -4
Moncton flew to Quebec Friday Am, then Bussed to Drummondville (1 1/2 Hrs from Quebec), then bussed to Montreal (30-45mins away from Drummondville), not a bad roadtrip imo. They flew to Quebec City and then slept at Chateau Frontenac....not a bad trip....even on a honeymoon. It is precious to be on Irving's team sometime....something small market teams could not afford. You have to be the biggest bitch about large market teams; you didn't mind the TeleTubbie buying your team a title in 1999!!
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