Hey hey, all my predictions came true so far, where’s my prize
Montreal blew a great chance tonight with Hatcher out for most of the 3rd period, they could’ve taken that game into overtime and really worn down Philly’s shorthanded defence
Nothing really wrong with how Montreal is playing, Philly’s goalie Biron is playing way over his head, and that’s been the only difference, Price has been average and might need a rest, but it’s tough to bench him, his confidence is already low
I think Montreal can get back into it if they keep hustling out there, and another thing that would really help is a good power forward like Richer, which reminds me, what happened to Ryder, u have to play that guy, they need someone to run at Philly’s defence, they’re big and clearing out everything in front of Biron.
Dallas looks good, i noticed that in the 1st round, Turco is playing good, Ribeiro and Richards are nice additions, physically they look fit as a team, i picked San Jose to win their last series when they were down, not sure i’ll do it this time, they look tired, Thornton is falling over on the ice all by himself and Nabokov is letting in those mental fatigue goals.
Pittsburgh is lighting it up, it feels like i’m watching Gretzky and Lemieux playing on the same team with Crosby and Malkin, they are rolling in a big way, 6-0 in the playoffs so far, they’re gonna have a will Pittsburgh go 16-0 in the playoffs line at the sportsbook coming out soon
Detroit is getting it done with speed, they’ve outskated every team they’ve played so far, still the team to beat
About the Leafs, if they were smart they’d hire me to run that team, i talked to Ken Dryden about it a few years ago, he gave me the impression that he was limited as to what he could do, meaning the team hierarchy didn’t give him complete control and free reign over the time.
My first duties would be trading Mats Sundin, i’ve been saying trade him for over 10 years, while they could still get some quality young players for him, and then i’d break out some coin and hire Scotty Bowman as the coach, and i’d bring in Larry Robinson as a defensive coach, he created that New Jersey Cup winning dynasty, most people wouldn’t know that because he was fired the same year they went on to win the cup, and instead of trading away young prospects(who go on to win the cup with Tampa Bay)for broken down veterans, i would focus on the draft and properly developing young players.