DANIEL DAY LEWIS WILL NOT BE IN CALGARY TONIGHT…
BUT ODDS ARE GOOD…THERE WILL BE BLOOD…
ACCORDING TO HOCKEY FIGHTS.COM…SO FAR THIS SEASON…THE FLAMES ARE SECOND IN NHL WITH 67 FIGHTS…
THE CANUCKS ARE THIRD WITH 63…
THIS IS NO ACCIDENT…
LAST YEAR THE ANAHEIM DUCKS LED THE LEAGUE WITH 71 FIGHTING MAJORS AND OVER 14 HUNDRED MINUTES IN PENALTIES…
THE DUCKS ALSO WON THE CUP…
CALL IT PARITY…OR MEDIOCRITY…
BUT THE NHL NO LONGER HAS GREAT TEAMS…
IN THE TWO PLAYOFFS SINCE THE LOCK OUT IN 2004…NO TEAM IN EITHER FINAL HAS MANAGED TO WIN A SINGLE ROUND SINCE…
AND TWO OF THE 4 TEAMS MISSED THE PLAYOFFS THE FOLLOWING YEAR…
THANKS TO THE NEW CBA…THE STANLEY CUP NOW GOES TO A TEAM FILLED WITH PLAYERS HEADED TO THE HALL OF FAME…
IT MEANS COACHES ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER INTANGIBLES TO GIVE THEIR TEAM AN EDGE…
LAST YEAR THE ANAHEIM SEEMED TO HAVE FOUND IT…
THE FRANCHISE DUMPED ITS TEAL UNIFORMS AND ITS DUCK LOGO…
ITS NEW IMAGE WAS CAST IN BLACK AND GOLD…AND FIGHTING BECAME THE CORNER STONE OF ITS NEW STYLE…
GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE MAKES NO APOLOGIES FOR IT…
IN FACT ANAHEIM’S TOP GOON…GEORGE PARROS NOW TAKES BOXING LESSONS IN THE SUMMER…
IT ALL MAY SEEM LIKE A SCENE OUT OF SLAP SHOT…BUT LAST SEASON IT PAID OFF BIG TIME FOR THE DUCKS…
LIKE IT OR NOT…THIS IS A COPY CAT LEAGUE…
AS A RESULT THIS SEASON FIGHTING IN THE NHL HAS DRAMATICLY INCREASED…
NO WHERE IS THAT MORE NOTICABLE THAN IN VANCOUVER AND CALGARY…
WITH JUST A HAND FULL OF GAME LEFT…THE CANUCKS AND THE FLAMES CAN WIN THEIR DIVISION…OR MISS THE PLAYOFFS COMPETELY…
TONIGHT IS THE FIRST OF 3 MEETINGS BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS…AND THE FATE OF BOTH OF THEIR SEASONS COULD BE SEALED IN THOSE GAMES…
ONLY ONE THING IS ABSOLUTELY GUARENTEED…NEITHER TEAM PLANS TO GO WITHOUT A FIGHT…
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
LETS SAY…YOU JUST ARRIVED ON EARTH FROM ANOTHER PLANET…
YOU TURN ON THE T.V. ON SATURDAY NIGHT…
YOU’RE WATCHING HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA…
IT’S TORONTO AND NEW JERSEY WHICH IS BEING TELECAST COAST TO COAST TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE…
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND PERIOD…
RON MACLEAN AND DON CHERRY SPEND 10 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE LEAFS…
BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD PERIOD…
THE HOT STOVE PANEL SPENDS ANOTHER 10 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE LEAFS…
YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE LEAFS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE ON THIS PLANET SINCE THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS…
HOW COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THIS ALIEN THAT THE LEAFS ARE A 12TH PLACED TEAM…WHICH HAS JUST FIRED IT’S GENERAL MANAGER AND HAS NOT MADE THE PLAYOFFS IN 4 YEARS…
EVEN WORSE…THIS IS A FRANCHISE THAT HAS NOT EVEN GONE TO A STANLEY CUP FINAL IN OVER 40 YEARS…
ODDS ARE GOOD…
THE ALIEN WOULD LOOK AT YOU IN COMPLETE DISBELIEF…SHAKE HIS HEAD…THEN GET BACK INTO HIS SPACE SHIP AND NEVER COME BACK…
MEMO TO HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA…
THE LEAFS ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS…GET OVER IT…
