February 11th, 2010

Ryan Getzlaf is a go for the Olympics, and so in Slovak superstar Marian Gaborik. For a bit there were doubts that this would be the case, but hey, s'all good. I guess it's not quite time for us to start thinking about the Games, I wish though. There are still NHL games going on, that we must remember! So onwards sir champion! That should be read in voice that you hear in those super awesome medieval movies... okay I'll stop now...

Tuesday's games:
Ottawa over Calgary 3-2
I caught 2/3rds of this game, in the early going I though Calgary was playing excellent. The line with Hagman, Stajan and Iginla were being heroes. Everything with the trio was seeming to clicked. I quite enjoyed it. They had the 2 goals for their team, all 3 players getting involved; Hagman scoring the first of the game, and Stajan getting the 3rd. Alexi Kovalev scored in between those goals at 17:10 of the first frame. It took weird, weird bounces and was a goal you could only shake your head at. Jesse Winchester tried to get a little rough and as that went on, Jamal Mayers and Chris Neil fought, interesting and it was a little uncalled for. Jarkko Ruutu scored to tie it up midway through the 2nd and near the late stages of also the 2nd, Jason Spezza scored the game winner, assists going to Jonathan Cheechoo who was all over the net the entire game, but just couldn't seem to score.

Boston over Buffalo 3-2
Daniel Paille who was a great pickup for Boston score early on, setting a tone. He then went on to score another a couple minutes later, giving the Bruin's a quick 2-0 lead. Buffalo came back in the 2nd scoring 2 of their own. No goal scoring took place in the third, and the 5 minutes of 4 on 4 in overtime. What would have made theis story complete was a shootout winner by no other then Daniel Paille. Too bad that didn't happen. However, Deavid Krejci did giving Boston the 2 points.

New York Islanders or Nashville 4-3
Carolina over Flordia 4-1
Tamapa Bay over Vancouver 3-1
St. Louis over Detroit 4-3
Chicago over Dallas 4-3

Last nights:
Montreal over Washington 6-5
Rats!! Why didn't I stay up and finish watching this game?! Darn sleepiness, you dropped the ball on this one. This game was certainly entertaining to watch, the parts I saw. It was strange to say the least. Washington who is one of the best teams in the NHL just couldn't handle the heart and hustle that Montreal showed. Caps fans might be angry over the goal they disallowed where Ovie cranked Hal "Pylon" Gill, but I feel like the officials made the right call. Not only did Ovechkin make Gill crash into Carey Price, but Gill never had a full handle of the puck in the first place. I was also glad from what I saw, Carey Price play solid in net.

Philadelphia over New Jersey 3-2
Maybe they're gonna have to keep Michael Leighton, he's been playing great for the Flyers. Travis Zajac continues his impressive season scoring his 18th of the campaign. Simon Gagne scored the OT winner.

Nashville over New York Rangers 2-1
Columbus over San Jose 3-0
Pittsburgh over New York Islanders 3-1
Phoenix over Minnesota 3-2
Colorado over Atlanta 4-3
Anaheim over Edmonton 3-2

A simple trade took place too, Florida Panther Dominic Moore to the Montreal Canadiens for 2nd Round Draft pick in 2011. I like Moore as a player but don't seem him fitting all that great. There are enough young eager players in and just enough solid players within the depth chart to make this trade a little unnecessary. I do hope to see him play well though. This trade still needs to be confirmed by the NHL.

Anyways, the Sens are playing the Caps and as of right now it's 2-1. Will have more updates tommorow I imagine, the opening ceremonys are tommorow too!

All mt Best; Enjoy Life
Ryan Francis