Two Road Wins, two shutouts
Going into their first round series, it was not a far stretch to say the Canadiens & Sabres were not huge underdogs and mainly for two reasons. One is Carey Price. Second being Ryan Miller, both of which would be acknowledged as top ten goalies. Both proved their worth last night, especially in the 2nd periods where they collectively stopped 36 shots. While it was not an easy night at the office, look for both the Flyers and Bruins to get allot more traffic for both goalies for game 2 and the rest of the series. It’s no hidden secret, less traffic makes it that much easier of a night.
TSN “The Sharks Network”
Was it just me or did last night’s Kings-Sharks telecast not seem like a San Jose Shark broadcast? It was TSN’s Gord Miller and Ray Ferraro broadcasting the game, but it became painfully obvious as the game went on who they’d rather see win. Numerous times they pointed out the Sharks 6- 1 win over LA a few weeks ago. As the game was going on, they kept reminding the viewers of the shots on goal favouring SJ of course. During the first intermission and after the game “the panel” was lobbying their best for Jarret Stoll to be suspended for him hit from behind on Ian White. No penalty was called on the play, and if Ian White was not hurt it would not be talked about today.
Possible line-up changes for games 2 tonight
Sounds like Ryan Johnson should fine to play tonight for the Chicago Blackhawks, with Tomas Kopecky being questionable. Fernado Pisani would play if Kopecky is unable to suit up. David Bolland (concussion) will not play in game 2 tonight. The Ducks will likely make a few line-up changes, Ray Emery will start game 2, look for George Parros to come out for Dan Sexton, Josh Green or Kyle Chipcura.
You hope that Hawks, Rangers, Ducks and Lightning would step it up a notch for game 2. Its maybe not must win, but pretty dam close to it, game should be more tightly contested tonight.
If there was a do over
Knowing what we know now, how many teams would like do over for the moves they made at the deadline? Would the Dallas Stars be more open to moving Brad Richards? Would the Penguins still want to acquire Alexei Kovalev? The biggest mistake made so far has been Dustin Penner for the LA Kings. In his 18 games for the Kings, he’s managed to score 2 goals (goalless in 13 games). It’s been so bad last night (game 1) vs Sharks, Penner was demoted to the fourth line with Trevor Lewis and Kevin Westgarth. If Anze Kopitar was healthy would Penner be a healthy scratch?
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