The Magic Satchel

better late than never, here are my predictions for the second round of the playoffs

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Here is the way I see the NHL 07 Playoffs playing out.
What makes me such an expert on this? Nothing.
Just the little monkey in my head that drives my self thinks he’s hotter shit than Maggie.
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I would like to begin by writing on how I think my team in the east (the Canadiens) will do in this years playoffs… I would like to but thanks to the stupid Leafs I don’t get to do this.

However, I can point and laugh at how the Islanders eliminated the Leafs by winning their final game of the season in a shootout.

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While not as exciting as being in Arras, France, there are some things going on over on this side of the world that should be talked about… and one of them is the impending NHL playoffs.

looking for biting social commentary? wow, are you ever in the wrong place

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My day today (a Saturday when neither jennyk or I are working) should consist of 3 major parts:

• going for a long walk — we were going to head over to the Westside where we will be living next year but I think instead we will just walk to the following event
• attending the World Sledge Hockey Challenge Gold Medal game between Canada and the reigning World Champions, Norway
• hopefully playing some board games… maybe a little Globetrotters! I will tempt you all into playing a game of this some magic satchel night! *** Travel Bonus

When jennyk and I discovered that the Sledge Hockey World Challenge was going to be in Kelowna, we both thought it would be something fun to go see. As with most events that don’t get a tonne of media coverage combined with our easy-going (read disorganized) lifestyle we almost remembered too late and missed the whole event. But we are going, only to one game mind you, but we are going. We got tickets to the gold medal game not knowing which two teams would be competing but we couldn’t have asked for a better matchup: Canada vs. Norway.

Now it turns out that not only are Norway the current World Champions but their captain Rolf Einar Pederson is the tournament’s leading scorer and has 9 of Norway’s 12 goals (and assisted on 2 of the 3 he didn’t score). In the round robin game between these teams, Canada charged back from a 2-0 deficit after 2 periods to win the game 4-3 in extra time. Here’s hoping we get to see another close game with the Canadian’s edging out a victory!

I’ve never watched a full game of sledge hockey but it is supposed to be an exciting and very physical game. And from what I have seen on TV, this definitely seems to be the case. How physical is sledge hockey? Well, these are the penalties from the 1st period of Wednesday’s game between these two teams.

02:03 NOR 9 Morten Vaernes (Boarding-2 minutes)
05:09 NOR 8 Stig Tore Svee (T-Boning-2 minutes)
05:52 CAN 18 Billy Bridges (Roughing-2 minutes)
09:45 CAN 29 Graeme Murray (Boarding-2 minutes)
12:35 CAN 18 Billy Bridges (Interference-2 minutes)
13:04 NOR 7 Eskil Hagen (Slashing-2 minutes)
14:42 CAN 17 Jean Labonté (Elbowing-2 minutes)

Not a lot of hooking and holding calls there, eh? Just the rough stuff. Should be fun. And after all, it’s St. Patrick’s Day and what is St. Paddy’s without a little violence?

The most hectic transaction day in the NHL. I’ll post my thoughts on some of the deals later.. too much going on right now to sit and think about the pros and cons of every little deal.

I wonder how long it will take EA sports to release an updated roster?

Oh wait, they sold a “new” game for 07 that was the 06 game with a shiny new skin… so why would they release an updated roster when they couldn’t even update the player pictures or change goalie colors from their previous team (Miller still with the “backup” mask, Aebischer still in Colorado colors)?

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OK. So after a few days to let things sink in, there were only 2 “major” moves to talk about that went down on deadline day. Read the rest of this entry »