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER GREAT CANADAIN STORIES THAT NEED YOUR ATTENTION…
THE OTTAWA SENATORS…THE TEAM THAT WENT TO THE CUP FINAL A YEAR AGO IS NOW SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL…
THE MONTREAL CANADIANS ARE IN FIRST PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE…
THE CANUCKS AND THE FLAMES ARE WITHIN 3 POINTS OF EACH OTHER IN THE FIGHT FIRST PLACE IN THE NORTH WEST DIVISION…
THERE ARE ALSO A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT WORTH MENTIONING…
ALEXANDER OVECHKIN IS LEADING THE LEAD IN THE GOALS AND POINTS…
SIDNEY CROSBY IS BACK IN THE LINE UP AND ON SUNDAY HE AND PENGUINS WILL PLAY OVECHKIN AND THE CAPITALS…
AND TONIGHT IN CHICAGO…THE HAWKS ARE BRINGING BACK BOBBY HULL AND STAN MIKITA…
UNFORTUNATELY THE LEAFS WON LASTNIGHT…
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BOYS AND GIRLS AT HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT???
MAYBE IT’S TIME WE ALL GOT INTO A SPACE SHIP AND FOUND OURSELVES ANOTHER PLANET…
YOU TURN ON THE T.V. ON SATURDAY NIGHT…
YOU’RE WATCHING HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA…
IT’S TORONTO AND NEW JERSEY WHICH IS BEING TELECAST COAST TO COAST TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE…
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND PERIOD…
RON MACLEAN AND DON CHERRY SPEND 10 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE LEAFS…
BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD PERIOD…
THE HOT STOVE PANEL SPENDS ANOTHER 10 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE LEAFS…
YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE LEAFS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE ON THIS PLANET SINCE THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS…
HOW COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THIS ALIEN THAT THE LEAFS ARE A 12TH PLACED TEAM…WHICH HAS JUST FIRED IT’S GENERAL MANAGER AND HAS NOT MADE THE PLAYOFFS IN 4 YEARS…
EVEN WORSE…THIS IS A FRANCHISE THAT HAS NOT EVEN GONE TO A STANLEY CUP FINAL IN OVER 40 YEARS…
ODDS ARE GOOD…
THE ALIEN WOULD LOOK AT YOU IN COMPLETE DISBELIEF…SHAKE HIS HEAD…THEN GET BACK INTO HIS SPACE SHIP AND NEVER COME BACK…
MEMO TO HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA…
THE LEAFS ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS…GET OVER IT…
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER GREAT CANADAIN STORIES THAT NEED YOUR ATTENTION…
THE OTTAWA SENATORS…THE TEAM THAT WENT TO THE CUP FINAL A YEAR AGO IS NOW SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL…
THE MONTREAL CANADIANS ARE IN FIRST PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE…
THE CANUCKS AND THE FLAMES ARE WITHIN 3 POINTS OF EACH OTHER IN THE FIGHT FIRST PLACE IN THE NORTH WEST DIVISION…
THERE ARE ALSO A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT WORTH MENTIONING…
ALEXANDER OVECHKIN IS LEADING THE LEAD IN THE GOALS AND POINTS…
SIDNEY CROSBY IS BACK IN THE LINE UP AND ON SUNDAY HE AND PENGUINS WILL PLAY OVECHKIN AND THE CAPITALS…
AND TONIGHT IN CHICAGO…THE HAWKS ARE BRINGING BACK BOBBY HULL AND STAN MIKITA…
UNFORTUNATELY THE LEAFS WON LASTNIGHT…
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BOYS AND GIRLS AT HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT???
