In Case You Asked (But Even If You Didn't)
Posted by:
Micah Hart on
May 24, 2007 at
4:42PM EST
Pithy responses to questions you may very well never have asked:
Yes, lying down in the crease is a confounding way to try to make saves, but who can argue when it’s Dominik Hasek? Just wish he had seen every shot in Game Six. I really wanted to see a Game Seven in that series.
No, I have no idea why some Ottawa fans and members of the media had written the Senators off in November. Must be why they don’t play…or coach.
Yes, I would have liked to see the overtime of Game Five between Ottawa and Buffalo on NBC. In my estimation, one of the most accurate adages in life is that perception is reality, and that move by the network didn’t do a whole lot for the general public’s perception of the sport. And what a shame, considering the quality of the series between those two very talented teams.
No, I didn’t predict Anaheim and Ottawa in the Final. But I will predict it’s going to be a long, eminently entertaining series. I’ll go so far as to say Ottawa wins in seven, on the Pond, er, Honda Center. It’s time for Bryan Murray – one of the great NHL coaches of the last two-plus decades – to lift the Cup. Good for Daniel Alfredsson, too. That should quiet his detractors, at least for several months. Along the same lines, how good has that line of Alfredsson, Spezza, and Heatley been? Oh, sorry, you’re the ones supposedly asking the questions.
Yes, I felt badly for Johan Franzen when his clearing attempt for Detroit in Game Five vs. Anaheim was knocked down near the point, leading to the Ducks’ game-tying goal and eventual OT win. He was making the right play; he just flubbed the backhander. But weren’t you surprised all-world defenseman Nick Lidstrom just stuck out his stick trying to block Scott Niedermayer’s power play blast? Would’ve thought Lidstrom would either try to get in front of that shot with his body or just hope Hasek could handle it.
Yes, I will have had plenty of time to practice my beat boxing with all the days between Anaheim’s clinching win and the start of the Stanley Cup the Final. Needed to work on my percussion sounds anyway.
Yes, I could imagine Rosie O’Donnell and Brett Hull in the same studio. Now that would be fun.
