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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2006 19:03:19 GMT -5
Watching Tampa-Ottawa Game 1....Lecavalier scores on a 5-on-3....1-0 Tampa. I wasn't impressed with Ottawa at all in that period....jitters? Emery and Grahame both look sharp.
Coach's Corner....Don and Ron spend 30 seconds on the Edmonton and Ottawa games....and the rest of the time it's all about Pat Quinn and Mats Sundin's ice time and how the Leafs don't sign any Canadian players with heart and grit.
Almost criminal....this Leaf babble can't last more than just tonight....or can it?
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Post by Toronthab on Apr 21, 2006 21:29:59 GMT -5
Bad as it is...and it is ....it's no doubt an occupational hazard....they spend the whole year covering every aspect of the team, are essentially deprived of the presence of les glorieux, (poor bastards) and this is the result. Be sorry for them. Quinn's departure is a pretty big thing too.....not like Domi celebrating a three week aniversary or some other huge event.....gag,gag, but again .feel sorry for the poor bastards.
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Post by roke on Apr 21, 2006 23:46:35 GMT -5
Whistles put away in the Edmonton-Detroit OT. Will the league have any referees left by the Finals?
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 22, 2006 9:07:50 GMT -5
Whistles put away in the Edmonton-Detroit OT. Will the league have any referees left by the Finals? Yeah, I saw that too....John Garrett couldn't believe it. An Edmonton stick was broken by a slash....no call. He said, "That's been called all year." Let's see if Bettman keeps his promise. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 23, 2006 0:16:10 GMT -5
Colorado with an impressive win over a lacklustre Stars team. Theo not having a lot of work in the first two periods....but impressive in shutting it down on the PK in the third.
Devils continue on their merry way. Jagr could be out for a while....looks like his left shoulder.
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Post by jkr on Apr 23, 2006 7:03:36 GMT -5
Colorado with an impressive win over a lacklustre Stars team. Theo not having a lot of work in the first two periods....but impressive in shutting it down on the PK in the third. Devils continue on their merry way. Jagr could be out for a while....looks like his left shoulder. The Stars & Turco looked awful. Did any one tell them this was a playoff game? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2006 8:42:58 GMT -5
The Stars & Turco looked awful. Did any one tell them this was a playoff game? Not to mention Theodore looked like a beached whale. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 23, 2006 9:36:00 GMT -5
What exactly did Cherry say after the Habs' game that involved Domi's name?
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 23, 2006 11:24:29 GMT -5
Well, Theodore may have had only 18 shots but he looked good stopping them.
Robert Esche looked spetacular for Philadelphia last night. WOW! comes to mind. He was totally focused.
However, the Sabres were all over the Flyers. Very fast, motivated team right now.
Cheers.
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Post by PTH on Apr 23, 2006 13:47:24 GMT -5
Am watching EDM-DET, EDM just got 2 quick goals, going from down 2-1 to a 3-2 lead. Legacé is a good goalie, but he didn't get the job done there. Other than that, Detroit is very strong.
The video feed for the NBC coverage of Nashville-SJ is terrible, it looks as if it went through a bad digital compression algorithm, like early divx movies. Unwatchable IMO, especially for a casual fan, who has a DET-EDM game with a nice clean image on another channel.
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Post by franko on Apr 23, 2006 13:58:03 GMT -5
Legacé is a good goalie, but he didn't get the job done there. Nothing new there. |
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Post by seventeen on Apr 23, 2006 19:48:02 GMT -5
Tampa over Ottawa. Tampa was really up for the game, but helped out considerably by some shaky goaltending by Emery. Tampa's 3rd and 4th goals were so-so. Their 2nd goal by Richards was a nice deke, but helped out immeasurably by Chara falling down with no one around him to allow Richards in all alone. By my count....3 of 4 goals shouldn't have gone in. Ottawa did not maintain the effort level of Tampa, though. They'll have to ratchet it up a notch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2006 20:37:10 GMT -5
Yeah, Emery did his best impression of Patrick Lalime tonight.
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Post by PTH on Apr 23, 2006 20:54:43 GMT -5
With Anaheim taking the lead, looks like a lot of series will be 1-1 pretty soon. I hope that the Habs are taking note of how teams come back much stronger in game 2 after a loss....
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 23, 2006 21:59:23 GMT -5
Two very strong efforts today. Saw most of the Edmonton/Detroit game and the Oilers received full marks for their victory.
Martin St. Louis stole the show in Ottawa. He was the decisive player IMHO and they did get a strong performance from Graham as well.
Ottawa looked like they tried hard enough but their timing seemed to be off. Not sure if they had a bad game or if the Bolts simply took it to them. The Sens had their chances to win it, but I'l leaning more towards the latter.
Cheers.
