Oh well...
I've been rooting for Edmonton all season. It would seem weird coming from a girl in NJ, but you can blame NHL Center Ice for that. We got all the NHL games so we ended up watching a lot of Canadian hockey. Since the Leafs blew this season, I started rooting for the Oilers. They were looking really good and I was honestly thinking that they would win the Cup this year. Now, I'm really pessimistic about it. Last night, their goalie Roloson blew out his knee in the third period. Coach MacTavish is now saying that he won't be back for the rest of the series which is a serious Bad Thing.
You see, the Oilers have what I called Marty Brodeur syndrome. Their number one goalie plays like 99% of the regular season games and all of the playoff games. What does the backup goal do? Well, nothing really. He's not expected to. However, when the number one goalie gets injured, the backup now has to play for the first time in like five months and is pooping in his pants 'cause he wasn't expecting it. This is what is happing to the Oilers. Poor Ty Conklin was sitting on the bench one minute, and then BLOWING THE GAME ON A REALLY FREAKIN' STUPID PLAY WITH 31.3 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD PERIOD. In essence, a really bad pass on his part gave the puck to a member of the 'Canes and the net wide open for a game winning goal. Bah.
And I'm sorry. I don't like Carolina. I'm still ticked off at the organization for leaving Hartford and all those loyal fans behind all those years ago. Also, it's really sad when a Canadian team hasn't won the Cup in 13 years. Oh well. It's only four more months until the start of the new season...
You see, the Oilers have what I called Marty Brodeur syndrome. Their number one goalie plays like 99% of the regular season games and all of the playoff games. What does the backup goal do? Well, nothing really. He's not expected to. However, when the number one goalie gets injured, the backup now has to play for the first time in like five months and is pooping in his pants 'cause he wasn't expecting it. This is what is happing to the Oilers. Poor Ty Conklin was sitting on the bench one minute, and then BLOWING THE GAME ON A REALLY FREAKIN' STUPID PLAY WITH 31.3 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD PERIOD. In essence, a really bad pass on his part gave the puck to a member of the 'Canes and the net wide open for a game winning goal. Bah.
And I'm sorry. I don't like Carolina. I'm still ticked off at the organization for leaving Hartford and all those loyal fans behind all those years ago. Also, it's really sad when a Canadian team hasn't won the Cup in 13 years. Oh well. It's only four more months until the start of the new season...
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