10-15-2006, 08:14 AM
direwolf74 Wrote:tigerthelion Wrote:cferneyh Wrote:direwolf74 Wrote:Saturday's game should be fun. If the Flames can build on tonight's win and keep using their speed and forecheck, the Leafs are in trouble.
Too bad Captain Clutch decided to take matters into his own hands. :lol:
It's not often you see Kipper whiff on shots from that far out - but that was a classic Sundin blast!
I just caught a replay of the goal but are you sure it didn't deflect off the d-man's stick?
I think it did. At least that's what it looks like on the replay. Regardless, that was a HUGE game for Sundin. It's always cool to see a player reach 500 goals, even if it was against my beloved Flames. Talk about our defence taking the night off. I can't remember the last time the Flames allowed that many shots. And yeah, Kipper didn't have a great night. But hey, it's a point on the road. We'll take it.
Sundin is a friggen Stud (in the hockey sense, not the homoerotic one)...that guy carries this team on his shoulders night after night and to see him pour in 3, short-handed, in OT, no less, is a thing of beauty.
The only thing I'm pissed about is that I forgot to take him off of the bench in my Hipbase Hockey Pool and I missed out on his 9 points.
I'm not sure how Paul Maurice has done it but these Leafs have obviously got it finally ingrained in their heads to shoot the puck more and it's definitely paying off. Without going to the NHL Stats section I'm willing to guess they are firing off 35-40 shots on average per game...that's huge!!