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Post by seventeen on Apr 23, 2006 23:48:50 GMT -5
Martin St. Louis stole the show in Ottawa. He was the decisive player IMHO and they did get a strong performance from Graham as well. I don't understand something. It's not hard to tell early on, which guy is 'on his game'. So why isn't extra attention paid to him? On one play, St. Louis cut into the middle over the blueline and a Senator played the puck. Man...he's cutting into the middle, there's lots of teammates around to play the puck. Put your shoulder into the guy. It's going to slow him down. It might Umbergerize him. Do that and chances are he doesn't score the winner, doesn't even threaten the rest of the night. The 73-74 Flyers had a lot of goons, but Shero made them finish every check. On another play, St. Louis comes out from his net, passes the puck and a Senator turns away from him. Finish the check! You won't hurt him, but he's not getting the puck back right away and he's now behind the play. Its a simple game. Duh. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 24, 2006 7:10:19 GMT -5
Martin St. Louis stole the show in Ottawa. He was the decisive player IMHO and they did get a strong performance from Graham as well. I don't understand something. It's not hard to tell early on, which guy is 'on his game'. So why isn't extra attention paid to him? On one play, St. Louis cut into the middle over the blueline and a Senator played the puck. Man...he's cutting into the middle, there's lots of teammates around to play the puck. Put your shoulder into the guy. It's going to slow him down. It might Umbergerize him. Do that and chances are he doesn't score the winner, doesn't even threaten the rest of the night. The 73-74 Flyers had a lot of goons, but Shero made them finish every check. On another play, St. Louis comes out from his net, passes the puck and a Senator turns away from him. Finish the check! You won't hurt him, but he's not getting the puck back right away and he's now behind the play. Its a simple game. Duh. It's a good point you bring up WRT finishing off checks. Coach Murray usually prepares his team well in that aspect of the game. And, if you watch some of the replays you might see two of the Tampa goals were the result of missed defensive checks. Watching the game yesterday I noticed that TB played with a fire. They didn't let up, didn't get down on themselves and kept it up for most of the game. Boyle's goal was an example of a loosey-goosey team that was playing with confidence. On the other hand, you could almost see the pressure that is squarely on Ottawa's shoulders to win this series. They're a fast, strong-skating team, but they aren't loose. As it stands now, TB is back in this series and, honestly, I didn't think they were out of it after game one. The pressure remains on Ottawa. Cheers. |
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Post by franko on Apr 24, 2006 8:19:40 GMT -5
Watching the game yesterday I noticed that TB played with a fire. They didn't let up, didn't get down on themselves and kept it up for most of the game. Boyle's goal was an example of a loosey-goosey team that was playing with confidence.
Boyle did, going one-on-three and scoring the tying goal at 5:24. A mere 55 seconds later, St. Louis scored his second of the game with 13:41 left. St. Petersburg TimesThey know the pressure is on them to win NOW. Past failures are in the back of the mind, at the top of their self-imposed salary cap and changes to be made in the off-season . . .the team will be blown up if they don't at the very least get to the finals. That pressure has them worried. But I think they'll bounce back. NO one predicted they'd go 4-0 . . . they just didn't expect their loss to come in the second game! |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 24, 2006 8:57:55 GMT -5
Rather than start another thread, check out this article in the Star. Hey Ron, have you considered a rubber room?
MacLean already starting to lose it
Apr. 24, 2006. 05:22 AM
CHRIS ZELKOVICH
Paul McCartney might consider a return trip to Canada, but not to save the seals. A more urgent mission is the matter of saving Ron MacLean.
The two-month marathon known as the Stanley Cup playoffs is only three days old and already the Hockey Night In Canada host and personal valet to Don Cherry is showing signs of cabin fever. Somebody has to free this guy from the CBC studio before he goes stark, raving mad on air.
There are indications it may be too late.
MacLean's a nice enough guy and pretty good at keeping things rolling in the studio, but Canada's highest-paid sports host has been showing signs of instability all season.
There were those unrelenting tirades against NHL officiating, his increasingly long-winded and rambling questions and his apparent belief that people have tuned in not to watch the game but to hear his opinions.
But the strain of being cooped up in a studio — for more than 12 hours yesterday — may be sending him over the edge.
Things started off well enough Friday night. On the opening night of the playoffs, he and Cherry managed to get in their mandatory comments on the Maple Leafs, apparently unaware that their favourite team wasn't in the playoffs.
Unlike many viewers, MacLean apparently wasn't traumatized by Cherry's jacket, which looked like it had been purchased at a figure skating club yard sale. Nor did he appear to be affected by a blow to the chin suffered in a recreational hockey game last week.
But by Saturday he started to show the strain. Though his heart was in the right place, his tribute to Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan was more than a little strange thanks to his showing off several snapshots of himself in military garb after being made an honorary colonel.
What this had to do with hockey is still a mystery.
