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Stanley Cup Re-cap
By Mike Wilson and Josh BourhisThe Stanley Cup was won last night. The Chicago Blackhawks broke the longest Stanley cup drought in the league. (The streak now belonging to the Leafs. Haha..the Leafs) So with such an event Josh and Mike have teamed up to bring you the best article we can give you. We broke down everything you might have missed in the series as well as re-capping what you didn't.
The Goal
When the game comes down to Overtime you know there’s going to be excitement. And isn't it fit that the goal that won the Stanley cup resembled the one Sidney Crosby scored to win Olympic gold. Yet Patrick Kane's goal was one unlike anyone ever scored in the Finals. His short side shot found Leighton's five hole and the back of the net. It took a while for the ref to give a signal but Kane knew it was in and celebrated skating down the ice. Every play by play guy dreams of making the Overtime, Stanley Cup winning goal, but because of the delay, he didn't get to make it. Doesn't look like Kane will be needing to pay for cab fare for a while.
The Goaltending
The goaltending in this series was below-average, but the media and fans blew it way out of proportion. I mean if they can take their teams to the finals they can’t be that bad. There were some weak goals, but there is at least one in a series no matter what. The thing is, a weak goal isn't a deflection. When a shot is taken a goaltender has seconds to get into position to make the save. That takes practise to get lightning fast reflexes like that. So, when a puck deflects off of a shin pad or a defender's stick close to the net it's almost impossible for the goaltender to change direction to make the save. There were some really nice goals also. In the final game though, I noticed the goaltending was slightly better. Michael Leighton in the first period faced just under 20 shots and only let in one goal. Then Anti Niemi in the third period and the overtime period had some keys aves to "save" the game. The thing the two goalies were lacking was consistency. In the end the goalie who was a little more consistent ended up being the winner of this series.
Good Thing They Won
Get ready for another 49 year drought Chicago, because you guys made some big mistakes with salaries.
Okay, maybe not a 49 year drought but I don't know if we will see a repeat next year, too early to say, but you also need to look to the future and make sure you have enough cap room to stay competitive. As of July 1st, Chicago will have 57.56 Mil locked up on 14 players, compared to the 62 Mil on 24 this year. This leaves the Blackhawks with just over 5 million to sign enough players to have a roster, and still have enough players on your farm team. As an NHL team you want players you drafted and scouted in your system, not players you signed to fill the void. Plus you have the goalie that just helped you win the Stanley cup due up for a contract. He's not under no rookie contract anymore, he's going to want something decent, considering the Hawks are giving Christobel Huet 5 Mil a season. Plus you have a couple Defensemen to sign. Nick Boynton signed a one year deal with Chicago, I doubt he will be back since he's a UFA, but you can't give up a good young defenseman like Niklas Hjalmarsson. Kim Johnsson is a veteran defenseman who got paid 5 Mil last year. He probably won't be expecting more, but surely he won't be expecting much less either. They don't even have the cap room to sign him anyways. On the offensive side contracts are due for the likes of Adam Burish, Ben Eager, Andrew Ladd and John Madden, but I’m not sure about John Madden what his future holds for him since he is 36, signed a one year deal to win the cup and he did. It doesn't look like the Hawks will be able to buy anyone out either.
It's going to be a very interesting off season for Chicago this year that's for sure.
Hossa is No Longer a Punchline
With Hossa now winning his first cup, he is no longer the butt of hockey jokes. After Towes lifted the cup in victory, he handed it to Hossa like Sakic gave it to Ray Borque. In case your wondering why Marian Hossa is his own punchline, it's because he has been to he Stanley Cup Finals twice in the last two years....on the losing team both times.
Well there you go, your Stanley Cup re-cap. Brought to you by both Mike Wilson and Josh Bourhis. Hope you enjoyed it. And make sure to check out our friends at www.oilersnation.com . There just like us, but all Oil, all the time.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Behind the Mic
By Mike Wilson
Sometimes I fall asleep watching Sportscentre and dream opinions. When I wake up, this is what I find:
In The great city of champions the teams have been going thorough some tough times. The Eskimos have been a bubble team just to make the playoffs and when they do it's a first round exit. And of course, so have the Oilers who own the first overall pick in this years draft. And this year, both of those teams have lost a big part of their history.
I'm talking about the voices of the teams. For the Oilers, Rod Phillips, a man who has called the games for them for every season dating back to their WHA days. The Oilers have yet to find his replacement but Bob Stauffer is believed to be the front runner.
As for the Eskimos, The man who has called the games for them for more than 50 years, Bryan Hall, called it quits this year. But the Eskies have found their new guy and I'll tell you all about it right after I tell you about TONY ROMAS just kidding.
The new guy isn't such a new guy to 630 CHED, the carryer of the games. Morley Scott has been named the voice of the Edmonton Eskimos but has experience behind the booth. He started with the Oilers in the early 1990's and was replaced by Stauffer last year.
Personally, I was not a fan of Halls spurts when he would ignore the game during an exiting play to tell us about TONY ROMAS or some other sponsor and then tell the listeners about the touch down that was a result of an interception and a few laterals.
