One last hurrah
May 15th, 2008 by BradPut away your brooms, the Stars sucked it up and gave us what I suspect is one last celebration last night, defeating the Red Wings 3-1. They were out-shot, out-chanced, and “out-face-offed” (I’m sure that’s a word, don’t look it up) but not out-goal-tended as Marty was good…and lucky. Both teams hit the post. Who are we to complain?
Last night was about celebrating the post-season for Stars fans, the entire post-season. We were going to give them a nice round of applause anyway, it was nice to give them one after a win. A Conference Final, and hockey coming up on May 17th should still be viewed as a huge positive for this franchise. We were all hoping and praying for a first round win, and we got a lot more. This is a good experience for the youngsters, and hopefully will keep some of our old horses motivated thinking maybe they can do something next year.
As far as the hockey went…the Stars had a lot of good chances they didn’t capitalize on in the first period, just like the other games, but they were able to hold it together on the defensive end this time. Still, the Wings are dominating them and it’s plain to see that the Stars are beaten and tired. The Stars have quite a few injuries they’re playing though, I think. If the Wings had Franzen last night it would’ve been over early. Watching Cleary try to do his job in front of Marty is a joke compared to the way the “Mule” does it.
On the no-goal call: It was a terrible call. “Butt in the crease?” That’s stupid. But it’s also a good example of “what goes around comes around.” Holmstrum could have been called for far worse several times in game 1, and wasn’t. He also could have been called for interference on the play right before that non-goal last night, and wasn’t. Why cheating is allowed in some games and not others is a mystery to me (and the Wings), but it’s not going to change the outcome of the series.
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Here is a list of some people who had less ice time than Toby Petersen:
Mike Modano
Brad Richards
Mike Ribeiro
Hagman, Grossman, on and on…
He’s playing on the PK, he’s playing on the PP. He played against Datsyuk and Zetterberg last night. Do they think he’s that good? Or is he just a fresh pair of legs that’s fighting for his job next year? Probably the latter. The Stars are beat up pretty badly, and he’s reaping the benefits. Also, Tipp’s trying to consolidate the talent to two lines, leaving more time for guys like Petersen. But still…the guy does 2 things every night that make me want to take up smoking. And now he’s a 20 minute guy? The playoffs are a strange animal.
The Stars will lick their wounds and fly back up to Detroit. Push the tee times back to Monday, boys. One more kick in the groin coming for you on Saturday.
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