Sunday, February 15, 2009
Marathon Hockey Day
I'll put out what I'm looking for here today as a Sabres fan and what I'll be watching. Flyers - Rangers? I want the Flyers. San Jose - Devils? Don't really care, just a great game. Caps - Florida? I'm sporting my Caps and Sabres gear, DAVE STECKEL FTW!!! Then Sabres - Canes? Obvi. Habs - Canucks? Go Canucks! If the Pens/Sabres/Panthers can all make it in at the expense of the Habs/Rags, I'm all for it.
Join me in the comments if you're into it.
Game 1 Flyers - Rangers
1:04 - I'm talking to a couple buddies online, and we all wonder, what does Henrik Lundqvist think about the D-corps in front of him? He can't be happy.
Empty Netters found this article on Sidney Plain and Tall, worth a read. Not negative, nor overly positive, just a look at Crosby and his unwillingness to say anything that he wouldn't say in front of his Grammy.
And as I write this the first chippiness of this game, kinda figured it'd be rough stuff from the start, seeing how it is the Flyers after all, heyyyyoooooooooo.
1:09 - Hartnell, cut your hair, you ass.
And with that penalty, it goes into intermission with the Flyers leading 1-0.
1:17 - I'm hungry. Mike Milbury is a douche bag. And why does the media so utterly love Chris Drury?
1:19 - Over/Under 2 minutes for the first Little League World Series Champion reference?
1:25 - Looks like I lost a buck...to myself! [super troopers reference, sheesh]
Why is Mats Sundin on a Poker Commercial? He fits in there about as well as he fits in with Vancouver.
Game back on.
1:29 - Good Lord New York. A 5 on 3 shorthanded goal?!? Fire Tom Renney in between periods!
A terrible shot by Richards, but the knuckleball found its way in.
This 5 on 3 powerplay is terrible, you can't find a shooting lane on a 5 on 3?
Jesus Gagne almost had another breakaway, should've been a penalty.
1:33 - They're already previewing Orr - Cote V, when will it go down?
1:37 - These announcers are really putting the onus on Drury for the Rangers troubles. This is a team sport Edzo.
1:38 - Does Hank get the pine? Nope, because his ass is getting hung out to dry. He deserves better. 3-0 Flyers.
1:39 - Is this a joke? 4-0 Flyers. He's gotta get the pine now. Yeah, it happened. I could coach this team like Renney does.
1:42 - Well if the NHL exec's/NBC wanted good ratings by putting on this game? We'll call it an epic fail. Everyone in that bandwagon city known as New York already turned off the game and are watching re-runs of the Dunk Contest. 5-0 Flyers.
1:48 - Rangers fans act as if they have a shot. 5-1. At least it's not Ole Ole Ole. On the faceoff Colton Orr wants to go, McGuire thinks it'll be a misconduct, I think NBC is a bunch of jagoffs for going to commercial during the scrapping. He must've said all kinds of things about the refs wife there.
1:52 - Could the Rangers possibly become sellers? Markus Naslund anyone?
1:56 - Milbury and McGuire agree on that being weak? I do too. And holy shit Staal almost killed a guy. That was something fierce. That's dangerous. Those Staal's definitely have a little simple in them.
1:59 - That horse's ass Hartnell runs Lundqvist. Yet doesn't get a shot to the face. Other than Orr the Rags are cowards. Cowards.
2:02 - I take that back. Kudos to Dubinsky for going after the Horses Ass. As you can tell, I am not a fan of Scott Hartnell. Garbage.
2:07 - Intermission. Thank God. The Confluence asks...Should the Pens claim Avery? No, I really think the Pens have locker room issues as it is, and Avery won't bring anything. Though his grit would be appreciated in Pittsburgh no doubt.
2:16 Denson - While the Pens would no doubt appreciate his grit...his douchebagedness would not fly with our ownership. But at this point...I'll take anyone who's going to light a fire under these pansies.
2:22 - Sabres news from Pierre Lebrun at ESPN.