MAYBE IT’S TIME WE ALL GOT INTO A SPACE SHIP AND FOUND OURSELVES ANOTHER PLANET…
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Alexander Ovechkin
TONIGHT THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS WILL BE SEEN ON TSN…
IT’S THE SECOND TIME THE CAPS HAVE BEEN ON NETWORK T.V. IN CANADA IN THE LAST THREE DAYS…
THAT’S A LOT OF EXPOSURE FOR AN 11TH PLACED TEAM THAT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE PLAYOFFS IN 5 YEARS…
BUT IT’S PROOF OF THE KIND OF STAR POWER ALEXANDER OVECHKIN NOW PROVIDES…
OVECHKIN NOW LEADS THE NHL IN BOTH GOALS AND POINTS…
AT THE END OF THE SEASON HE COULD WALK AWAY WITH…THE HART…THE ART ROSS…THE ROCKET RICHARD AND THE PEARSON…
OVECHKIN IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST EXCITING PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE…
BUT IS HE THE GAMES BIGGEST STAR???
IT REALLY GETS DOWN TO TWO PLAYERS…
OVECHKIN AND SIDNEY CROSBY…
ON JANUARY 18TH CROSBY WENT DOWN WITH A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN…
AT THE TIME HE LED THE LEAGUE IN SCORING WITH 63 POINTS IN 46 GAMES…
THE INJURY COST HIM 21 GAMES…AND BOTH THE HART AND THE ART ROSS…
STILL CROSBY REMAINS THE FACE OF THE GAME…
IT WAS CROSBY…WHICH BOTH…NBC AND THE NHL WANTED TO SHOWCASE WITH ITS WINTER CLASSIC ON NEW YEARS DAY…
THAT BROADCAST PRODUCED THE LARGEST TV AUDIENCE IN THE U.S. IN 11 YEARS…
CROSBY IS STILL THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE WITH AN AMERICAN ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN…
THE LAST PLAYER TO DO THAT WAS WAYNE GRETZKY…
NEVERTHELESS…OVECHKIN IS BECOMING A HUMAN HI-LITE REEL…
HE IS NOW ON PACE TO SCORE 65 GOALS THIS SEASON…
THE LAST PLAYER TO SCORE MORE THAN 60 IN A SEASON WAS MARIO LEMIEUX…WHO COLLECTED 69 GOALS IN THE 95-96 SEASON…
EVEN SO…HE IS NOT A LOCK TO WIN THE HART…
EVGENI MALKIN IS JUST ONE POINT BACK OF OVECHKIN IN THE SCORING RACE…AND EVEN WITHOUT CROSBY IN THE LINE-UP…MALKIN HAS CARRIED THE PENGUINS TO FIRST PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE…
ALSO KEEP IN MIND…
THE LAST TIME THE WINNER OF THE HART TROPHY CAME FROM A NON-PLAYOFF TEAM WAS LEMIEUX…IN 1988…
THIS DEBATE OVER WHICH PLAYER IS “THE NHL’S BIGGEST STAR” MAY BE DECIDED THIS SUNDAY…
PITTSBURGH IS IN WASHINGTON…
NO SURPRISE…IT’S THE “NBC GAME OF THE WEEK”…
IT’S THE SECOND TIME THE CAPS HAVE BEEN ON NETWORK T.V. IN CANADA IN THE LAST THREE DAYS…
THAT’S A LOT OF EXPOSURE FOR AN 11TH PLACED TEAM THAT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE PLAYOFFS IN 5 YEARS…
BUT IT’S PROOF OF THE KIND OF STAR POWER ALEXANDER OVECHKIN NOW PROVIDES…
OVECHKIN NOW LEADS THE NHL IN BOTH GOALS AND POINTS…
AT THE END OF THE SEASON HE COULD WALK AWAY WITH…THE HART…THE ART ROSS…THE ROCKET RICHARD AND THE PEARSON…
OVECHKIN IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST EXCITING PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE…
BUT IS HE THE GAMES BIGGEST STAR???
