Just a quick note on tonight's game seven between the Caps and Penguins at the Phone Booth in Washington, D.C. This is exactly what the NHL wanted when this series began. Yes, it would be about 20 times better if the game seven between the two best players in the NHL was in the conference finals, but you take what you can get. Ovechkin and Crosby have come as advertised this series. They have combined for 13 goals and 10 assists over the course of the series. Ovie has shown that he has a cannon of a shot and quicker hands than a three-card monte dealer in NYC with his wicked wristers coming into the slot. Corsby has shown he has some jam in his game, going into the danger areas and potting some garbage goals in the crease. It has been a joy to watch players like Fedotenko and Steckel step up and play important roles in the series. The only people I feel bad for are the goalies. No one is really rooting for them. But, Varlamov and Fleury have proved themselves worthy in the series, making game-saving stops to perserve leads and send games into overtime.
Speaking of sudden-death hockey, don't lie to me and say you don't want to see that tonight. Can you imagine this game trolling along into a second, third or heaven almighty, a fourth extra period. Anyone watching anything except that occurance can turn in their sportsfan card and go back to The Real Housewives of Orange, New Jersey or whatever else they watch.
The true best part of this game seven? It is only the first of three over the next two days. While this may be the main course, the Bruins-Whalers and Red Wings-Mighty Ducks series (teams are only referred to in The Sin Bin by their original name) both have game sevens on deck for Thursday. There is nothing in sports better than game seven in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Over the next 48 hours, we, the lucky sports geeks, get three of them. So do yourself and me a favor. Find Versus on your TV and lose the remote. If the economy rebounds or Brad and Angelina adopt a fifth chinese baby panda, you can find that out later. You will thank me later.
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