The Sabres reached out to the Tim Connolly camp and have asked to open contract talks. The talented but oft-injured center is UFA July 1. But he's been dynamite over the last month. Contract talks are set to begin over the next week or so.Sign him for a discount, considering he's been given 9 million for 3 years and played about a 3rd of them. Pansy.
2:30 - They dance for what seems like hours, throw a couple, then break up. Weak Sauce. Asham and Mara disappoint. I would be commenting on the game, but I'm gonna slow up while I'm eating Chinese.
2:34 - McGuire's right, why in the world did the Rangers wait until 10 minutes left and down 4 goals to play with any heart, energy, or emotion. How are there still fans in the stands?
2:38 - So uhhhhhh, I jinx'ed the Flyers? 5-2. Zherdev gets a tip. 16 goals for him.
2:44 - Awww, don't show the poor kid who got hit in the face with a puck. His fellow 4th graders are gonna make fun of him for crying on national TV. And now he's gotten a free stick, jersey, puck, etc. I kinda wanna get hit in the face now too.
2:51 - The Flyers have played ridiculously lazy hockey in the 3rd. It's hideously boring.
Game 2 Sharks - Devils
3:06 - I thought maybe ATDHE was going to let me down, but I got the internet feed up and running, switched PCs, and am now on with the NJ broadcasters. Word is Brendan Shanahan is out, and Pandolfo is back in.
3:09 - 30 seconds in! Jesus, the flu bug that has hit the Sharks continues. We've got an hour of this game until the Caps come on, let's hope it's exciting.
3:16 - Wow Rob Blake with a cannon. Tied up. Straight up beats Clemmensen.
3:23 - I check out if I'm gonna get the Caps game on Directv, and boom, Devils have scored. Rolston takes it 5 hole. PWND.
3:24 - Entertaining! Marleau on the PP, ties it. Johnny Oduya, PWND.
3:29 - I'll say it, is something wrong with Nabokov? That's 2 straight games, against the "weaker" Eastern Conference foes, that he's given up 3 goals in the 1st period. David Clarkson beats him with a screened shot. 3-2 Devils.
3:45 - Period done, slowed down a bit from the early torrid pace. Let's if McLellan's boys step it up in the 2nd like they did in Buffalo on Friday.
4:00 - I'm bored by this New Jersey intermission. I'm hanging my Derek Roy stick, etc. etc. Let's get this game back on for Christ's sake.
4:08 - Just showed a graphic on NHL Goal Leaders, Ovechkin's shooting %, 10.7%, Vanek's 19.7%. Just sayin.
4:16 - Travis Zajac just went to the locker room. We'll see what happened there.
4:19 - I haven't noticed Setoguchi and Clowe like I did when the Sharks were in Buffalo. It's either because these broadcasters are Jack Edwards-esque homers, or they're not exerting themselves. I'd go with a mix of both.
4:25 - Wow Devils had a huge chance, bodies flying all over the place, and it just squirts wide. It's getting awful close to me turnin' on some music, this voice is grating.
4:30 - Clemmer just absolutely jobbed Pavelski. Spreads it post to post and gets his far pad on it. Well played. Zajac back on the ice...But on replay it looks like the puck squeaked in. Should be a tie game. We'll see if it gets reviewed.
4:33 - Inconclusive in Toronto. No goal. So back to the original statement, Clemmer jobs and robs Pavelski.
4:35 - What the hell, Cheechoo scores and they replay the fail chance the Devils had. Finally they show the goal, tied up at 3. Fail MSG+HD, Fail.
4:38 - I'm 4 hours in and I'm draggin. A nap isn't an option. But from what Braylon Edwards and Osi Umenyiora hear, 5 Hour Energy does the job.
4:42 - And I jinxed the Devils, Setoguchi scores from a thread job by Thorton, on a 5 on 3 PP. With only 12 seconds left. You know that Sutter, and Langenbrunner, are straight pissed. Colin White and Jamie Langenbrunner came out the box straight for the refs, they arent pleased.
