ECQF GAME 1: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS

By Patricia Greuter
for 2ManAdvantage.com

Published: April 15, 2009

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I sense peach fuzz on the chins of sweaty men in hockey pants — that must mean it’s time for another edition of 2MA’s Playoff Recap — THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS!

It's just too easy. THE GOOD
Uh, everything? The boys came out swingin’ tonight. Looking like players possessed, Black ‘n Red effortlessly flew across the ice tonight, seemingly man handling the Carolina Hurricanes. Marty wasn’t tested too badly, the defense held up…well…better than it usually does, and Zachy and the boys skated circles around Carolina blue liners all night.

It was a beautiful sight to say the least.

THE BAD
We only got four goals! I will NOT settle for this, New Jersey. Okay, okay — I’m being ridiculous here. I’m pretty sure there were at least 795 scoring opportunities tonight on Cam Ward, and I’m pretty sure Cam was shaking in his skates by the end of the game. Dude had to play pretty darn well to stop the fire tonight.

THE DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS
Yup. New Jersey only took two penalties! ‘Kay, so maybe this isn’t exactly ridiculous, but truth be told — the Devils need to be disciplined against Carolina. They’ve got some guns on that club and, uh, well, the boys don’t exactly have the best penalty kill going right now.Â Even better? They held Carolina to very few chance opportunities on the man advantage.

Go team go.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN GAME 2
More of the same, I say! Keep the pressure on, continue with solid forechecking and get some more cycling down low to keep Cammy Ward ‘n co spinnin’ dizzy in their helmets. The D needs to continue to step it up — sparkling plays like Mikey Mottau’s steal off of Ward’s misfire out of the zone will make this Devils fan quite happy, and I like being happy.

The Canes are going to be angry out the gate next game. Don’t wait for ‘em to make any mistakes, this is a smart team here. Pressure, pressure, pressure.

We got this, Black ‘n Red.

4 Comments on "ECQF GAME 1: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS"

Dana B on Wed, 15th Apr 2009 10:48 pm

Damn girl, that was fast!
This was a great game, despite the first period being…not so great.
The bad for me: Cam the senators-fan-shirt-tossing-stripping-dickwad was back. God I hate that guy.
But everything else was great, despite the random drunk Flyer’s fan in our section. And the guy wearing a devils shirt, but screaming Go Hurricanes.

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RICO SUAVE on Wed, 15th Apr 2009 11:08 pm

only thing bad about tonight…rangers beating the caps.

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Patricia Greuter on Wed, 15th Apr 2009 11:17 pm

Yeah, I was really pulling for the Caps tonight.

Ah well, life can’t be perfect all the time, can it?

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dave on Wed, 15th Apr 2009 11:33 pm

avery starting his shinanigans late in the game, oh its only going to get worse..

LET-GO-DEV-ILS.. wampwamp, wampwampwamp

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