IT REALLY GETS DOWN TO TWO PLAYERS…
OVECHKIN AND SIDNEY CROSBY…
ON JANUARY 18TH CROSBY WENT DOWN WITH A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN…
AT THE TIME HE LED THE LEAGUE IN SCORING WITH 63 POINTS IN 46 GAMES…
THE INJURY COST HIM 21 GAMES…AND BOTH THE HART AND THE ART ROSS…
STILL CROSBY REMAINS THE FACE OF THE GAME…
IT WAS CROSBY…WHICH BOTH…NBC AND THE NHL WANTED TO SHOWCASE WITH ITS WINTER CLASSIC ON NEW YEARS DAY…
THAT BROADCAST PRODUCED THE LARGEST TV AUDIENCE IN THE U.S. IN 11 YEARS…
CROSBY IS STILL THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE WITH AN AMERICAN ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN…
THE LAST PLAYER TO DO THAT WAS WAYNE GRETZKY…
NEVERTHELESS…OVECHKIN IS BECOMING A HUMAN HI-LITE REEL…
HE IS NOW ON PACE TO SCORE 65 GOALS THIS SEASON…
THE LAST PLAYER TO SCORE MORE THAN 60 IN A SEASON WAS MARIO LEMIEUX…WHO COLLECTED 69 GOALS IN THE 95-96 SEASON…
EVEN SO…HE IS NOT A LOCK TO WIN THE HART…
EVGENI MALKIN IS JUST ONE POINT BACK OF OVECHKIN IN THE SCORING RACE…AND EVEN WITHOUT CROSBY IN THE LINE-UP…MALKIN HAS CARRIED THE PENGUINS TO FIRST PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE…
ALSO KEEP IN MIND…
THE LAST TIME THE WINNER OF THE HART TROPHY CAME FROM A NON-PLAYOFF TEAM WAS LEMIEUX…IN 1988…
THIS DEBATE OVER WHICH PLAYER IS “THE NHL’S BIGGEST STAR” MAY BE DECIDED THIS SUNDAY…
PITTSBURGH IS IN WASHINGTON…
NO SURPRISE…IT’S THE “NBC GAME OF THE WEEK”…
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Tonight's Game
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT THING…
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT IN DENVER…
THE SUN WILL RISE TOMORROW MORNING…AND THE CANUCKS NHL SEASON WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AGAINST NASHVILLE…
THIS IS NOT A MUST WIN SITUATION…
BUT IT IS A STATEMENT GAME…
ON SUNDAY IN CHICAGO THE CANUCKS SIMPLY DID NOT SHOW UP…
IN THE PAST FANS IN THIS CITY HAVE QUESTIONED THE TALENT ON THIS TEAM…
BUT RARELY HAVE THOSE FANS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CANUCKS HAVE ENOUGH HEART…
YESTERDAY IN A TEAM 1040 POLL…HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY WERE ASKED IF THEY THOUGHT THE CANUCKS NEEDED A HEART TRANSPLANT…
85 PERCENT OF YOU SAID…”YES”
THE ISSUE WAS PRESENTED TO HEAD COACH ALAIN VIGNEAULT…WHO INSISTS THIS TEAM DOES INDEED HAVE HEART…
QUOTE…”ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT THEY DO CARE”…
THE HEADLINE IN THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE TODAY SUMMED IT UP BEST…
“COACH SAYS PLAYERS CARE…SO PROVE IT”…
THAT’S WHAT TONIGHT’S GAME IS ALL ABOUT…
PROVING NOT ONLY TO THE FANS BUT ALSO TO THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE A PLAYOFF TEAM…
WHAT ADDS TO THE DRAMA IS THE RETURN OF PETER FORSBERG…
THE AVALANCHE WILL BE PLAYING IN FRONT OF SOLD OUT ARENA…
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE ELECTRIC…
WHICH MEANS THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF THE GAME WILL BE CRITICAL…
IT’S NOT THAT THE CANUCKS HAVE LOST 3 STRAIGHT…IT’S THE WAY THEY LOST THOSE GAMES…
