The first weekend of the NHL Play - off's has come and gone and....
What is up with the Bruins? One goal in two games at home? They need to play better tonight or it'll be curtains for a team many picked to win the East. Montreal has done this the last two seasons; make a team they are inferior to play their style of game. It worked last year against Pittsburgh and Washington. Why don't the Bruins just watch film of how the Flyers beat the Habs last year? Clearly they have the type of players who can also play this style of hockey. Don't be surprised with a Bruins victory tonight..an early goal should shut the Bell Centre up quickly.
Nashville looks like they may actually break through into the second round for the first time in franchise history. Minus that atrocious thirty seconds yesterday and they pretty much dominated the Ducks.
I hate to say this, but the Canucks look good; in fact they look like the team to beat in the whole league. They have not only slayed their proverbial dragon in Chicago, they are going to do it in the minimum four games.
It will be interesting to see which Marc - Andre Fleury shows up for the Pens tonight; the one who played great in a shutout victory in Game One or the Swiss Cheese from Game Two.
While Jarret Stoll returns tonight from his one game suspension, I have to wonder why the NHL allowed Raffi Torres hit yesterday on Brent Seabrook go unpunished. Clearly, Torres hit Seabrook from behind, used his elbow and targeted his head. What shocked me most was the fact that not only was he returning from his four game suspension for hitting Jordan Eberle of the Oilers, but this hit to me was far more dangerous in the sense that it came from behind. Torres, should have been viewed as a repeat offender and given at the least a handful of games to think about it. And do the Canucks really need him? I think they played better without him.
Bobby Ryan, you are a pathetic excuse for a man. Who stomps on a guys foot like he did to the Pred's Johnathon Blum. That is like a six year old who can't get his toy back from his older brother the fair way so he kicks him or something cheap. If you ask me, two games for essentially using your skate as a weapon is a joke. Give him the remainder of the first round. Where else can you use your most dangerous piece of equipment as a weapon and get that sort of punishment. Brutal, pathetic, disgusting, you name it and Bobby Ryan fits the bill.
Well the Blue Jays sure went south fast. After jumping out to a 4 - 1 start, the Jays are now 7 - 9 after getting smoked in Boston for the third day in a row. After winning the opener 7 - 6 on Friday night, the Jays were outscored 23 - 2 in losing the next three. Looks like the Jays could be in for a LONG season which throws my predictions in the AL East right out the window.
Did you know that since the NFL locked out its players, nine of them have been arrested for everything from public intoxication to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. This brings two ideas to mind: (1) If this lockout continues, maybe we will be looking more at those who DIDN'T get arrested rrather than those who did, and (2) Why do you need to sell cocaine...you are playing in the NFL, making great money the legal way? Why ruin that be selling drugs?
While I am sure we all heard about the 42 year old San Francisco Giants fan who was nearly killed on Opening Day in Los Angeles, how many heard about the no mind who wrote an article blaming the man for the incident. I can't remember the name of the moron who wrote the article but he said that since the man was wearing a Giants jersey at Dodger Stadium he should have expected something to happen. He also referred to the victim as being immature for wearing a jersey, something the writer feels only children should wear to the stadium. Are you kidding me? The man almost loses his life to a couple of drunken loser Dodger fans and you want to blame the victim. His only crime was having a favorite team and not being afraid to show off a little pride in his team. While the actions of the men who attacked him are calloused at best, those of the reporter are beyond words. I would hope he is no longer employed.
That's all for tonight...oh and by the way Chaps, who said that maybe choosing a couple Predators might have been a good idea? Oh right, me...I was right again. Later
I must say, I am impressed at your complete call on the Habs-Bruins game tonight, it went exactly as you said. You won't be so high on the Predators when they lose in 6 maybe 7 though to the Ducks. Purcell and Clark were the worst picks ever, I don't know what the hell we were thinking. I don't know why we didn't go with Detroit this draft, but St. Louis is looking awesome.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea why an NFL player would sell cocaine. I thought money was the only motivation for that, but maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's cool.