CrashingTheGoalie

by desertdawg
The confidence juices are flowing so freely one would think the Canucks were going to take this series in three games!
Now, I’m picking our guys as well, but there are some concerns. The biggest single one is that we have just had a ten day layoff. Now having ten days versus no days off [...]

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Who is going to win the series?
The Windy City fans think they are going to win in six. The Sporting News writers believe that Vancouver will win in six or seven.
from the Chicago Tribune:
Blackhawks sweep (146 responses)

3.1%
Blackhawks in 5 games (239 responses)
5.0%
Blackhawks in 6 games (2110 responses)
44.5%
Blackhawks in 7 games (1029 responses)
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by desertdawg
So kids, one upset in each conference, although many will argue that the Ducks over the Sharks wasn’t much of an surprise. The Ducks proclaim they are not really an eighth seed and after their performance in the Shark Tank, it’s hard to argue. But in many ways the Ducks were a perfect foil [...]

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by Ron Spence
To many fans, their particular sport is a religion.
Crashingthegoalie discussed Hockey as Religion, as seen in the way that fans worshiped their players when they demised.
Baseball is also religion.
But, sometimes the religion goes to far.
In September, 2002, a Cessna airplane dropped ashes over Seattle’s SAFECO Field. Unfortunately, the ashes did not fall as [...]

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by Ron Spence
Name two Chicago defensemen to win the Norris Trophy three times.

A Chicago forward to win both the Norris and Lady Byng Trophies twice.
A Chicago goalie to win the Vezina Trophy three times.
Name three Blackhawk goalies to win the Vezina twice.
Pierre Pilote won the Norris every year from 1963 until 1965 and Chris Chelios [...]

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by Ron Spence
Bob Gainey is looking in the wrong direction. He’s trying to blame people on the outside, when the problem’s on the inside of his organization.
“The second half of our season was when things started to go off course,” Gainey said, “and I felt the first place was when we had discussions with Tampa [...]

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by desertdawg
As Round Two appears on the horizon, I thought it might be a good time to collect my thoughts.
First, I am not willing to concede that The Sharks are chokers…not yet, anyways. The Ducks will still be playing a very good hockey team on Saturday night. And that very good hockey team will be [...]

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by Ron Spence
This year’s roster is one of the Canucks’ best – ever.
Gone are the days of all those re-tread players.
The spreadsheet below – courtesy of hockeydb.com - lists the names of 19 former Canucks,  who are amongst the 50 players to play on 8 or more teams.
The current Vancouver roster has some multi-team players.
Pavel Demitra and Darcy Hordichuk have played [...]

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by Ron Spence
Depression and St. Louis hockey seem to go together. 
The Blues were swept by the ‘nucks and St. Louis hockey fans are feeling down. They made it into the post-season – after a handful of years – but were quickly shown the exit after the first round.
St. Louis’ NHL hockey started during a depression [...]

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by desertdawg
Well, that was weird. There were more scoring chances in the first period than I’ve seen in the first three games.
The best chance, of course was Kyle Wellwood, in just a little too close to make a move on Mason…and then we are reminded of the magic hands this kid has. As he’s [...]

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