Last night, really wasn’t spectacular. Right from the get go it was clear James Reid was off. He was shaky and just couldn’t seem to stand firm in net. Reid was all over, bumbling like a Weeble Wobble. It was really bizarre to see. It was like remembering when Tara Reid was awesome circa American Pie then remembering her now. It was a contrast, to say. Aviani and Vanscourt sure were shot blocking fiends. The scoreboard could have been a lot worse, but a few of the players did their part to bail out the netminding. Cupcakes for them.
I bought a new Chiefs touque to continue my tradition of getting a new hat every season. I think that was my favorite part of the game. Because it certainly wasn’t the dismal crowd or Captain Cowen. Holy turnovers.
Really though, Portland is a fantastic team that can effectively use their size and bulk. Hat tip to Tyler Johnson especially for playing out of his weight class and laying some really solid hits. Levko Koper was on a nice tear as well. But I imagine most of us are just waiting for Krammer to drop the mitts.
I think these are all the words the game was worth.
Hrrmmm…it was not one of my favorites either but at least we are getting some consistant high-levels of effort. A lot of our young (non-seasoned) guys are coming up big on the shot blocking count. Aviani and Vanscourt stuck out last night like you said and Leedahl was at it in the game @Kamloops on wednesday. That kid saved a goal or two by being behind Reid and tucking it into the pads and then pretty much was responsible for keeping it even at the very end. It was beautiful. And I should stop talking about it every chance I get, but I love me some desperation plays. Mort also looked better on the backend and HOLYFUCKINGHIPCHECK! I haven’t seen one that beautiful in a while. Also props for dropping the mitts without any hesitation. I think I’d give cupcakes to all but maybe 2. I’ll let the trolls guess who those are and then inform me on the reasons I am so wrong.
By: SinBinRegular on October 10, 2010
at 9:17 pm