Friday, October 31, 2008

What you missed last night because you don't understand French



Sometimes I really don't understand the/nhl Center Ice Package. The Carolina/Canadiens game was only available in French? Capitals/Predators wasn't on at all? And then the most mind boggling part is how those games are covered on/nhl: On the Fly Final. Only the French feed and they had to voice over for the Caps/Preds. Can anyone explain this to me? Anyone? Bueller?Canadiens beat the Hurricanes in the shoot-out, 3-2: Koivu had the dirty move to finish the game, but Kovalev's goal was super sweet. He's on the 3-on-2, deftly faked the pass across, saw Ward cheating and beat him high short side. And then later in the game he tried a spin-o-rama.Sharks beat the Penguins, 2-1: This result should have been expected as sharks>penguins in nature. Mike Grier got the game winner on a nice backhand from the slot. He wears an"A" that surprised me for some reason. Joe Pavelski goal was a result of the combination of tenacity (by Pavelski) and apathy (by the 3 penguins defenders that chased down the initial shooter).Flyers embarrass the Thrashers, 7-0: There were some pretty goals, some ugly goals, etc. Capitals beat the Predators in the shoot-out, 4-3: Semin had a great game. He made streeeeeeeeeeetch pass to David Steckel to give him the shorty break away. He later scored on the power play with a unique one-timer from the slot. Here's what was unique about it... usually a righty on the left side will try to beat the goal to the near post or go five hole, rarely do you see a guy shoot back to same side and go high. I didn't even think that was possible.Flames shut-out the Avalanche, 3-0: I think Bertuzzi hurt himself in this game trying to jump on Sakic. The avalanche don't cover men in front at all. I bet Keenan picked that up on tape or something.Lightning beat the Maple Leafs, 3-2: Vinny was so freaking Vinny last night. He again did the thing where theres a bad pass to him and he someone gathers it, maintains the breakway and scores (well, 1 out of 2). His second goal was just dirty move (well his first goal was a dirty move too) but going high with the backhand gets all the ladies wet. Samkos got his first assist, i guess he touched the puck last in that scrum.Bruins shut-out the Canucks, 1-0: Two 1-o shut outs in a row for the non-named starter. I don't know when the next game is for Boston, but they'll have him keep streaking right? No more switching until he loses? Just name him the starter already!Source

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