Oilers v. Sharks - Psalm 74:12-14
by Scott Reynolds on Mar 21, 2010 4:43 PM MDT
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You, O God, are our king for all time,
you bring salvation to your chosen team and hope for the future.
It was you who broke open the NHL for Edmonton, your chosen,
and smashed the heads of those owners who were opposed to the merger.
And now will you not also help us to crush the Sharks,
and feed their remains to desert dogs.
San Jose Sharks (43-18-10) @ Edmonton Oilers (22-42-7)
Rexall Place, 6:00 P.M. MDT
Television: Sportsnet West
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report:
The Sharks have been in the tank (Yes!) since the Olympic break ended and are now actually in danger of losing the division to the Phoenix Coyotes who have won eight games in a row. The last game of the season is a home contest against the Coyotes and could end up being a battle for the division crown. The Coyotes and Sharks are very close in terms of shot differential per game (Phoenix is at +0.6 and San Jose is at +0.9) and both teams have relied on good goaltending. I've actually been surprised at how good the Sharks' record has been this year (I didn't pick them to win the division, but I also sure didn't pick Phoenix; curse you Anaheim!) given the weak defenders at the bottom of the roster. The question becomes, can they continue riding their goaltending, and if recent performance is any indication, the answer would seem to be "no."
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (22-42-7):
Moreau - Horcoff - Pisani
Pouliot - Gagner - Nilsson
Penner - Cogliano - Brule
Comrie - Potulny - Stortini
Gilbert - Whitney
Strudwick - Chorney
Johnson - Peckham
Dubnyk
San Jose Sharks (43-18-10)
Heatley - Thornton - Marleau
Setoguchi - Pavelski - Clowe
Couture - Malhotra - Mitchell
McGinn - Nichol - Staubitz
Boyle - Murray
Blake - Huskins
Wallin - Leach
Nabokov
Behind the Numbers:
- Devan Dubnyk got his first NHL win in his last start against the Red Wings and will now get two consecutive starts for the third time in his NHL career. If he wins tonight he'll get a third straight start for the first time in the NHL.
- Patrick Marleau's 41 goals are good for fourth in the league and only four goals behind current leaders Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby. A Rocket Richard Trophy sure would look nice for Marleau who's a free agent at the end of the season.
- There are two teams in the NHL with three of the top fifteen scorers. One is the Sharks (Thornton, Marleau, Heatley) and the other is the Washington Capitals (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semin).
- You may have noticed on the side-bar that the Oilers'
magictragic number sits at 10. That means they need to lose ten points (either through Oiler losses or 29th place team wins) before they've officially clinched last place overall.
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Quinn and DeBrusk are left to talk about how great the Oilers new fourth line is.
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Brule makes really poor decisions. Get. the. puck. deep.
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How in the world is Strudwick out against Heatley with the last change? Why do I keep asking these questions knowing that Quinn refuses to match lines and pairings?
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He got promoted to the Zorg line?
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The Oilers are so bad these days because they lack FInns.
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And Rajala.
(Related news: the Wheaties are two games away from having one less obstacle in their path to earning a spot in the Memorial Cup, instead of taking the host bye. What the fuck, Hitmen?)
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Agreed. Congrats to Teemu, 600 is a fantastic accomplishment. It would be a perfect number for him to retire on.
First ballot Hall of Famer. Second best Finn ever. Jari Kurri was like Teemu Selanne and Jere Lehtinen rolled into one.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 21, 2010 10:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Quinn giggles after every bad pun from Gene. He can’t possibly think that those are funny.
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Maybe obvious puns were the only form of humour that existed back in the 1870s when Quinn started coaching.
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I mean the other Quinn – the one in the broadcast booth.
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I expect there’s a rider in his contract that obligates him to do so. Hell, maybe he even gets hazard pay for putting up with Gino.
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Slow enough that Marleau went around him and got clear of him to go in alone. Marleau started carrying at the red line.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 21, 2010 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Whoa. Moreau looked like a real NHL player on that shift.
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Annnnnnd now Peckham is gone with a shoulder.
Arsene? Plante? Motin?
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Plante, Plante, Plante, Plante…
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Of the replacement D, he’s looked the least out of place.
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I mean physically. He has the size and he was able to move well.
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Though LT says concussion. Damn.
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Damn, indeed. I assume this will mean Arsene then.
