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Detroit was eliminated from the finals! :omg: :omg: :wtf:
It is one of the surprises, but their regular season standings was boosted by being in the same division as 2 of the worst 3 and 3 of the worst 6 teams in the whole league... Dallas is more of a shocker, even though Detroit hurt my pool.
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Non- athletes, are you kidding??? In hockey you NEVER stop, you go ALL OUT for 60 seconds or so. Try to sustain your absolutely maximum effort for much longer. If you ever watch a game, notice how winded they are, even after few minutes of rest. If they played the entire game, the game would be about as slow as baseball or cricket or some other PSEUDO-sports. P.S. "Side barrier" - it is called "boards" ;-)
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John Cardinal wrote:
only about a 10% chance of coming back
Habs will do it starting tonight :->
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normanS wrote:
on the ice for maybe a minute then someone replaces you
Let's see, try running your absolute hardest fastest sprint while fighting at the same time with one or more other people, dodging and weaving, trying to get past them or stop them from getting past you, occasionally being slammed full force into the boards and having to leap up and start sprinting right over again. I don't think that can be sustained by anyone for more than a couple of minutes at the most. The reason they take short shifts is strategic and the shift length depends on the situation in the game, if a team is trying to protect a lead they will take increasingly shorter shifts in an effort to be able to fend off the attacking team more readily. It's a game of intense effort in shifts. Even goalies have been known to lose 10 pounds or more in one game in dehydration alone. It's possible that players could play for longer but that negates the whole basis of the game which is near unbelievable effort at all times. A game of hockey, particularly in North America during the playoffs is almost too fast to keep up with. 10 things are often happening all at the same time and instant replays are often required to determine whether a goal is legitimate or not. It requires four officials on ice skating as fast as they can just to keep on top of the rules. There is really no other game like it that I've ever seen. If players were out for a whole period the game would slow down to the point that it would become something like soccer or baseball.
John Cardinal wrote:
It requires four officials on ice skating as fast as they can just to keep on top of the rules.
and yet they don`t! :->
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I hear ya! but game 4 also. At least they made Carolina win it, they were more than fair competition. I hate to blame the refs, but that game 3... even not thinking of loosing Koivu cause those things do happen. If Williams had a major on this thight game, maybe it would have been 3-0. A few feet from the net, where were the 4 zebras looking at ??? If he had been suspended for the 4th instead of being the first star, obviously hitting Markov in the face without a penalty in the process... Brind'amour putting the puck in the net by rushing the goalie twice in the exact same way. The first it's rightfully refused, but he yells to the face of the zebra without a penalty. The second time it's good. Ok, I vented! :-D