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Brodeur, .856 Roy, statue of liberty Two things Ozzie has never done in the playoffs.

Heh, I never gave Ozzie any props on this one. The whole team was laying back, and he was one of them. But it's not JUST him, and that's the really irritating part.

Wings 2-1 going into the 3rd. They sit back and play lazy the first half of the 3rd. Guess what happens next?

When they were 2-1. They were just sitting back.. doobeedoobeedoo...

I lol'd at that, too. He sounded angry about it!

Let this be (yet another) example of what happens when you sit back all lazy on a lead.

Why can't we exert pressure like this when we have a lead?

Can we clear the front of the net on the PK? Please?

It was a good shot, but it was weaker than anything Ozzie gave up this game, and you don't hear anyone saying anything about that. Oh, look, our PK fails.

Now THAT's a softy.

This. Sitting back on the lead. All period. Sound familiar, folks?

They've been sitting back all period, this is what happens when you do that.

They could atleast conserve some energy and go for 10, amirite?

Good work by Kopecky there.

I guess he needs some viagra for his 'stick', huh?

Please. Score on the 5 on 3.

Just looking to stir the pot here and see what others think. Keep in mind this isn't a Mason bash by any means, coming into the league and securing a position like he has at 20, all while putting up good numbers, is nothing to scoff at. However, he's starting to get mentioned as a Vezina candidate over some very worthy netminders. A few things to consider here: Ken Hitchcock coaches an amazingly effective defensive system. In fact, I believe Columbus is around #2 for least SA/G. Goaltenders seem to have an excellent track record on Hitchcock coached teams as well, including some that went on to be absolutely terrible on non-Hitchcock teams. Not only do his teams limit SA/G very well, but they also do a great job of limiting scoring chances. Here are some other goaltenders to consider this year, in no particular order: Tomas Vokoun -- .925 SV% on a defensively unspectacular Panthers team. Probably the most overlooked starter in the league. The guy is a consistently great goalie. Pekka Rinne -- Worse team than C-Bus, higher SV% and near as many shutouts (team stat), though a few less games played. Also a rookie, like Mason. Mike Smith -- Guy doesn't get near enough notice because he's on a s*** team. .916 SV%, 31.2 SA/G .. that's the 2nd highest SA/G in the league, and probably in the top 5 for shot quality as well.. and only .02% off from Mason. Being someone who watches a lot of TBL as well, I have to say this guy has been very impressive besides the stats. Jonas Hiller -- Another guy beating out Mason in the SV% category, and also on one of the most penalized teams in the league.. thus doing a considerable amount of his workload on the PK. Again, a few less GP than Mason. Ryan Miller -- Tons of Miller fans in the D, obviously.. again, higher SV%, defensively inferior team. Also plenty of starts to go to his name. This guy, imo, carries the Sabres more than Mason does the Jackets. The "other" Mason -- .917 SV%, .01% shy of S. Mason, all while playing on a defensively inferior team.. and furthermore, one that has close to 500 games worth of injuries -- including top d-men, team captain, top 3 and top 6 forwards. This is the Mason who, in my opinion, should be getting more consideration this year. Tim Thomas -- Even with Boston having great D, there's no denying how effective his Hasek-eqsue (as a Montreal fan in a fantasy league I play in put it) "Wacky Waiving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Goalie Style" has been. Niklas (or is it Nicklas?) Backstrom -- As much as people like to argue the Minnesota defensive system, SA/G wise Columbus has been even better this year... and yet Backstrom leads Mason in SV%, with more starts and GP as well. Roberto Luongo -- Equal SV% to Mason. HM: Marc-Andre Fleury -- Falling on his ass aside, this guy has a great A game when his confidence is up. Still over .910 SV%, on a team that was missing their top 2 d-men for a considerable chunk of the year, not to mention some terrible floaters. Note: I didn't put Brodeur on here because of very low GP, but in what he has done this year, he's been usual solid Brodeur. So if I had to rate these goalies performance-wise this year? 1. Thomas 2. Vokoun 3. Miller 4. Backstrom 5. Rinne 6. Smith 7. C. Mason 8. Hiller 9. Luongo 10. S. Mason 11. Fleury I can only imagine the flaming having Steve Mason at 10 might incur some places, but consider this: He's one of 2 rookie goalies on the list, and of all the goalies in that list, he's the youngest by a considerable amount, and also has more starts than a decent number of them. Top 10 NHL goalie in his first year, at 20. That's pretty damned impressive. I just don't think he should be christened as a top 3 Vezina finalist, yet. Thoughts?

Puck Daddy, it's too long to post in here so here's the link: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_dadd...?urn=nhl,150658 A few highlights: Nice, reasonable stance there, Nabby. By far the most interesting, though, is this next one: Neverminding the possible nationalism (I put them all ahead of Crosby, too), it's interesting to see he puts Dats at #1, echoing what many of us think. I highly recommend reading the whole article; it's long, and has tons of material.

Not my fault it's a valid point.

Firstly, it's 3m, not 3.5m.. second, he's tied for 4th for even strength scoring (with Franzen), those ahead of him being Dats, Hossa, and Z (who is only 2 points ahead of Flip and Franzen in that regard). Third, he's significantly younger than any of those players, and also happens to have the highest +/- among our forwards after those same 4 players--which is probably why he's also 5th behind them in ice time. So, yea...

This is me hearing the game: "Samuelsson shoooots..! Misses" "Samuelsson shoots it wide!" "Samuelsson now.. he shoots the puck.. misses the net" "Samuelsson.. oh, he's robbed!' "Samuelsson... off the bar!" "Samuelsson fires.. and it goes high!" This is me watching the game:

I dunno, you'd think there'd be some motivation not to get shut out.

I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate my instincts.

Wow, the last 5 seconds of that game defined it. Wings players moves up the side of the boards, winds up to take a shot with 3-4 seconds left, instead turns around and dicks off with it for the last couplel seconds of the game.

Goalie pulled, lets make sure to lose it by at least 3 to the Isles.