Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Conn Smythe Nomination: 4/28/09

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Well, they freakin' did it. Probably the most dangerous 8 seed in who knows how long pulled it off in 6 games, as the Ducks shit all over the Sharks. While a tad earlier in the evening the Blackhawks put together another dominating performance, making smokestacks of the Flames. Two clinchers, two 4-1 wins. So who gets the Conn Smythe nod for the evening?

Well, that'd be premature balding center Ryan Getzlaf. Although his goal was simply icing on the cake that was the upset of the Sharks, he also set up Corey Perry's tying goal halfway through the first. But what stood out was what happened 0:02 into last night's game.


Getzlaf put up with Thornton's attempt at exciting his teammates, but it just turned out to be another notch in Big Joe's playoff failure belt. He has one of those. Getzlaf, does not. Thus far Getzlaf has 8 points, 2 goals and 6 assists, as they move on to face those Detroit Red Wings, which if I may say so, will be a fantastic series.

Honorable mentions go out to Jonas Hiller for putting away the series with a 36 save performance, Khabibulin's 43 save gem putting away Calgary, and Dustin Byflugien, coming out of nowhere with a 1 goal, 2 assist night.
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