It was a hard choice at first, do I watch “Logan’s Run,” or watch the Avs. Tonight, I made the right choice. The Avs won a game they really shouldn’t have. The Canucks came out strong, stayed strong, and didn’t get the bounces. They were all over the Avs, making them dump the puck in, rather than carry it across the blue line. The old saying goes, I’d rather be lucky than good, and there was some serious luck tonight. Three pucks to posts after they got past Jose Theodore, and 38 shots for the Canucks vs. 20 for the Avs. Does this prove that Luongo isn’t the savior of the Canucks? Not yet, but that sure is fun to type. There will be some complaints about the first Avs goal, that Brunette may have interfered with Luongo, and you know what? Maybe. Hard to tell. But there you go, you can’t always complain like Roloson and make it work. The win puts the Avs into 2nd in the division, which I don’t think even Jim “Boomer” Gordon would have thought possible (that was a slight dig, but it’s made with love). This could be a flash in the pan (I am carefully pessimistic), but a few more wins would go a long way to making me feel better about the season.
Overall, it was an odd night in the NHL:
The Buffaslugs suffered their first regulation loss, to Toronto no less
Phoenix won
Boston scored 6 goals
Malkin didn’t score
The only thing that would have made the night stranger would be if Mick McGeough made a good call. That would use up one of his three a year.
6 responses to “Avs Beat Canucks, Piss Off Alanah”
I don’t see Luongo’s situation with the Canucks being any different than his dilema with the Panthers – he’s back in the same boat. Also, it looks like the Hab thrashing Theo has suffered has done him good. He seems to be quite focused since. I don’t think it’s a mere coincidence. Theo can be amamzing when focused. Hope he gets all his drive back and does for the Avs what Roy did.
Speaking of which, TL, how about Roy entering the Hall of Fame posting from both an Avs and Habs site by the 13th? Sound good?
You, sir, are on, until the break of dawn. Roy by the 13th.
Cool, and long live Cornwall’s Newsy Lalonde, who still co – owns the NHL’s oldest record with Joe Malone, Cy Denneny and now Evgeni Malkin. I was cheering for Malkin to break it, cause it’s amazing stuff. Maybe a fluke will occur and Chad Kilger will break it! LOL
I have somewhere in my archives, a piece on Roy, written during last years Mem Cup, that I will locate and post soon, as a preamble to his inclusion in the HHOF. Our two pieces may get some bloggosphere mileage, who knows?
No way, dude, the Avs are good.
They could be the fastest team in the NHL.
Look at Theodore now, huh?
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Theo playing good hockey? What is this, 2002? Crazy shit.
Was the Habs shellacking before or after he was embarrassed by Chicago? Between the two, I have to think something sparked him to remember how to play goal.