10) The Media.....Supportive yet restrained, leaving the coaching and second guessing to the Vancouver media
9) The City.....Affluent, growing, mild winters, world class, most of the players make this their home as well as many players from other teams
8) The Fans.....Best in the league, flags flying everywhere, and where else can you throw between 40,000 and 120,000 fans on the street a dozen times and not have any problems
7)The Also Rans are also Scoring.....Amonte, Yelle, Lundmark, Donovan, Simon, Lombardi have all found the net lately and have insured that the Iginla line won't have to do it all alone
6) Confidence.....When a team has this it makes a huge difference, knowing that there is not a team in the league that they can't shutdown, shutout or otherwise defeat creates a winning atmosphere
5) Coaching.....Sutter has shown that his system works, his players all buy into it and when they execute they win
4) Work Ethic.....Best in the league, every team knows that to beat Calgary they have to outwork them and in 1 or maybe 2 games it's possible but in a 7 game series it's just not gonna happen
3) Jerome Iginla.....A player almost in a different league, when he's on he can lift the play of everyone around him and can change the outcome of a game almost singlehandedly
2) Miikka.....He can change the outcome singlehandedly
1)D.....Team defence is the best in the league and defence wins series, noone can intimidate this team in a 7-game series...no one!!!!!
GO FLAMES GO
9) The City.....Affluent, growing, mild winters, world class, most of the players make this their home as well as many players from other teams
8) The Fans.....Best in the league, flags flying everywhere, and where else can you throw between 40,000 and 120,000 fans on the street a dozen times and not have any problems
7)The Also Rans are also Scoring.....Amonte, Yelle, Lundmark, Donovan, Simon, Lombardi have all found the net lately and have insured that the Iginla line won't have to do it all alone
6) Confidence.....When a team has this it makes a huge difference, knowing that there is not a team in the league that they can't shutdown, shutout or otherwise defeat creates a winning atmosphere
5) Coaching.....Sutter has shown that his system works, his players all buy into it and when they execute they win
4) Work Ethic.....Best in the league, every team knows that to beat Calgary they have to outwork them and in 1 or maybe 2 games it's possible but in a 7 game series it's just not gonna happen
3) Jerome Iginla.....A player almost in a different league, when he's on he can lift the play of everyone around him and can change the outcome of a game almost singlehandedly
2) Miikka.....He can change the outcome singlehandedly
1)D.....Team defence is the best in the league and defence wins series, noone can intimidate this team in a 7-game series...no one!!!!!
GO FLAMES GO