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I am very disappointed in the Sharks first game. I only watch NHL if the Sharks are in the playoffs and they are choking like usual. Although it is only the first game and in my past I usually see the Sharks lose the first game, it sucks to lose at home.
 
Yeah it's never good to start a series with a loss at home (assuming they don't come back in 2 mins). This series, and Flames/Hawks looks like they will be very exciting as we all hoped.
 
LoveDestiny said:
I am very disappointed in the Sharks first game. I only watch NHL if the Sharks are in the playoffs and they are choking like usual. Although it is only the first game and in my past I usually see the Sharks lose the first game, it sucks to lose at home.
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I was dissapointed wit the Sharks as well, HOWEVER, I was glad and kind of interested in Anaheims choice of Hiller instead of Giguere. Nonetheless I was pleased, I do not like Giguere
 
The Blues are playing great, and the Canucks are still overwhelming them. That's got to be discouraging...

Up 2-0 heading to St. Louis, let's go for a sweep!
 
Oh! Is that what they were saying!? I could have SWORN that they were booing him when he touched the puck and were happy when he passed it. Man, that's what you get for the first syllable of your name rhyming with the number one jeer.

Articuno: It's only a matter of time, McDonald hit like 3 posts tonight alone. Somethings got to give, don't salivate too much this team has some tricks!
 
I would be kind of surprised if McDonald doesn't win a game on his own but 2-0 is such a kiss of death. :(

Slightly to greatly concerned about Varlamov instead of Theodore (even though Theodore is pretty bad), my Caps might be joining in the Blues...
 
Teifu said:
I would be kind of surprised if McDonald doesn't win a game on his own but 2-0 is such a kiss of death. :(

Slightly to greatly concerned about Varlamov instead of Theodore (even though Theodore is pretty bad), my Caps might be joining in the Blues...
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They need to have consolation bs like they do in fantasy hockey so the bad teams get a few more series or something :P
 
Just making a prediction that the flames will come out strong tonight but still end up fighting an uphill battle.

It would be nice if those calls where our goalie gets interefered with would go our way for once, but I guess that's how alot of people feel about their teams.
 
Mormoopid said:
Oh! Is that what they were saying!? I could have SWORN that they were booing him when he touched the puck and were happy when he passed it. Man, that's what you get for the first syllable of your name rhyming with the number one jeer.

Articuno: It's only a matter of time, McDonald hit like 3 posts tonight alone. Somethings got to give, don't salivate too much this team has some tricks!
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Good to be lucky, lucky to be good. Luongo has been huge in net and has either made the stops or given nothing to shoot at. You can't score points by hitting posts, there is indeed a little bit of space between the post and the goalie that you're supposed to find. Don't make it sound like Luongo's been hanging on for dear life, when in reality he's been dominant. The Canuck skaters have controlled the majority of the play, but Mason is playing great too.

I'm impressed with the Blues, like I said. I thought the series would be closer, but given their dire situation now, I would be surprised to see them win more than one game.
 
I didn't mean to give that impression arti, I just think that one of these games the bounces are gonna start goin the blues way so don't write them off completely yet!

Though I do think they are pretty fucked tbh...haha.
 
Mormoopid said:
Just making a prediction that the flames will come out strong tonight but still end up fighting an uphill battle.

It would be nice if those calls where our goalie gets interefered with would go our way for once, but I guess that's how alot of people feel about their teams.
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I usually have no pity for "my goalie was interfered with bs" mainly because I see Holmstrom get called for goalies coming out too far and flopping just so that they get a call. That game against Chicago with Havlats OT goal, was not interference though, whoever the hell the Flames D-man was, Leopold?, in any case, pushed Ladd right into Kipper so there shouldnt be a call there. You cannot push an opposition into your goalie and expect to get a call.
 
whoa, I heard theodore would likely be left out in game 2 but I thought this meant Brent Johnson was going to play....
 
Yeah, the rookie played well from what I saw (tuned in during the second period). Nothing he could do about the only goal he gave up. Meanwhile, the Caps offense stunk. Many of the players, and especially Ovechkin, tried to do too much on their own which made things pretty easy for the Rangers defensively. It's not hard to block shots when you know Ovie is just going to hang on to the puck and try to do it all himself. I think the bigger issue though offensively for the Caps was the lack of red bodies in front of Lundqvist when they controlled the offensive zone. Lundqvist was hardly ever screened in the third and you need to do that to a world class goalie like him. He made a lot of pretty routine looking saves because he could see the puck most of the time. I haven't seen too many Capitals games this season so I'm not as familiar with their offense as I am with Detroit's but I can't imagine the Red Wings would have been blanked in game 2 because there would have been more bodies in front of the net. But that's comparing apples to oranges I suppose.

Hats off to the Rangers, though, because I figured they'd go down to the Caps without too much trouble. Stealing both road games to open the series... I don't think anyone could have predicted that.

And speaking of Detroit, I am pretty pleased with how that series has gone so far. As a Wings fan, I really couldn't have scripted the best case scenario much better than the actual results.
 
Carl said:
Yeah, the rookie played well from what I saw (tuned in during the second period). Nothing he could do about the only goal he gave up. Meanwhile, the Caps offense stunk. Many of the players, and especially Ovechkin, tried to do too much on their own which made things pretty easy for the Rangers defensively. It's not hard to block shots when you know Ovie is just going to hang on to the puck and try to do it all himself. I think the bigger issue though offensively for the Caps was the lack of red bodies in front of Lundqvist when they controlled the offensive zone. Lundqvist was hardly ever screened in the third and you need to do that to a world class goalie like him. He made a lot of pretty routine looking saves because he could see the puck most of the time. I haven't seen too many Capitals games this season so I'm not as familiar with their offense as I am with Detroit's but I can't imagine the Red Wings would have been blanked in game 2 because there would have been more bodies in front of the net. But that's comparing apples to oranges I suppose.

Hats off to the Rangers, though, because I figured they'd go down to the Caps without too much trouble. Stealing both road games to open the series... I don't think anyone could have predicted that.

And speaking of Detroit, I am pretty pleased with how that series has gone so far. As a Wings fan, I really couldn't have scripted the best case scenario much better than the actual results.
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Yeah one of the major strengths that teams with players like holmstrom and ryan smyth have is that they get that net presence that some of your straight shooting teams dont. That right there combined with a solid defense can win a championship because if you give up few goals, even if you dont get a ton of shots, screens, tips, can go your way and take the game for you.
 
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