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Make it 5.
Cogliano looks like a real player when he’s out with Penner. Course – they all do.
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On the scoreboard and the undercard as well
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Does Mike Comrie ever freaking lose a fight?
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He has to be one of the best flyweight fighters ever.
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The best of Mike Comrie’s fights might be a post someday, not to mention another installment in the lengthy series “Ben Sucks Off a St. Albert Saint”.
by Benjamin Massey on Mar 21, 2010 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
The best of Mike Comrie’s fights might be a post someday,
That would be outstanding.
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Well, here’s one: this isn’t the first time Comrie’s dealt with Nichol. Back when Nichol was a Flame and the Comrienist was still the saviour rather than the devil, the two got into a Battle of Alberta barnburner that ended with them both tossing good licks and the linesmen stepping in.
by Benjamin Massey on Mar 21, 2010 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Nichol’s even smaller than Comrie for crying out loud. Nice fight, but no big deal. Meanwhile, Zack Stortini takes on and beats Douglas Murray, the guy who injured Theo Peckham and who happens to be 6’3, 240, and nobody says a freakin’ word?
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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 21, 2010 11:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, but we expected it. Maybe not that he’d handle Murray so definitively (though he has gotten much better the last 18 months), but we knew that fight was coming. Comrie-Nichol? Not so much. Flyweight fights are always a treat. Almost as good as goalie fights. ;)
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wow…totally chose the wrong period to watch…this shit is hilarious…..for the first time oilers werent used as slump busters!!!
You missed Stortini beat on Murray and Comrie with the knock down on Nichol.
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I did! After this horrible season, this is the game I missed?
by Benjamin Massey on Mar 21, 2010 9:12 PM MDT up reply actions
You missed Comrie wreck Nichol, Stortini beat on Douglas Murray, Penner/Cogliano look like a legit line, Nilsson on a pokecheck steal from Thornton and breakaway with the videogame deke to score, Nilsson with a crushing shoulder check in open ice, Whitney/Gilbert look very controlled again, and Pouliot play like he belonged.
On the downside, Peckham wrecked his shoulder, Strudwick…yeah, Chorney…yeah, and the coach letting Strudwick match against Heatley when Edmonton had last change.
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Hopefully Bruce doesn’t stay out all night celebrating.
by Benjamin Massey on Mar 21, 2010 9:24 PM MDT up reply actions
No, I’m celebrating at home. Just sitting down to the PGT. That was a fun game other than the Murray hit on Peckham. Of course he received the standard two-minutes-for-putting-an-Oiler-out-for-the-season penalty, but did have to face the music a little later on.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 21, 2010 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I don’t know that the hit was exceptionally dirty. It was one of those 50/50 interference bumps that happens a few times a game. No way was it as dirty as Handzus on Hemsky.
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That close to the boards when the guy hasn’t touched the puck? Ovechkin just got two games for pushing the guy who did have the puck in that territory.
Of course Mason Raymond never even got two when he crushed Ladi Smid five feet from the puck and ruined his season, so we should count our lucky stars that Murray even got noticed for injuring Peckham.
All I can tell you is I’m bloody sick of it.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 21, 2010 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
That type of play happens at least 3 or 4 times a game. It’s commonplace.
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It was boarding resulting in injury. That has to be five and a game, automatically. Why it isn’t, I don’t understand.
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It almost never is, at least when it’s an Oiler on the receiving end. Souray, Hemsky, Smid, Jones, and now Peckham have all been put out of the line-up by very questionable hits, and the sum total is four minors, no majors, no game misconducts, and one two-game suspension. Speaking from the perspective of a fan of the Edmonton Oilers, the NHL does a piss poor job of protecting its performers.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 22, 2010 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
And that doesn’t even include the time where that Ryan Wilson concussed Moreau with a head shot and we got the fucking penalties. For instigating FFS.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Mar 22, 2010 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
God damn it, I took a miss on this in favour of reading a magazine in the tub for the first time in a month. While I learned a lot about the trials and tribulations of running a power plant in the Gaza strip, and how microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) may be the future of wireless communications, I think I’d rather have seen the Sharks get pasted.
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“pasted” is a bit of an understatement.
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This was amazing.
You guys deserved a win like this.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Mar 21, 2010 10:21 PM MDT reply actions
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