After consecutive 1-0 shutouts (Anaheim over Dallas, Philadelphia over Ottawa), Colby Cosh lays it down:
The funny thing is that you couldn't pick two more dissimilar goaltenders than Cechmanek, a stylistic slob who sometimes appears to be trying to stop a whole other puck than the one in play, and Giguere, who simply lets pucks hit him in the chest as if he had master control of the curvature of spacetime. Giguere reads his opponents' minds (though he's not above the occasional acrobatic act of larceny); Cechmanek occasionally seems not to even possess one.
["The Timelord and the buffoon"]
After Dallas' loss Wednesday:
As you can see, the updated Cup odds now make Vancouver the favourite to win the whole thing. I'm sorry if this is psychically disconcerting to Canucks fans: it may be an outright historic first.Following Minnesota's win over Vancouver Sunday night:
["Matters hockistical"]
...in the final seconds tonight [Roloson] showed us what would be about a week's worth of technical horrors for some goalies. On Ohlund's goal he left half the door open because his whole body weight was on his right knee: it was almost touching, a hint of a lost Golden Age, to see a goalie trapped in such imperfect balance in an era when everybody's a Baryshnikov. Human, all too human!After Vancouver's game-seven win over St Louis:
["An encouraging loss"]
In a way the whole spectacle was quite touching, with MacInnis feebly trying to inspire the troops. And in another way it was like watching one of those gory "Drunk Driving Kills!" movies from high-school driver-ed. Seriously, whatever technology was used to create Bertuzzi needs to be banned, even if the "technology" was just ordinary intercourse between gigantic, hairy Italians. Did they find this guy in the jungle?
["Names and numbers"]
Way too wordy. Facts make better articles than opinion and lengthy descriptions.
Stick to your day job.