And while Rod was away a few years back, Scott called the hockey games without any flow. So maybe he'll be great for football.
We'll see how Scott will do and who will replace the hall of fame voice of the Oilers, Rod Phillips.
Insert end of blog tag line here,
Mike Wilson
Keyword: TONY ROMAS
Sometimes I fall asleep watching Sportscentre and dream opinions. When I wake up, this is what I find:
In The great city of champions the teams have been going thorough some tough times. The Eskimos have been a bubble team just to make the playoffs and when they do it's a first round exit. And of course, so have the Oilers who own the first overall pick in this years draft. And this year, both of those teams have lost a big part of their history.
I'm talking about the voices of the teams. For the Oilers, Rod Phillips, a man who has called the games for them for every season dating back to their WHA days. The Oilers have yet to find his replacement but Bob Stauffer is believed to be the front runner.
As for the Eskimos, The man who has called the games for them for more than 50 years, Bryan Hall, called it quits this year. But the Eskies have found their new guy and I'll tell you all about it right after I tell you about TONY ROMAS just kidding.
The new guy isn't such a new guy to 630 CHED, the carryer of the games. Morley Scott has been named the voice of the Edmonton Eskimos but has experience behind the booth. He started with the Oilers in the early 1990's and was replaced by Stauffer last year.
Personally, I was not a fan of Halls spurts when he would ignore the game during an exiting play to tell us about TONY ROMAS or some other sponsor and then tell the listeners about the touch down that was a result of an interception and a few laterals.
And while Rod was away a few years back, Scott called the hockey games without any flow. So maybe he'll be great for football.
We'll see how Scott will do and who will replace the hall of fame voice of the Oilers, Rod Phillips.
Insert end of blog tag line here,
Mike Wilson
Keyword: TONY ROMAS
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
In The Second Deck
Hey this is my first blog, happy to be on the Network. My name is Papa John (Mark Risdon, not the famous pizza maker) and I am here to bring you an Italians perspective on Professional Sports.
"At the rate they're hitting homers, every Jays fan will get a souvenir ball"
The Toronto Blue Jays hired a new hitting coach in the off season. If he is responsible for the Jay's recent success, he' worth his own weight in gold.
They have hit 96 home runs in only 56 games into the season. If they continue this spectacular trend, they will set a new new major league record for home runs in a season. Leading the charge is Puerto Rican outfielder Jose Bautista, with 18 on the season. This already surpasses a career high of 16. Why are the Jays experiencing such success? This is the real question, because not even the players themselves have the answer. In my opinion, I link this success to hard work in the off season by all the players in the starting rotation. They knew they had some talent on their team and they worked their asses off. This determination is the centerfold of this Blue Jay's team.
It is a very pleasant experience watching a team that consistently hits the long ball, it brings much excitement to the valiant and reliable Blue Jays fan base.
Stay Spicy,
Papa John
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The Theft of Histroy
By Mike Wilson
I'm Mike Wilson, The Co-founder of the In The Crease Network and one of the hosts of In The Crease Radio on blogtalkradio.com. Sometimes I fall asleep watching Sportscentre and dream opinions. When I wake up, this is what I find.
It's the top story on every sports radio and television show as well as every sports website on the web. Seeing this, I thought I'd give this story the honor of being the topic of my first blog post.
Of course, I'm talking about Armando Galarraga's perfect game stolen from him right before his very eyes.
After retiring 26 batters in a row, Indians shortstop, Jason Donald hit a ground ball to Tigers first baseman Miquel Cabrera. Galarraga ran to the base, caught the throw from Cabrera and stepped on the plate appearing to get him out and keeping his perfect game alive. But of course, if that was the case, this post would be waaay less interesting.
No, the umpire, Jim Joyce, called Donald safe and wiped Galarraga from the history books as being the man who pitched only the 21st perfect game in MLB history.
The replay clearly showed that Galarraga beat him to the plate, but as you know, Major League Baseball doesn't use instant replay for anything beyond seeing if a long ball goes all the way or not. And that rule was only introduced as recent as last year.
But nobody was as torn up about the situation as Joyce saying “This isn't 'a' call. This isn't -- This is -- This is a history call, and I kicked the sh** out of it. And there's nobody that feels worse than I do. I take pride in this job, and I kicked the sh** out of it, and I took a perfect game away from that kid who worked his ass off all night."
Bud Selig came out today saying that the league will not reverse the call but the they will be looking more into instant replay.
If it's any consolation, Galarrga was given a corvette for his almost perfect game.
I think that the MLB is waaay behind the other major North American leagues on the front of instant replay.
The Colorado Rockies got a spot in the playoffs because the runner, Matt Haladay, missed home plate by a few feet and was deemed safe anyways a few years back.
Stuff like this is going to keep happening if the MLB doesn't get on the instant replay train.
