I barely watched any hockey tonight. You don't want to know what I was doing. Seriously. I'd rather watch "The Trap - The Very Best Of The New Jersey Devils" ten times in a row than relive this evening. And no, that DVD doesn't exist... thank the Lord.
A couple more quick thoughts...
- WTF is up with teams not shooting the puck in the playoffs? Calgary managed ten shots in front of their home crowd. Despite getting blown out in two straight, Anaheim fired fifteen shots on Marty Turco last night; had they not won the game, they'd be getting killed in the papers right now. The same applies to Nashville and their fourteen shots tonight.
I don't get it. You don't shoot, you don't score. Haven't we all heard a million times about how good things happen when you put the puck on net? And how many goals end up being these perfect shots anyway? I'd say at least one-third of all goals scored are off rebounds or deflections, or are somehow modified from the shooter's original intentions. So why not just shoot the puck and see what happens?
- Ottawa. I've been dying to say this for a very long time, but I didn't want to jinx it. Ottawa's nosedive this season is worse than the Mets' collapse last September. All the crap I've heard about The Collapse, as it's now known, should be thrown at Ottawa at least three times as hard.
That Ottawa got into the playoffs is completely irrelevant. Showing up and immediately folding doesn't mean anything. Going back to The Collapse, it didn't matter that Philadelphia overtook the Mets because they got killed in three straight by Colorado - and the Mets would have gotten beaten just as badly. Ottawa doesn't deserve special treatment just for getting in. Two of the games were close enough that the Senators pulled their goalie at the end (both times, Pittsburgh scored empty-net goals), but the other two were blowouts. And if not for Martin Gerber, the series would have been a complete blowout. Five goals in four games isn't going to get it done - and, by the way, Ottawa was just one goal behind Montreal for tops in the league in goals scored during the regular season.
Looks like, at the very least, Bryan "The Lisp" Murray will be looking for a new job this summer. Here's hoping he gets a job with Versus, TSN, or the NHL Network. But it's likely Murray won't be the only one. However, since Ottawa put so much money into signing Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley to extensions this year, how much room are they going to have for free agents? This situation is going to get worse before it gets better.
- Ottawa was kind enough to bow out in 4 games, which means I'm 1-for-1 in predicting finished series. I know I can't have a perfect first round because San Jose-Calgary is going to go at least six games (I had the Sharks in 5), but the other six matchups are up for grabs.
As for Zach, his prediction of Ottawa over Pittsburgh in 7 games didn't exactly pan out. It happens. He also can't get Detroit in 5 or the Sharks in 5. However, a Canadiens win tomorrow gives him a correct prediction in that series. Unfortunately, we don't have access to the predictions made by Sam, Joe, or GiaWigs. Maybe next year.
A couple more quick thoughts...
- WTF is up with teams not shooting the puck in the playoffs? Calgary managed ten shots in front of their home crowd. Despite getting blown out in two straight, Anaheim fired fifteen shots on Marty Turco last night; had they not won the game, they'd be getting killed in the papers right now. The same applies to Nashville and their fourteen shots tonight.
I don't get it. You don't shoot, you don't score. Haven't we all heard a million times about how good things happen when you put the puck on net? And how many goals end up being these perfect shots anyway? I'd say at least one-third of all goals scored are off rebounds or deflections, or are somehow modified from the shooter's original intentions. So why not just shoot the puck and see what happens?
- Ottawa. I've been dying to say this for a very long time, but I didn't want to jinx it. Ottawa's nosedive this season is worse than the Mets' collapse last September. All the crap I've heard about The Collapse, as it's now known, should be thrown at Ottawa at least three times as hard.
That Ottawa got into the playoffs is completely irrelevant. Showing up and immediately folding doesn't mean anything. Going back to The Collapse, it didn't matter that Philadelphia overtook the Mets because they got killed in three straight by Colorado - and the Mets would have gotten beaten just as badly. Ottawa doesn't deserve special treatment just for getting in. Two of the games were close enough that the Senators pulled their goalie at the end (both times, Pittsburgh scored empty-net goals), but the other two were blowouts. And if not for Martin Gerber, the series would have been a complete blowout. Five goals in four games isn't going to get it done - and, by the way, Ottawa was just one goal behind Montreal for tops in the league in goals scored during the regular season.
Looks like, at the very least, Bryan "The Lisp" Murray will be looking for a new job this summer. Here's hoping he gets a job with Versus, TSN, or the NHL Network. But it's likely Murray won't be the only one. However, since Ottawa put so much money into signing Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley to extensions this year, how much room are they going to have for free agents? This situation is going to get worse before it gets better.
- Ottawa was kind enough to bow out in 4 games, which means I'm 1-for-1 in predicting finished series. I know I can't have a perfect first round because San Jose-Calgary is going to go at least six games (I had the Sharks in 5), but the other six matchups are up for grabs.
As for Zach, his prediction of Ottawa over Pittsburgh in 7 games didn't exactly pan out. It happens. He also can't get Detroit in 5 or the Sharks in 5. However, a Canadiens win tomorrow gives him a correct prediction in that series. Unfortunately, we don't have access to the predictions made by Sam, Joe, or GiaWigs. Maybe next year.
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