The Magic Satchel

it is late so I’ll keep this short… do any of us care without the Flames in the playoffs? do you think the Pens can repeat? what are the Canadiens chances vs the caps in round 1?

and more importantly, does anyone beyond the spambots actually read this anymore?

and then I joined a playoff pool and made predictions to show just how much I knew.
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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

To continue my verbal spewing this evening, it is time to talk about travel. Everyone likes travel! yaaay! wheee!

The Bad News: I have no plans for an other side of the world, gone for a month by myself sort of extravaganza in 2009.

The Good News: Working for a company that encourages you to take time off (unlike my previous employer who “strongly suggested” we only take time off in the slow time, and only with their approval) means I will be making a couple of smaller, gone for a week types of trips this year.
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We will be in town attending game 6 on Sunday, which means I will likely finally be regaining my voice sometime on Tuesday while driving back to BC after screaming my face off at a live game instead if just at my TV. Swollen uvula. I am bringing my hardhat. Though Jen says the Flames have to win the cup before I even have a chance at winning the hardhat bet.

I can see the future and it looks like this:

And does anyone else find it funny that the injury Chara has been nursing is his ribs after he did that terrible “it’s the ribs” radio ad for a restaurant when played for Ottawa.

Karma baby, it’s a bitch… just like San Jose is going to be on Sunday.

Go Flames!
(and go road clearing crew in Roger’s Pass!)

(and Al, you are so going over the waterfall on Saturday… unless you want to see if you can irrigate 5 sheep farms? I know it sounds dull, but Squatter is a pretty good game!)

The Flames beat the Canadiens in 6 games to win their 2nd Stanley Cup… this time on home ice! Al has an aneurysm trying to cheer against the Flames.

Teams Montreal beats along the way:
Boston (in 5)
New Jersey (in 6)
Washington (in 6)

Teams Calgary beats along the way:
San Jose (in 7)
Detroit (in 7)
Dallas (in 5)

Worst Stanley Cup playoffs prediction ever? Probably not. But I’m sure TSN’s Maggie the monkey will do better.

Suck it San Jose!

It has been a quiet week on the ol’ posting front, and that is basically tied in to the fact that it has been a really… really slow week. I’ve done nothing I would consider “important” enough to actually write about on an individual basis, so here ya go… it’s summary time.

Flames lose (then win).. boo! (yay!) Stamps lose, Bombers win.. Yay! Oilers Win (then win then lose) yay! (yay! boo!) Canadiens win! yay! Tucker gets beat down by Avery… yay! I really miss playing hockey with my team (stupid season long suspensions)… boo!

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The first few games of this young NHL season are behind us, and already there are a few surprises that should be talked about.
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I really liked that game Citadels.
I eagerly anticipate playing it again.
One family’s Citadel games are coming to an end.

I hope the Amazing Rando didn’t make too much of a mess.

I need Finals predictions.

I would like a gumball, but they lose their flavour too fast.

I really did like that game Citadels.

but only by the smallest of margins.

My second round was pretty sad, but I can’t be held accountable for the lack of fire in the SJ Sharks or the surprising collapse of Martin Brodeur.

West: I find myself in the undesireable position of cheering for the Ducks yet again. Stupid Hasek and Boo-tuzi need to lose, and Chelios needs to get himself some hot grandma action down at the old folks home before curfew. Ducks in 5.

East: Battle royal anyone? Fingers crossed that this will be an exciting end to the eastern conference playoffs. I like Buffalo for this one, and I think it will go 6 games.