Sure, when Bob Gainey traded for the $8 million-a-year player Scott Gomez, I wondered if it was a wise move, but the fact is, I have loved the deal ever since… I don’t care what Gomez does or doesn’t do in the playoffs. The man is a God in the playoffs, or as this image from TSN shows, he is a Game One-Der, look at his output in Game 1 of the playoffs over the past few years:
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Image source: Charles Krupa, AP
This one is actually tough to tell, but it seems like at least of those moron Yankee fans interferes with Nelson Cruz’s glove… In any case, it doesn’t end up being THAT controversial because the Yankees got blown out by the Rangers in the game, but it is pretty reminiscient of the Jefferey Maier incident in 1996. Watch the play: continue reading...
They tried as hard as they could, but the Montreal Canadiens just ran out of gas in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
As a result, the Philadelphia Flyers are returning to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1997 after knocking off the Canadiens in 5 games with a decisive 4-2 victory Monday night in Philadelphia. continue reading...
The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach Mike Brown. continue reading...
Original Six club and the Western Conference’s #2 ranked Chicago Black Hawks swept the conference #1 ranked San Jose Sharks to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. Hmm… they might want to leave Marcel Hossa home.
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Can’t grow a playoff beard? No problem… I now have a whole new respect for Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks. He has fully embraced his sport’s “hair history” by getting his hair cut in a classic “hockey hair” style, or mullett for those less familiar. Check out the promotional video for his new do, Jagr would be proud! continue reading...
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that the Montreal Canadiens would need a Patrick Roy-esque performance to upset the #1 ranked Washington Capitals. The series is not going to Game 7 where anything can happen, in large part thanks to Jaroslav Halak’s 54-save performance; Halak gave up one goal on the Caps’ 52nd shot but by then the Habs were up 3-0, going on to win the game 4-1.
Red Fisher - who has covered the Montreal Canadiens, since, well, forever - suggested that Halak’s performance was the second greatest display he has seen from a Montreal goaltender since Roy’s 1986 heroics against the NY Rangers. From Mike Wise’s Washington Post article: continue reading...
After a save by the Chicago Blackhawk’s goalie Antti Niemi the puck went missing.
Game 5 against the Nashville Predators had to be delayed while the refs searched Niemi’s equipment for the missing puck. I know cute isn’t a word that you would usually use to describe a hockey game- especially in the playoffs, but it was so cute to watch all of the guys confused at they tugged and pulled at his equipment hoping to see the puck fall out. continue reading...
Man… San Jose just gets no luck in the playoffs. This team needs to show some serious grit and determination to turn this series back in their favor. Goals like this are not helping them shake the label of perennial playoff underachievers: continue reading...