4:44 - Just like Friday, after the 1st period feeling out process, the Sharks come out flying and catch up. This will be a great 3rd...which I will be missing because I'm gonna be watching the Caps. Suck it.
4:49 - JapersRink has a open game day thread for the Panthers/Caps, check it.
4:57 - EdZo ruins the Carrie Milbank commercial. Ruins it.
Game 3: Capitals - Panthers
5:00 Internet feed shunned. Comcast Sportsnet on. Mike Green expose on. As a Sabres fan, this game is huge. I'm gonna keep the Devils/Sharks game on my other PC next to me.
5:03 Joe Beninatti's suit is ridiculous. Brown/White pinstripes and a green shirt? Are you kidding me?
5:10 - Jersey's tied it. I don't know who or how, but it's 4 all now. Jesus, there is no one in freakin' Florida at this game. I'd give it 70% capacity, generously.
5:14 - Not much really goin on here in Miami, pretty slow start. But in the other game, Langenbrunner exacts his revenge and gets the go ahead marker at the Rock. 5-4 Jersey.
5:18 - Brash in the box, not much of a surprise there. Both the Panthers and Caps sport bottom 10 specialty units, PP and PK respectively.
5:20 - As if you'd thought the Sharks would quit. Bad turnover at the blueline and this time Pavelski jobs Clemmer shorthanded. Tie game. 5s.
5:24 - Both the Caps and Panthers are feeling each other out, both Vokoun and Theodore have made some good saves but there haven't been any great chances.
5:25 - Carrie needs to show a little more skin. Mr. Staal wouldn't mind at all. Nor would I.
5:29 - Karlis Skrastins saved a goal on a leaky puck in the crease, and just like that, Brash takes another penalty. Sheesh.
5:30 - In the other game 5 minutes left, Thorton takes a boarding call. Devils get a prime shot to take back the lead.
5:31 - Rolston tallies a point blast. Sneaks through Nabokov 5 hole, 6-5 Devils.
5:32 - Ovechkin! Rips it by Vokoun on the PP. Let's see if he gets to 40 tonight, he sits at 39 now. 1-0 Caps.
5:33 - Let's see what Clemmer's made of. 2:38 left, 2 minute powerplay for the Sharks.
5:36 - McLellan actually has to coach, calls a timeout with just 1:21 left, 35 seconds on the PP. Sharks have 6 out with the empty net.
5:38 - The period ends and the game ends. Caps lead 1-0 after 1. Devils take the W with a 6-5 win. The Sharks lose consecutive 6-5 games on the east coast. Suck it.
5:40 - Checkin in on the 'Lanche and Wings. Colorado is somehow winning. 1-0. Good on them.
5:49 - Multiple intermissions bore the hell outta me. I'm getting hungry again. I'd like pizza. Hmmmmmmm.
5:55 - Intermissions over...just in time for me to set up ATDHE for the Sabres game.
5:56 - But before I change it Eric Fehr notches a quick tally. Boom, 2-0 Caps.
6:00 Game 4 Sabres - Canes
6:02 Dammit ATDHE! WORK.
6:04 - It works! BOOM. 4 on 3 PP for the Panthers, what in the world is going on.
6:10 - First penalty of the game, Carolina gets the PP on a hook by Stafford.
6:15 - Killed, and the General McArthur get's jobbed in the nose by a wayward Samsonov high stick, 4 minute powerplay ensues, we'll see if they can replicate their success from Friday.
6:16 - Florida gets one back, 2-1. Don't have it on any longer with the Sabres taking over.
6:17 - Gerbe chunks it and misses a wide open net, still doesn't have his 1st NHL goal. Less than a minute left on the PP.
6:20 - Connolly gets a penalty, after making a potential goal saving play. A 2 on 1 for Carolina, when Spacek is missing his stick. Canes will have a PP when it starts back up.
6:22 - Staal pots the PP goal. The Sabres fail to clear and they've got the lead. That's Staal's 24th of the year.
6:30 - The Canes are controlling the play early here, not what the Sabres wanted. How they are after a late tough game last night I haven't a clue.
