On the Subject of Snow Angels

Alright, well…the Red Wings made it to the next round, beating San Jose 4 games to 2. Very interesting considering the way they played in the first half of the series. The Sharks are big and with Thornton everywhere, it was a difficult task to beat them. The Red Wings can maintain with average offense and defense, but they need to step it up…especially, the goaltending.

People tend to go either way about Hasek. I can’t believe they brought him and Osgood back. Seems like crazy talk to me. By the way, Legacedid not lose them the playoffs last year...just thought I'd get that in there. But, I do have to say that they will continue to win IF Hasek plays like he did in game 6 of the last series. I think the key to winning that game is that he was vertical for most of the game. Yes, he was in a standing position!!! “Weird?” You say? Yeah, me too. When the announcers, people who supposedly know about such things, can’t make up their minds if you’re a good netminder or not, something is up. Most of the time he is sprawled out on the ground waving his arms and legs wondering where the damn puck is. Or, he’s really far out of the net trying to play it off the boards, which he never really does…another player usually is back to set it up (get in the damn net! You saw what happened when Nabokov came out with Datsyuk up in his grill.). Maybe that alone makes it interesting. Well, it makes me nervous. The announcers have said he makes too many “snow angels” when the other team just flips it over his head into the net, or he is the best goalie that has ever lived and has such body control, when he actually is upright and makes decent saves. You can’t have Lidstrom stopping goals all the time…

Any which way, both series will be good. Detroit will have a tough time with the Ducks.
If they get past them, look out. The Buffalo/Ottawa series will be very fun watch this round.
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