Insert end of blog tag line here,
Mike Wilson
I'm Mike Wilson, The Co-founder of the In The Crease Network and one of the hosts of In The Crease Radio on blogtalkradio.com. Sometimes I fall asleep watching Sportscentre and dream opinions. When I wake up, this is what I find.
It's the top story on every sports radio and television show as well as every sports website on the web. Seeing this, I thought I'd give this story the honor of being the topic of my first blog post.
Of course, I'm talking about Armando Galarraga's perfect game stolen from him right before his very eyes.
After retiring 26 batters in a row, Indians shortstop, Jason Donald hit a ground ball to Tigers first baseman Miquel Cabrera. Galarraga ran to the base, caught the throw from Cabrera and stepped on the plate appearing to get him out and keeping his perfect game alive. But of course, if that was the case, this post would be waaay less interesting.
No, the umpire, Jim Joyce, called Donald safe and wiped Galarraga from the history books as being the man who pitched only the 21st perfect game in MLB history.
The replay clearly showed that Galarraga beat him to the plate, but as you know, Major League Baseball doesn't use instant replay for anything beyond seeing if a long ball goes all the way or not. And that rule was only introduced as recent as last year.
But nobody was as torn up about the situation as Joyce saying “This isn't 'a' call. This isn't -- This is -- This is a history call, and I kicked the sh** out of it. And there's nobody that feels worse than I do. I take pride in this job, and I kicked the sh** out of it, and I took a perfect game away from that kid who worked his ass off all night."
Bud Selig came out today saying that the league will not reverse the call but the they will be looking more into instant replay.
If it's any consolation, Galarrga was given a corvette for his almost perfect game.
I think that the MLB is waaay behind the other major North American leagues on the front of instant replay.
The Colorado Rockies got a spot in the playoffs because the runner, Matt Haladay, missed home plate by a few feet and was deemed safe anyways a few years back.
Stuff like this is going to keep happening if the MLB doesn't get on the instant replay train.
Insert end of blog tag line here,
Mike Wilson
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
JP do you ever shut your mouth? - Blog number 1
Hey to everybody out there in the blogging world. This is my first blog and i am excited to bring you my rants and raves on sports every once in a while here on the In The Crease Network blog brought to you by us, the hosts of In The Crease and also brought to you by blogger.com.
And remember that this is my opinion and does not represent the other hosts or writers.
My name is JP (Josh Bourhis on In the Crease) and i never shut my mouth:
It seems there is a new youtube sensation since the NHL playoffs have started. See you later Lady GaGa, step down Larry Platt and be prepared to be dethroned Japanese Game Show. The NHL's clever marketing campaign "History Will Be Made" has taken over. Ever since the inaugural couple of Orr's classic flight or Gretzky being Gretzky everyone who loves hockey has been turning their heads when they hear the music cue on tv's and computers. The only problem is, when is enough, enough? I mean they are nice and clever but, they should have paced them out, one per series, maybe not even that. Thomas Kopecky scoring the 11th goal of the game to make it 6-5 for the Blackhawks against Philly earlier this week isn't history being made. There had to be a winner of game 1 no matter what. Not to mention the goal was scored with about 5 minutes left. And then the Kevin Bieksa one. What if Bieksa stayed home? I think that one was shown for one day and then taken off. There are over 30 of these clips and i can probabaly only think of about 7 of them that really stuck in my head in a postitive way, and i've seen almost every single one.
To the NHL, History has been made...you've turned a great marketing campaign into one of the most annoying things on the planet. Congratulations.
Oh here comes my fellow hosts with some duck tape, gotta go
JP JP
And remember that this is my opinion and does not represent the other hosts or writers.
My name is JP (Josh Bourhis on In the Crease) and i never shut my mouth:
It seems there is a new youtube sensation since the NHL playoffs have started. See you later Lady GaGa, step down Larry Platt and be prepared to be dethroned Japanese Game Show. The NHL's clever marketing campaign "History Will Be Made" has taken over. Ever since the inaugural couple of Orr's classic flight or Gretzky being Gretzky everyone who loves hockey has been turning their heads when they hear the music cue on tv's and computers. The only problem is, when is enough, enough? I mean they are nice and clever but, they should have paced them out, one per series, maybe not even that. Thomas Kopecky scoring the 11th goal of the game to make it 6-5 for the Blackhawks against Philly earlier this week isn't history being made. There had to be a winner of game 1 no matter what. Not to mention the goal was scored with about 5 minutes left. And then the Kevin Bieksa one. What if Bieksa stayed home? I think that one was shown for one day and then taken off. There are over 30 of these clips and i can probabaly only think of about 7 of them that really stuck in my head in a postitive way, and i've seen almost every single one.
To the NHL, History has been made...you've turned a great marketing campaign into one of the most annoying things on the planet. Congratulations.
Oh here comes my fellow hosts with some duck tape, gotta go
JP JP
First Show
As we make the first post on our new website, we might as well give you the first episode:
http://http//www.blogtalkradio.com/in-the-crease/2009/11/21/in-the-crease-pilot
http://http//www.blogtalkradio.com/in-the-crease/2009/11/21/in-the-crease-pilot
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