MENTAL MISTAKES…AN INABILITY TO EXECUTE…AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO PAY THE PRICE…
LIKE THE MAN SAID…”ADVERSITY DOES NOT BUILD CHARACTER…BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES REVEAL IT”…
WIN OR LOSE TONIGHT…
BY THE TIME THE SUN RISES TOMORROW…WE WILL KNOW ONE THING THAT WE DO NOT KNOW NOW…
WHAT THIS TEAM IS REALLY MADE OF…
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT IN DENVER…
THE SUN WILL RISE TOMORROW MORNING…AND THE CANUCKS NHL SEASON WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AGAINST NASHVILLE…
THIS IS NOT A MUST WIN SITUATION…
BUT IT IS A STATEMENT GAME…
ON SUNDAY IN CHICAGO THE CANUCKS SIMPLY DID NOT SHOW UP…
IN THE PAST FANS IN THIS CITY HAVE QUESTIONED THE TALENT ON THIS TEAM…
BUT RARELY HAVE THOSE FANS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CANUCKS HAVE ENOUGH HEART…
YESTERDAY IN A TEAM 1040 POLL…HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY WERE ASKED IF THEY THOUGHT THE CANUCKS NEEDED A HEART TRANSPLANT…
85 PERCENT OF YOU SAID…”YES”
THE ISSUE WAS PRESENTED TO HEAD COACH ALAIN VIGNEAULT…WHO INSISTS THIS TEAM DOES INDEED HAVE HEART…
QUOTE…”ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT THEY DO CARE”…
THE HEADLINE IN THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE TODAY SUMMED IT UP BEST…
“COACH SAYS PLAYERS CARE…SO PROVE IT”…
THAT’S WHAT TONIGHT’S GAME IS ALL ABOUT…
PROVING NOT ONLY TO THE FANS BUT ALSO TO THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE A PLAYOFF TEAM…
WHAT ADDS TO THE DRAMA IS THE RETURN OF PETER FORSBERG…
THE AVALANCHE WILL BE PLAYING IN FRONT OF SOLD OUT ARENA…
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE ELECTRIC…
WHICH MEANS THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF THE GAME WILL BE CRITICAL…
IT’S NOT THAT THE CANUCKS HAVE LOST 3 STRAIGHT…IT’S THE WAY THEY LOST THOSE GAMES…
MENTAL MISTAKES…AN INABILITY TO EXECUTE…AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO PAY THE PRICE…
LIKE THE MAN SAID…”ADVERSITY DOES NOT BUILD CHARACTER…BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES REVEAL IT”…
WIN OR LOSE TONIGHT…
BY THE TIME THE SUN RISES TOMORROW…WE WILL KNOW ONE THING THAT WE DO NOT KNOW NOW…
WHAT THIS TEAM IS REALLY MADE OF…
Monday, March 3, 2008
Canucks
IN THE LAST WEEK THE CANUCKS HAVE FOUND THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOSE A HOCKEY GAME…
THE FIRST WAS TO BLOW A ONE GOAL LEAD TO COLORADO WITH 15 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD…
THE SECOND WAS TO BLOW A TWO GOAL LEAD TO COLUMBUS WITH 15 MINUTES LEFT IN THE THIRD…
THE THIRD WAS ON SUNDAY IN CHICAGO…WHERE THE CANUCKS DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO SHOW UP…
THEY MANAGED JUST 2 SHOTS IN THE FIRST PERIOD AND A TOTAL OF JUST 10 IN THE GAME…
THE RESULT WAS A 4-1 LOSS…
THE SCORE AND THE STATS DO NOT REALLY TELL THE WHOLE STORY…
THE HAWKS WERE MISSING 6 OF THEIR REGULARS…INCLUDING THEIR STARTING GOALTENDER…
ON SUNDAY THE CANUCKS WERE UP AGAINST A NON PLAYOFF TEAM WITH A ROSTER FILLED KIDS AND CALL UPS FROM THE AHL…
