Saturday, May 3, 2008

Face-off: Why did I not point out that the Devils were on the brink of elimination?

OpenHockeyDB: The Rangers will most likely be eliminated
That night - Rangers 3 - Penguins 0

OpenHockeyDB: Stars will eliminate the Sharks tonight
Last night: Sharks 3 - Stars 2 OT

I apologize to Marty, Zach, Lou, the entire NJ Devils organization and their fans for my shortsightedness. I'm a real jack-ass.

DAILY ROUND-UP

SJ beats Dallas: Win second straight facing elimination, series at 3-2
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=236622&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_nhl

Carey Price back in net for the Habs tonight in Game 5
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=362368&page=NewsPage&service=page
DB Note: Carey Price will be great. Maybe not tonight, but someday in the NHL this kid will be astounding. He's played with marked inconsistency so far, but rookie mistakes can be catastrophic when they are committed by the man in net.

Even so, the Habs failure in this series so far cannot be blamed on their netminders, but on skaters and the fact that their NHL regular season best power-play has gone into hiding. If the Canadiens can get their man-advantage going again this series will look completely different.

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