arlos wrote: He's now got a 1-5 playoff record, gave up 5 goals tonight, including what looked to be a soft one in OT.
ps, that's his playoff record against colorado
not that the rest of his record is impressive, he's 7-11 or something
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Was impressed with the Sharks tonight. They got a bit overly aggressive on a power play and gave up a shorthanded goal, but after that they locked the game down completely, pretty much. Preds got a few good chances, sure, but the Sharks only allowed 17 shots for the game, and took 40. Joe Thornton didn't make the scoresheet, but he was a force on the ice, and drew a ton of penalties. Also, Marleau and other people took advantage of the pace created by Nashville concentrating so much on Thornton, and had a great game. Oh, and the Preds still have yet to score a single 5 on 5 goal in the entire series. They only have 5 goals over 3 games, 4 in one game on the power play, and 1 shorthanded one tonight.
In the other series, I've been really surprised by the Oilers. I really expected them to get completely blown out by Detroit, taking maybe 1 game all series, and they could easily be up 3-0 right now if not for the lucky deflection in game 1. Another team that's surprised me has been Buffalo. Admittedly, I didn't know much abtou them, but I did NOT expect them to drop an 8-2 woodshedding on the Flyers, and be up 2-0.
ANother odd coincidence is that in 1 section of the playoffs, all 4 series started tonight 1-1, and the other section, all 4 series are 2-0.
-Arlos
In the other series, I've been really surprised by the Oilers. I really expected them to get completely blown out by Detroit, taking maybe 1 game all series, and they could easily be up 3-0 right now if not for the lucky deflection in game 1. Another team that's surprised me has been Buffalo. Admittedly, I didn't know much abtou them, but I did NOT expect them to drop an 8-2 woodshedding on the Flyers, and be up 2-0.
ANother odd coincidence is that in 1 section of the playoffs, all 4 series started tonight 1-1, and the other section, all 4 series are 2-0.
-Arlos
I've seen 'em a few times, it's a good arena. Sightlines are good, chairs are reasonably comfortable, and it gets loud as hell when the team's doing well and the fans are into it. Definitely a good time, at least when the Sharks win. If I was working these days, I would've looked seriously at getting one of those 10-game packs, cause they also give you priority for playoff tickets. One word of advice if you want to go: Don't park at the arena itself, they charge an arm and a leg. Best bet is to take the train down, the SJ station is literally right across the street from the Tank. Alternately, downtown SJ is like 8-10 blocks away, and the public parking garages are free after 6pm.
Ticket prices aren't awful. If you want to be right up on the glass, you're gonna pay $115 a ticket, if you can find one for sale (unlikely). Most common of what you're going to find available is in the upper section of seats, where you're going to pay $40 a ticket towards the middle of the rink, a bit over 30 if you're at one of the ends.
Unless you're up in complete nosebleed (the $17 tickets), you've got a pretty good view, the seating rises pretty sharply. Even in those super-cheap seats, the view isn't utterly awful, they did a good job when they built the place.
-Arlos
Ticket prices aren't awful. If you want to be right up on the glass, you're gonna pay $115 a ticket, if you can find one for sale (unlikely). Most common of what you're going to find available is in the upper section of seats, where you're going to pay $40 a ticket towards the middle of the rink, a bit over 30 if you're at one of the ends.
Unless you're up in complete nosebleed (the $17 tickets), you've got a pretty good view, the seating rises pretty sharply. Even in those super-cheap seats, the view isn't utterly awful, they did a good job when they built the place.
-Arlos
arlos wrote:
In the other series, I've been really surprised by the Oilers. I really expected them to get completely blown out by Detroit, taking maybe 1 game all series, and they could easily be up 3-0 right now if not for the lucky deflection in game 1.
The oilers are as good as any team in the western conference. their problem all year was weak goaltending
now that Roloson is picking it up, they'll be tough to beat
woa woa woa, bergeron is top 5? thats nuts, he's not even top 5 within the province of alberta
staios is solid but not spectacular, spacek is good, but tarnstrom is a pylon, and pronger has lost more then a step over the years
Don't get me wrong, they're a good team, but they're not on par with the top teams of the west
staios is solid but not spectacular, spacek is good, but tarnstrom is a pylon, and pronger has lost more then a step over the years
Don't get me wrong, they're a good team, but they're not on par with the top teams of the west
ClakarEQ wrote:That wings games last night made me sick. The refs called some god awefull shit that was just plain wrong.
the part the bothered me was that is was so inconsistent
Smyth got penalized for grazing the goalie (technically it's a penalty) but Lelja got away with an elbow to the head of Peca, and Chelios got away with boarding Hemsky
it was ridiculously inconsistent refereeing last ngiht
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arlos wrote:My first round predictions:
West:
Detroit over Edmonton in 6
Dallas over Colorado in 6
Anaheim over Calgary in 7
San Jose over Nashville in 6
East:
Ottawa over Tampa in 5
Carolina over Montreal in 6
Devils over Rangers in 7
Flyers over Sabres in 7
I think it's going to be Ottawa or Carolina in the Finals from the East (unless Brodeur continues playing insanely, in which case they have a shot)
From the west, I think it's going to be Detroit or San Jose.
-Arlos
From the games so far I'd say not alot of these predictions are going to hold up.