YET ON SUNDAY THAT GROUP NOT ONLY OUT SHOT AND OUT SCORED THE CANUCKS…THEY OUT HIT THEM…
THE FINAL COUNT IN THAT CATEGORY WAS 15 TO 2…
IT’S ONE THING TO LOSE TO A BETTER TEAM…IT’S QUITE ANOTHER TO GET OUT WORKED BY A LESSER ONE…
LET’S DO THE MATH…
60 MINUTES…1 GOAL…10 SHOTS AND 2 HITS…
IT WAS SO BAD…THE COACHING STAFF CANCELLED PRACTICE TODAY…
THERE IS CERTAINLY LOTS OF BLAME TO GO AROUND…
TO BEGIN WITH…THEIR BEST PLAYERS HAVE TO BE THEIR BEST PLAYERS…
DANIEL SEDIN…NO GOALS IN 5 GAMES…
MARKUS NASLUND…NO GOALS IN 5 GAMES…
HENRIK SEDIN…1 ASSIST IN 5 GAMES…
IF THE CANUCKS HAVE PLANS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THIS SEASON…THAT SIMPLY MUST CHANGE…
IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE THEY HAVE WASTED 4 POINTS…
ADD THAT TO THE 8 POINTS THEY DROPPED IN 4 LOSSES TO THE KINGS AND THE LIGHTNING…
AND THE 9 POINTS THEY’VE THROWN AWAY IN THE SHOOTOUT AND THE GRAND TOTAL IS NOW 17…
AS A RESULT THE CANUCKS ARE IN A THREE WAY TIE FOR 7TH PLACE WITH COLORADO AND NASHVILLE…
THEY PLAY BOTH THIS WEEK…
IT’S TIME TO FIND FOR THIS TEAM TO WAYS TO WIN THESE GAMES…
IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT TIME THEY START
THE FIRST WAS TO BLOW A ONE GOAL LEAD TO COLORADO WITH 15 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD…
THE SECOND WAS TO BLOW A TWO GOAL LEAD TO COLUMBUS WITH 15 MINUTES LEFT IN THE THIRD…
THE THIRD WAS ON SUNDAY IN CHICAGO…WHERE THE CANUCKS DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO SHOW UP…
THEY MANAGED JUST 2 SHOTS IN THE FIRST PERIOD AND A TOTAL OF JUST 10 IN THE GAME…
THE RESULT WAS A 4-1 LOSS…
THE SCORE AND THE STATS DO NOT REALLY TELL THE WHOLE STORY…
THE HAWKS WERE MISSING 6 OF THEIR REGULARS…INCLUDING THEIR STARTING GOALTENDER…
ON SUNDAY THE CANUCKS WERE UP AGAINST A NON PLAYOFF TEAM WITH A ROSTER FILLED KIDS AND CALL UPS FROM THE AHL…
YET ON SUNDAY THAT GROUP NOT ONLY OUT SHOT AND OUT SCORED THE CANUCKS…THEY OUT HIT THEM…
THE FINAL COUNT IN THAT CATEGORY WAS 15 TO 2…
IT’S ONE THING TO LOSE TO A BETTER TEAM…IT’S QUITE ANOTHER TO GET OUT WORKED BY A LESSER ONE…
LET’S DO THE MATH…
60 MINUTES…1 GOAL…10 SHOTS AND 2 HITS…
IT WAS SO BAD…THE COACHING STAFF CANCELLED PRACTICE TODAY…
THERE IS CERTAINLY LOTS OF BLAME TO GO AROUND…
TO BEGIN WITH…THEIR BEST PLAYERS HAVE TO BE THEIR BEST PLAYERS…
DANIEL SEDIN…NO GOALS IN 5 GAMES…
MARKUS NASLUND…NO GOALS IN 5 GAMES…
HENRIK SEDIN…1 ASSIST IN 5 GAMES…
IF THE CANUCKS HAVE PLANS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THIS SEASON…THAT SIMPLY MUST CHANGE…
IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE THEY HAVE WASTED 4 POINTS…
ADD THAT TO THE 8 POINTS THEY DROPPED IN 4 LOSSES TO THE KINGS AND THE LIGHTNING…
AND THE 9 POINTS THEY’VE THROWN AWAY IN THE SHOOTOUT AND THE GRAND TOTAL IS NOW 17…
AS A RESULT THE CANUCKS ARE IN A THREE WAY TIE FOR 7TH PLACE WITH COLORADO AND NASHVILLE…
THEY PLAY BOTH THIS WEEK…
IT’S TIME TO FIND FOR THIS TEAM TO WAYS TO WIN THESE GAMES…
IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT TIME THEY START
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