Friday, January 05, 2007
Friday Baseball Standings
The Rollercoaster in Rexall obviously overshadowed everything else last night, but the Flames game was something. Awesome comeback, obviously: down 2 with 4 minutes left, Iginla and Kobasew out, and essentially no jump, the 3rd/4th liners came through big and tied it up.
Without the comeback, it absolutely would have been the worst game of the season. Lose your best player, lose a lead at home to a 14th-place team, not a good combination. With the comeback though, and the news that Iginla's knee injury appears like it could have been much worse, I'm feeling OK (not great, but OK). Presumably the rally, besides snatching 2 points, will give the team confidence that they can succeed with Iginla out for the short- or medium-term.
Props to two guys, and I'm both relieved and surprised to give them out:
- Roger Millions. I thought he was great last night. Very philosophical about (and not stuck on) the refereeing. Combined with the total absence of technical problems on the PPV, it was a real pleasure to watch the telecast. Kudos, sir.
- Jeff Friesen. Presumably, that was the guy Sutter thought he was getting for $1.3M. That is literally the first time this season I thought Friesen looked like a useful NHL player. He got in position to score a couple of times; he set up scoring chances a couple of times, and he absolutely looked like a capable 3rd-liner. I don't expect him to carry quite that high a level of play forward, but shit, if he could split the difference between that and his previous play, I'd be satisfied, and possibly even support his continued presence in the lineup. Kudos to you too, sir.
1. Calgary and Florida were a combined 0-11 in OT/SO before last night, the only teams in the league with no wins after 60 minutes. Probably a good thing it got settled during 4-on-4; the shootout might still be going on now.
2. From the AP game recap (McLennan was in net last night):
Including the playoffs, Calgary G Miikka Kiprusoff had started 86 of the last 88 games at the Pengrowth Saddledome dating back to Feb. 10, 2004, when he returned from a knee injury.
Wow. Get well soon, Jarome and Chuck. Canucks/Oilers, feel free to settle tonight's game in regulation. Go Flames.
# posted by Matt @ 1:34 pm 
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Presumably, that was the guy Sutter thought he was getting for $1.3M.
Correction. $1.6 million dollars. I understand you trying to make it easier to stomach, though.
NEHHHHHD-VEHHHHHHHHHHD. NEHHHHHD-VEHHHHHHHHHHD.
Jeff Friesen: 31 GP, O Goals, 3 Assists. Cost: $1.6 million.
Petr Nedved: 1 GP, 1 Goal, 0 Assists. Cost $600,000.
Shall we do this again? It worked out so well for you last year.
Pisani - 40 GP, 8 goals, $2.5 mm
Horcoff - 40 GP, 6 goals, $3.6 mm
David Moss - 7 GP, 4 goals $450,000
You're right. This is a pretty fun game.
What didn't work out for me well last year? I guess when I said Samsonov and Huselius were essentially the same player, I probably overestimated Samsonov - is that what you're talking about? Or was it saying that the difference between Samsonov and Lundmark for the rest of last season wouldn't be that great?
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Presumably, that was the guy Sutter thought he was getting for $1.3M.
Correction. $1.6 million dollars. I understand you trying to make it easier to stomach, though.
NEHHHHHD-VEHHHHHHHHHHD. NEHHHHHD-VEHHHHHHHHHHD.
Jeff Friesen: 31 GP, O Goals, 3 Assists. Cost: $1.6 million.
Petr Nedved: 1 GP, 1 Goal, 0 Assists. Cost $600,000.
Shall we do this again? It worked out so well for you last year.
Pisani - 40 GP, 8 goals, $2.5 mm
Horcoff - 40 GP, 6 goals, $3.6 mm
David Moss - 7 GP, 4 goals $450,000
You're right. This is a pretty fun game.
# posted by 
: January 05, 2007 5:03 pm
: January 05, 2007 5:03 pm What didn't work out for me well last year? I guess when I said Samsonov and Huselius were essentially the same player, I probably overestimated Samsonov - is that what you're talking about? Or was it saying that the difference between Samsonov and Lundmark for the rest of last season wouldn't be that great?
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