Thursday, May 18, 2006
Conference Finals
I don't have the gut feeling -- or the guts -- to make a prediction on Ducks-Oilers. My rough sense, based on season- and playoffs-to-date, is that the Oilers' Best is probably better than the Ducks' Best, but that in any given game you're more liable to see the latter than the former.
What I would most like to see, without a doubt, is a split of the first two in Anaheim; a split of the next two in Edmonton; a narrow win by the Ducks in Game 5; and an embarrassing home loss in Game 6 to concede the series, where the Oil is beaten handily at both ends and is never really in the game. Is this probable? No, but if you don't think it's plausible, then you haven't really followed the Oil's fortunes this year.
I'm actually going to be joining Sacamano and a host of bearded others in Edmonton tomorrow night to take in Bob & Harry's call of Game 1. So if the hockey gods would like to arrange that split so that it's Game 2 that the Oilers win, boy, that'd be swell.
Latest in a series of things I don't know if I should be saying out loud, since I don't know if it's jinx or anti-jinx: the Oilers may be tabbed by the Hockey Gods to win the Stanley Cup. Every previous time the Flames have made the Cup Finals, the Oilers have won the Cup the following season. The Flames made the Finals in '86; Oilers won the Cup in '87. Flames made the Finals in '89; Oilers won the Cup in '90. Flames made the Finals in '04; Oilers... ???
(There's similar voodoo at play, with a larger sample size, when the Flames and Canucks meet in the 1st round. The winner of that series, whenever it has happened ('82, '89, '94, '04), has gone on to the Finals.)
Per the roadtrip plans noted above, I doubt I'll be posting anything here until at least Monday, which means over the long weekend, this site will become even more lousy with Oiler fans than it already is. Hazard of the Battle, I guess.
What I would most like to see, without a doubt, is a split of the first two in Anaheim; a split of the next two in Edmonton; a narrow win by the Ducks in Game 5; and an embarrassing home loss in Game 6 to concede the series, where the Oil is beaten handily at both ends and is never really in the game. Is this probable? No, but if you don't think it's plausible, then you haven't really followed the Oil's fortunes this year.
I'm actually going to be joining Sacamano and a host of bearded others in Edmonton tomorrow night to take in Bob & Harry's call of Game 1. So if the hockey gods would like to arrange that split so that it's Game 2 that the Oilers win, boy, that'd be swell.
Latest in a series of things I don't know if I should be saying out loud, since I don't know if it's jinx or anti-jinx: the Oilers may be tabbed by the Hockey Gods to win the Stanley Cup. Every previous time the Flames have made the Cup Finals, the Oilers have won the Cup the following season. The Flames made the Finals in '86; Oilers won the Cup in '87. Flames made the Finals in '89; Oilers won the Cup in '90. Flames made the Finals in '04; Oilers... ???
(There's similar voodoo at play, with a larger sample size, when the Flames and Canucks meet in the 1st round. The winner of that series, whenever it has happened ('82, '89, '94, '04), has gone on to the Finals.)
Per the roadtrip plans noted above, I doubt I'll be posting anything here until at least Monday, which means over the long weekend, this site will become even more lousy with Oiler fans than it already is. Hazard of the Battle, I guess.
# posted by Matt @ 1:14 pm 
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That is pretty spooky. I'm sure it says something about the Smythe/Northwest, though I won't venture to speculate at this time.
"Hazard of the Battle"?
...oh, that's right, you cheer for Calgary! I'd forgotten all about that team. Whatever happened to those guys?
I'd forgotten all about that team. Whatever happened to those guys?
They must still be fighting the good fight against poverty, because none of them decided that helping Canada win a World Championship was a priority.
Meh. I suppose it probably isn't worth it for them to get used to playing in May/June anyway.
They must still be fighting the good fight against poverty, because none of them decided that helping Canada win a World Championship was a priority.
Now that is bad karma (see Thornton, J.).
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That is pretty spooky. I'm sure it says something about the Smythe/Northwest, though I won't venture to speculate at this time.
# posted by 
: May 18, 2006 3:54 pm
: May 18, 2006 3:54 pm 
"Hazard of the Battle"?
...oh, that's right, you cheer for Calgary! I'd forgotten all about that team. Whatever happened to those guys?
# posted by : May 18, 2006 11:25 pm
: May 18, 2006 11:25 pm I'd forgotten all about that team. Whatever happened to those guys?
They must still be fighting the good fight against poverty, because none of them decided that helping Canada win a World Championship was a priority.
Meh. I suppose it probably isn't worth it for them to get used to playing in May/June anyway.
They must still be fighting the good fight against poverty, because none of them decided that helping Canada win a World Championship was a priority.
Now that is bad karma (see Thornton, J.).
# posted by : May 19, 2006 10:40 am
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