On Apr 16, 8:06=A0pm, "John" <no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'll chime in here, first time all year.
>
> I said to others at the start if the Bs win one game I'll be happy.
=A0Low=
> standards maybe but for a team the many picked to not only miss the
playof=
fs
> this year but to finish close to last, and to go 0-10 against their
rivals=
,
> they did =A0better than anyone not on the team expected. =A0With the
excep=
tion
> of the first period of game one with the Canadiens version of shock and
aw=
e,
> they've skated stride for stride with the team that is the best in the
eas=
t.
> Tim Thomas has been "the guy". =A0For someone who was slated to be the
bac=
k up
> to Manny 'oh my knee again' Fernandez he's shown he belongs at the No. 1
> spot.
> Milan Lucic is the real deal. =A0Perhaps he spends the summer with Mr.
Nee=
ly
> and gets a few pointers on how to slap a shot coming down the wing.
> Gotta give credit to the Montreal fans, awesome spectacle at every game
>
> Excuse time:
> Chara is still hurt, that's obvious
> Savard is hurt, that's not so obvious
> This team has no finisher. =A0Sturm and Murray can't buy a goal, and at
th=
e
> wrong time
> Bergeron, arguably their most skilled and best player, has been out all
ye=
ar
> Chara is still hurt, did I already mention that?
>
Yeah, Sturm is making the Thornton trade look ever worse, if that's
possible. 1 assist and a -2.
You forgot to mention, as has just about everyone else, that the B's
are without
thier #2 goal scorer, Chuck Kobasew, anyone remember him? Which makes
benching Kessel for more than one game even more strange.
Lucic is definitely the real deal. I think the weakest part of his
game is his skating.
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