The 2006-2007 NHL season has blissfully come to an end. Those who fell asleep (I don’t blame you, when we had to wait a week for the finals to begin) should know that a left coast team won. The (Mighty) Ducks of Anaheim won in convincing fashion. No matter that Emery kicked in the winning goal. By the way, goals like that should not be credited to an offensive player. Either give the opposing goalie the credit or do as they do in soccer and call it an ‘own goal’. Giving a guy credit when he never even touched the puck lessens the credibility of goal stats. I’m sure Danny Heatley was not happy that some one got credit when he has to work so hard to score.
The chants of EMERY EMERY EMERY !!! filled the Honda Center last night after each goal allowed by Ottawa. It wasn’t just Emery, however, even though he let in some softies. The Sens were clearly not in to it last night. The offense applied a paltry 13 shots and when they needed to step up trailing by two going into the 3rd period, they took two needless penalties which killed any chance of a comeback.
During the regular season I thought two west coast teams dominated. The Ducks and the Sharks. The constant pressure, the team speed and size eventually took the Sens out of their game. The outcome really wasn’t in doubt.
So, congrats to the victors, and 4 months of mourning for all Canucks. Again.
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