Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Niemenen suspended.
The Calgary Flames' Ville (shouldn't we just drop an "l" from his first name so he can be named more accurately?) Niemenen was suspended for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals, scheduled for tomorrow night, for his cheap shot hit on Vinny Lecavalier. The suspension was warranted, but it's still a hoot to listen to the Flames fans whine in the comments section immediately below the story linked in this post.
My only disappointment with the suspension is that I'll be unable to yell at Niemenen at the game tomorrow night, having secured seventh row seats at the bargain price of $180.
Obviously, I haven't been blogging the series to date, but I'll throw in a few thoughts. I still like the Lightning, albeit in 7 games now. I'm predicting they'll take Games 5 and 7, losing in Calgary Saturday...Game 4 might have been the least enjoyable Lightning win I've sat through, as it was basically 57 minutes of the Bolts holding on. If anything, Calgary was most dangerous when shorthanded, leading me to think that the Bolts should have declined the penalties unless it resulted in a 5-on-3. It was bad enough that every time they went up a man, I thought "jeez, they've got to kill this power play"....There's no question Calgary is looking to win this series on sheer thuggery, and it was fitting that such play came back to haunt them in Game 4. Maybe I should just refer to them as "Thugary" instead of Calgary from here on out....Has anyone seen Cory Stillman? 80 points in the regular season, second leading scorer, AWOL in the playoffs. Freddy Modin needs to step it up, too - it was his miss of a gilt-edged chance in Game 3 which turned that game in Thugary's favor. Perhaps he'll come through late in the series, as he did in the previous round against Philly.
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My only disappointment with the suspension is that I'll be unable to yell at Niemenen at the game tomorrow night, having secured seventh row seats at the bargain price of $180.
Obviously, I haven't been blogging the series to date, but I'll throw in a few thoughts. I still like the Lightning, albeit in 7 games now. I'm predicting they'll take Games 5 and 7, losing in Calgary Saturday...Game 4 might have been the least enjoyable Lightning win I've sat through, as it was basically 57 minutes of the Bolts holding on. If anything, Calgary was most dangerous when shorthanded, leading me to think that the Bolts should have declined the penalties unless it resulted in a 5-on-3. It was bad enough that every time they went up a man, I thought "jeez, they've got to kill this power play"....There's no question Calgary is looking to win this series on sheer thuggery, and it was fitting that such play came back to haunt them in Game 4. Maybe I should just refer to them as "Thugary" instead of Calgary from here on out....Has anyone seen Cory Stillman? 80 points in the regular season, second leading scorer, AWOL in the playoffs. Freddy Modin needs to step it up, too - it was his miss of a gilt-edged chance in Game 3 which turned that game in Thugary's favor. Perhaps he'll come through late in the series, as he did in the previous round against Philly.
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