CALGARY (Feb. 15) â It is hardly uncommon for a coach to accentuate the positive, even when the negative is overwhelming. As such, we had Ron Wilson extolling his team for directing 42 shots at Miikka Kiprusoff on Tuesday â a 5-1 blasting by the Calgary Flames be damned.
To show you how utterly meaningless the shot total is on many nights, consider that the Leafs have out-gunned their oppos...
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