Pucks in nets

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Just some quick hockey notes:

- Pens beat CBJ in five! :D
Rust with two goals in an elimination game again, Guentzel with a hatty and five goals and Geno with eleven (!) points in the series. And that without their #1 defenseman and goalie, and Flower now has the most playoff wins in Penguins history. So nice. I even watched one game live last weekend, it's so much fun when my team wins.

- Nashville swept Chicago :D
(Chicago fans skip this bit)
So satisfying on so many levels. Happy PK and sad Blackhawks at the same time, win-win. Pekka Rinne had as many points as Chicago's top players, beautiful. Will we now hear less about Toews' intangible leadership qualities? Unfortunately doubtful.

- I got to watch Sharks-Oilers playoff overtime hockey for breakfast :) Unfortunately only for a few minutes because when I got up I didn't even realize it was still going on. Well-earned win for the Oilers. (I'm rooting for San Jose this series - sorry jae!! - because their core is old and won't have many more chances at the Cup while the Oilers will be a serious contender probably for many years to come, but the Oilers are fun to watch. (Also I laughed when an article mentioned Justin Schultz giving his old friends on the Oilers advice about playing in the playoffs. Poor Taylor Hall.)

- Playoffs are even worse than the regular season when it comes to players not getting penalized/punished for stupid moves that injure opponents. This is my least favorite aspect of hockey, ugh.

- In non-NHL hockey news, Austria's women's team lost their only game in the B World Championship to Japan, only winning silver and so not advancing to the A level. Nana Fujimoto *shakes fist*
The event was held in Graz, Austria, ~3 hours from Vienna, and I was thinking of going this weekend before I realized that I mixed up the dates. Very smart, self.

Comments

[jae]

I do get your argument about the Sharks (and to be fair, they really are a great team--very smart), but I still think you should root for the Oilers simply because the CITY cares SO much more about hockey. If the Sharks win, a bunch of hockey fans are happy. If the Oilers win, A WHOLE CITY OF A MILLION PEOPLE (plus all of the surrounding areas) is happy. No contest. :D

-J

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But if the Sharks win thousands of hockey fans in San Jose are happy, and a whole city of hockey fans in Edmonton is sad but will probably be happy next year and the year after that and the years after that. If the Oilers win Edmonton has one more year of happiness but the hockey fans in San Jose won't be happy ever. I'll be happy for Edmonton if they win, I'd just be even happier for the Sharks if they won.

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[jae]

...okay, I get your logic. :)

(And I will also be happy for either team, to be honest. They have both worked very hard!)

-J

[jae]

P.S. If the Oilers do win on Saturday, here's why you can be happy for them with a clear conscience. :)

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If they win I will try to forget all about the Sharks immediately so I don't have to feel sad ;)

[jae]

Well, that link is all about Edmonton, so you can read it without thinking about the Sharks. :)

One more: how hockey-mad is this city? They have managed to sell out the entire arena for an AWAY GAME. For a WATCH PARTY. No joke.

-J

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It's Canada, I'm not even that surprised. Definitely fits the stereotype ;) It should be a great opportunity for people who can't afford the ticket prices for actual games to get at least some of the arena atmosphere.