Following the game, he joined Cherry in one of his frequent glowing tributes to Tie Domi, fulfilling the CBC's Leafs quotient for the night. Apparently still unaware that the Leafs were gone, they killed a few minutes of airtime complaining about the negative press Domi had received.
``He's called a self-promoter for being a guy who earns his pay," MacLean said, looking downright forlorn.
Yesterday, he opened the day's triple-header by explaining how that term came about, then added, ``Three heads makes no sense unless you're R.J. Umberger."
That was a reference to the Philadelphia player who took a tremendous hit Saturday. Maybe we're better off not knowing what he meant.
During the first intermission of the Edmonton-Detroit game, he left studio analyst Kelly Hrudey looking confused when he told a meandering story from 1991 that seemed to have little to do with anything at hand.
After a mysterious reference to a bowling shirt that likely would have made no sense even if he'd explained it, MacLean signed off for the afternoon.
Let's hope he got some sleep before the night games.
CHANNEL SURFING, THE GOOD: During the men's final of the Monte Carlo tennis event yesterday, viewers were able to hear almost every word of a discussion between the umpire and Roger Federer over a disputed call. It wasn't McEnroe calibre, but it provided the kind of stuff you usually get only in curling.
CHANNEL SURFING, THE BAD: NBC has a good thing going with those sideline hockey reporters stationed between the benches, but it will have to get better stuff than what Cammi Granato provided yesterday during the San Jose-Nashville game. ``Down at ice level, you can really get the sense San Jose is in control," Granato reported. Let's see, San Jose was leading 3-0 with 15 minutes left in the game. I guess you had to be at ice level to pick up on that one.Here's the linkCheers. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 24, 2006 9:03:57 GMT -5
Watching the game yesterday I noticed that TB played with a fire. They didn't let up, didn't get down on themselves and kept it up for most of the game. Boyle's goal was an example of a loosey-goosey team that was playing with confidence.
Boyle did, going one-on-three and scoring the tying goal at 5:24. A mere 55 seconds later, St. Louis scored his second of the game with 13:41 left. St. Petersburg TimesThey know the pressure is on them to win NOW. Past failures are in the back of the mind, at the top of their self-imposed salary cap and changes to be made in the off-season . . .the team will be blown up if they don't at the very least get to the finals. That pressure has them worried. But I think they'll bounce back. NO one predicted they'd go 4-0 . . . they just didn't expect their loss to come in the second game! You might be right, Franko. Ottawa might respond better to not having the home crowd pressure on them. One thing they can't afford to do is allow the Bolts and previous playoff failures to get into their heads. Can't say for sure, but I think we'll see the Sens come out with a vengence tomorrow night. Cheers. |
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Post by PTH on Apr 24, 2006 22:34:00 GMT -5
Am watching Dallas-Colorado on RDS. I love how they can call a game without actually being there - if it's not on screen, they don't know about it, though they try their best not to less us know they're in a studio with no more of a view than we do.....
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 24, 2006 23:03:10 GMT -5
Stars and Avs going to OT.
Almost a carbon copy of our game.
Avs had a 3-0 lead....fell behind 4-3.....scored late to tie it.....withstood some late penalty trouble....Theo with a couple of positionally solid saves....
Still a chance to go up 2-0....and from what I've seen since tuning in at the 10:00 mark of the third period....the Avs should win it.
EDIT: And they do! Hejduk scores right after Arnott rang a slapshot dead off the post over Theo's glove. Classic! Avs and Habs up 2-0 and going home.
