I know it’s not as much fun to predict when our team is out but anyone got some predictions for Round 2?
Playoffs – Round 2
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Moss resigns and remains a UFA!!!
Uh yea… that’d be an error.
April 4, 2009: David Moss signs a 3-yr contract with the Calgary Flames. TSN has this:
Correct!
April 29, 2009: Flames players clean out their stalls and the everyone contemplates who will be back next year. TSN notes some of the “key forwards headed for free agency” and who’s that listed after Cammalleri and Bertuzzi?
Incorrect
I thought I knew hockey…
and then I joined a playoff pool and made predictions to show just how much I knew.
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poop
feces. turd. b.m. crap. shit.
Pedro is only a good name for a donkey (or an orange)
Trying out some new techniques to see how I can incorporate them into a project.
Best Name Ever!!!
Thanks to Andrew Houle for the tutorial… now I just need to convince my wife that those really would be good names for a child!!! Got any name suggestions? Add them here!
stupid snow
This weekend I decided it was time to chisel off the winter dirt and get my bike ready for spring.
I took everything I could off the bike and scrubbed for over two hours to get everything back to an acceptable level of clean. All winter I wanted to wash my bike (and I did take it through a car wash once or twice), but for the most part I had to just add more chain lube and keep riding because it was always too cold to really clean it.
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We can defeat them, we have the technology.
and the heart, and the clutch players, and the fan support.
After the first two games in Chicago in the Hawks vs. Flames series it didn’t look like we were going to be in for a very long playoff season. We couldn’t hold a lead, we couldn’t play for 60 minutes, we didn’t seem to have everyone on the same page. Apparently all the Flames were needing was some good home cookin’.
With another 2 games in the bag the Bulin wall has definitely been showing signs of weakness, and the Hawks as a whole can’t seem to do much to slow the Flames down once they get rolling. Jokinen (finally!) had a monster of a game, and Iginla definitely stepped up to answer some of the yapping from the Hawks big talkers. Nystrom’s goal in the 3rd was absolutely huge, and emphasizes the importance of the secondary scoring the Flames have been getting so far in this series. Nystrom, Glencross and Moss have all been very noticeable when they are on the ice (in a good way), and it is paying off on the scoreboard.
The biggest enemy of the Flames? complacency. Don’t stop hitting, don’t stop the pressure, don’t stop shooting every chance you get. You’ve already seen what happens if you take your foot off the gas… a 4-1 lead evaporates in a very short period of time.
I’m not saying the rest of this series is going to be easy, but it is now a best of 3 and the Flames would appear to have all the momentum. Yes the Hawks managed to come back last night and tie the game with 3 straight goals, but to me that was more us breaking down than them being better than us and asserting dominance.
The best sign of the night made it on to TSN’s highlights, with Jarome’s head pasted on the incredible hulk’s body and “don’t make me angry, you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry” written on it. classic.
“It’s always a good thing for us when Jarome gets that fired up. When he’s on that edge, that’s when he’s playing his best hockey.”
– Craig Conroy on Jarome Iginla
NHL summary
’08/’09 Playoff Predictions
What are your calls for Round 1? I don’t follow the East teams much, so I’m pretty much guessing. And don’t hate me for my Flames prediction… they did the opposite of what I thought in all 4 rounds in 2004, so I’m hoping that trend will continue this year. We need Regehr back!
Boston vs Montreal – Boston in 6 (sorry Al)
San Jose vs Anaheim – San Jose in 6
Washington vs NY Rangers – Washington in 5
Detroit vs Columbus – Detroit in 7
New Jersey vs Carolina – Jersey in 6
Vancouver vs St. Louis – stupid Vancouver in 6
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia – Pittsburgh in 5
Chicago vs Calgary – Chicago in 5*
*As usual, this depends on which Flames team shows up. This could go to 7, but there would have to be a complete flip of how they played out the last part of the season. Go Flames!
april p/d/p
Tomorrow Saturday, April 11.
5pm in them mountains
4pm by the lake
no theme as of yet, put your suggestions in the flickr group
that is all
Spring Cleaning
wow.. sure has been quiet on here lately, and since I’m the biggest poster I guess that is mostly my fault.
busy is the best word to describe myself in the time I’ve been silent, and I’ll fill you in on the details in a little while. I could do some now, but I really just wanted to break up the streak of days without a post 