6:31 - Staal undresses 4 Sabres, Miller makes the initial, rebound laying there and LaRose puts it in. 2-0 Canes on a delayed penalty. Damn.
6:35 - Caps hold the 2-1 lead into the 2nd intermission.
6:37 - Another Sabres penalty, a delay of game call on Lydman. Good God.
6:40 - Killed, but the Sabres still look bad. Need to pick up their feet and get going. But here they get a PP, has any of this game been played even strength? Getting one here would be big.
6:42 - But naturally the Sabres PP is negated by a roughing penalty on Connolly. Tim Connolly and roughing are words I don't think I've ever together before.
6:46 - Ugly Ugly Ugly. Bad period for the home team. I wouldn't say they looked like the Rangers, but they sure didn't look like the Flyers, Devils, or Sharks. Back to the Caps game.
6:48 - As they are apt to do, the Panthers tied the game. Nate Horton has a lay up.
6:56 - Dammit Caps, win. That is all. Wow, Backstrom, you freakin' idiot. Way to just throw the puck out in your own end, with no pressure, or anything. Powerplay Florida.
7:02 - Game starts back up...with Patrick Lalime in net. I'm not quite sure why Miller was pulled. But we'll see if this change does anything for these listless Sabres.
7:04 - The Sabres are at their best when they're winning battles on the side wall, beating people to the pucks. They aren't doing that tonight.
7:08 - Can't gain possession, can't gain ground. Ugly. Silver lining? They're blocking shots and Lalime hasn't had to face many.
Justin Williams blocked a shot earlier and will not return.
7:11 - They look better then Whitney gets a breakaway...annnnnnnnnd Lalime makes an epic save. But the Sabres take another penalty.
7:14 - In the other game Horton rings one of the post...still tied at 2 with 5 minutes left.
7:15 - Samsonov rips one off the post...then another one of the post...20 seconds left in the Canes PP. annnnnnnnnnd killed.
7:18 - WOOOOOOOOOOO! Ovechkin tallies #40. 2 minutes left and a lead. How does he pull shit like this off?
7:19 - I come back and the Sabres are on the PP. Oh geez, Lalime gets lucky with the shorthanded chance.
7:21 - Extra man on in FLA, under a minute
7:22 - A defensive zone score, AO with the hat trick from the back wall. Game over. Sabres need to come back now. 4 - 2 Capitals. Final.
7:24 - Scoring Chances: Carolina 16, Buffalo 4. Bad.
7:31 - Better sustained pressure, but still nothing to show for it. This is a ridiculously long shift, over 2 minutes. Lucky they didn't capitalize on that. Gerbe, Roy, Pominville were out there far too long, Ruff cannot be pleased.
7:33 - They get a post in the last 30 seconds, but no dice. The Canes are outshooting the Sabres 34-21 after 2. Yikes.
7:40 - Colorado and Detroit are in OT, could be good. But after 6 hours of straight hockey, I'm gonna watch American Dad during intermission. Maybe eat a carrot.
7:43 - A preview of tonight's Family Guy...Completely and utterly unsafe for babies, young girls, and work. Take note, you've been warned.
That is too much.
7:48 - Still waiting for this stupid game to come back on.
7:54 - Lindy must've reamed them out during the break, they're skating much harder. Starting to win some battles.
7:58 - 15 minutes left, gotta make something happen soon.
8:00 - Ward just robs Connolly. That would've been what they needed.
8:06 - Ward is having one of those games, playing very well. Sabres are swarming. Have to get one soon.
8:12 - I'm not sure what to say, they just can't break through. But they have a shot, Canes take a penalty. Sabres going on the PP.
8:16 - It's killed, lots of missed opportunities, bad decisions, bad handling. This one isn't gonna go our way.
8:20 - Big News! BREAKING NEWS! Therrien Fired!
8:24 - Well Lalime thought he had it, sitting under him, and the Canes poke it home. 3-0 Canes. Game over.
8:29 - I do believe this is where my day ends. It's been a good 7 hours of straight hockey, but this loss stings. I need some comedic revelry. Off to Fox I go.
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