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Post by PTH on Apr 24, 2006 23:22:11 GMT -5
EDIT: And they do! Hejduk scores right after Arnott rang a slapshot dead off the post over Theo's glove. Classic! Avs and Habs up 2-0 and going home. RDS was saying it was Liles who scored, but they're just watching it on TV.... |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 24, 2006 23:42:52 GMT -5
EDIT: And they do! Hejduk scores right after Arnott rang a slapshot dead off the post over Theo's glove. Classic! Avs and Habs up 2-0 and going home. RDS was saying it was Liles who scored, but they're just watching it on TV.... Now credit has been given to Sakic on the tip. That guy is an absolute horse. |
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Post by jkr on Apr 25, 2006 5:55:54 GMT -5
RDS was saying it was Liles who scored, but they're just watching it on TV.... Now credit has been given to Sakic on the tip. That guy is an absolute horse. Theodore was beaten on the short side - again - but got lucky. But Sakic has been incredible going back to late in the season. He's the reason Colorado grabbed that playoff spot & they will go as far as he is able to take them - it doesn't really matter who is in goal for them. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 25, 2006 7:17:48 GMT -5
Now credit has been given to Sakic on the tip. That guy is an absolute horse. Theodore was beaten on the short side - again - but got lucky. But Sakic has been incredible going back to late in the season. He's the reason Colorado grabbed that playoff spot & they will go as far as he is able to take them - it doesn't really matter who is in goal for them. Here we go again with "Is a direct shot that hits the post beating the goalie or not?" To me, it isn't. Either the goalie had the rest of the net covered or it's inaccurate shooting, since a post isn't even counted as a shot on goal. In that case last night, it did look as if Theo moved his glove late....but maybe that's all Arnott had to shoot at. Only Arnott knows how much net he had to shoot at. Perhaps there's a quote from him somewhere in cyberspace. Either way, Avs still up 2-0. Deflected shots and strange bounces that hit the post aren't inaccurate shots....that's a lot closer to good luck for the goalie. |
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Post by jkr on Apr 25, 2006 7:27:30 GMT -5
Theodore was beaten on the short side - again - but got lucky. But Sakic has been incredible going back to late in the season. He's the reason Colorado grabbed that playoff spot & they will go as far as he is able to take them - it doesn't really matter who is in goal for them. Here we go again with "Is a direct shot that hits the post beating the goalie or not?" To me, it isn't. Either the goalie had the rest of the net covered or it's inaccurate shooting, since a post isn't even counted as a shot on goal. In that case last night, it did look as if Theo moved his glove late....but maybe that's all Arnott had to shoot at. Only Arnott knows how much net he had to shoot at. Perhaps there's a quote from him somewhere in cyberspace. Either way, Avs still up 2-0. Deflected shots and strange bounces that hit the post aren't inaccurate shots....that's a lot closer to good luck for the goalie. OK but my point was that Theodore has been displaying this weakness all season. I have seen highlight packages from the last couple of regular season games that show he hasn't solved this problem. I still think there is an element of luck. An inch the other way and the Stars win. I don't completely buy the argument that goalie had it covered. In any case I stand by my argument that Sakic is the key - whatever team can control him will beat Colorado. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 25, 2006 7:37:10 GMT -5
I just saw an internew on-line with Arnott on www.dallasstars.comA reporter asks him, "On that odd man rush, it looked like you shot it about as good as you could, did you think it was in." Arnott replied, "I thought so....it hit the post square on...and bounced the right way....." Still not definitive...but it sounds as if he had room. |
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Post by Skilly on Apr 25, 2006 10:03:37 GMT -5
Now credit has been given to Sakic on the tip. That guy is an absolute horse. Theodore was beaten on the short side - again - but got lucky. But Sakic has been incredible going back to late in the season. He's the reason Colorado grabbed that playoff spot & they will go as far as he is able to take them - it doesn't really matter who is in goal for them. It's like I said in the first Cup prediction thread (before it was deleted ... *sigh* ... so no proof) all Colorado needs is average goaltending. Their offense will win 2 or 3 games ... so Theo only needs to win 1 all by himself. All the stats in the world can get thrown out the window this time of year. Huet: 2.52 GAA, 0.933 S%, 6 GA, 89 shots, 2 W Theo: 2.90 GAA, 0.860 S%, 6 GA, 43 shots, 2 W I dont think Colorado is anymore upset with their 2 W's now than we are. By all accounts 3 of the 4 goals scored on Theo last night were deflected/lucky bounces. But Colorado is doing a good job in limiting the shots on Theo ...something the Habs defense could not do/ would not do on a consistent basis. We can't let Carolina get 40+ shots on a continual basis and expect to win ..... Colorado at the very least is only giving Theo 20 shots a night to face. But at the end of the day the only thing that matters is those 2 W's. |
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Post by jkr on Apr 25, 2006 15:10:44 GMT -5
Theodore was beaten on the short side - again - but got lucky. But Sakic has been incredible going back to late in the season. He's the reason Colorado grabbed that playoff spot & they will go as far as he is able to take them - it doesn't really matter who is in goal for them. It's like I said in the first Cup prediction thread (before it was deleted ... *sigh* ... so no proof) all Colorado needs is average goaltending. Their offense will win 2 or 3 games ... so Theo only needs to win 1 all by himself. All the stats in the world can get thrown out the window this time of year. Huet: 2.52 GAA, 0.933 S%, 6 GA, 89 shots, 2 W Theo: 2.90 GAA, 0.860 S%, 6 GA, 43 shots, 2 W I dont think Colorado is anymore upset with their 2 W's now than we are. By all accounts 3 of the 4 goals scored on Theo last night were deflected/lucky bounces. But Colorado is doing a good job in limiting the shots on Theo ...something the Habs defense could not do/ would not do on a consistent basis. We can't let Carolina get 40+ shots on a continual basis and expect to win ..... Colorado at the very least is only giving Theo 20 shots a night to face. But at the end of the day the only thing that matters is those 2 W's. I agree with you to a point. All they need is average goalrending to win a round or maybe even two but they will need a lot more than that to go all the way. |
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