| Frodaddyg said: Newcomer to the site/forums (on a friend's recommendation), or I'd have been in this thread from the start. I too, hail from Minnesota (aka Canada South) so I've been driven insane by the Wild/Avs series so far. How the Wild can look so completely schizo (and the Avs too, by the same token) is beyond me. I forgot last night's game was on on back-to-back days until about 15 minutes after it started, and when I turned it on, they were down 2-0 and looked absolutely content to go home 2-2 in the series. Kind of killed the hope I had that they'd smell blood if they got the first one on Colorado's ice and go for the jugular to try and close it out in 5. Tomorrow's game will be very telling to see if they can show some life in the first 40 minutes of a game. The X will be going nuts. Also, Koivu = good. Skoula = godawful, and I'm terrified he'll have to be on the ice long enough to make the awful play that kills the Wild in this series. Why did Foster and Schultz have to be hurt, yet Martin F'ing Skoula remains unscathed? WHY?!?!?! |
Welcome Frodaddyg!
Although I'm a Canucks fan, I'm cheering for you guys during this series, cuz I hate the Avalanche more. It seems that the casualties on defense may be your guys's downfall. Not only are young guys thrust into the spotlight, but the veteran blueliners play that many more minutes, and they will make mistakes because of that. Every team has a bad game, and I think that the last one was it. Hopefully being at home will ignite them for game 5.
And Spire, I'm rooting against Ottawa, because I would prefer that no Canadian team wins the cup before my Canucks (however, I don't mind if Montreal wins, but the other 4 certainly not). I also hate Ottawa, because they've been so good for so long........it's about time they had a large setback. And having the Penguins get their revenge makes it so much sweeter. I was cheering for the Ducks last year, because of the above, but also because I have a soft spot for Brian Burke, Randy Carlyle and Scott Niedermeyer. However, them being in your division, I can understand your hatred. Hope you guys win at home.
