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A few thoughts:
*The Hawks are a weird team. Even when they win, usually I feel exhausted/horrible. Its not like a confidence-building "Yeah, they've turned it around" kind of feeling.
*Crawford looked bad, but the Blackhawks played like an NBA defense where you guard a guy by standing near him and over-rotate to the ball/puck. It seemed like the Hawks goals were guys taking the ball to the basket and making spectacular plays...the Bruins goals were just guys passing the ball around the perimeter and taking the open 3.
*Oduya hitting the ice to block Boychuck's shot despite being about 20 feet away was pathetic. Come on.
*Duncan Keith took a high-stick from Jagr in the 3rd period. It didn't look that bad, but from that point on Keith could literally do nothing. Was his vision impaired? He would skate up to the puck, stop 3 feet short, swing his stick as if he was dumping the puck out of the zone, skate back...and the puck would still be sitting there. After watching Keith in the postseason, I'm starting to think he's on an Olin Kreutz level of over-ratedness.
*Kruger's goal was unexpected an incredible. My favorite moment in the game. My 2nd favorite moment was Sharp falling down when the camera cut to his goal-celebration.
*I was impressed with Boston's ability to immediately score after giving up a goal. They came back 3 different times in the game.
*What does it take to get a penalty shot in the playoffs? I've seen numerous breakaways where the last defender hooks the offensive player from behind, yet it just results in a 2 minute penalty. Kane stole the puck, was in front of the goalie, Lucic hooks him from behind...what more needs to happen for it to be a penalty shot? Funny how the only one I've seen called was on Detroit for Frolik's breakaway, which was probably the softest 'foul'. Is there some specific criteria that needs to be met for a penalty shot?
*The Hawks are a weird team. Even when they win, usually I feel exhausted/horrible. Its not like a confidence-building "Yeah, they've turned it around" kind of feeling.
*Crawford looked bad, but the Blackhawks played like an NBA defense where you guard a guy by standing near him and over-rotate to the ball/puck. It seemed like the Hawks goals were guys taking the ball to the basket and making spectacular plays...the Bruins goals were just guys passing the ball around the perimeter and taking the open 3.
*Oduya hitting the ice to block Boychuck's shot despite being about 20 feet away was pathetic. Come on.
*Duncan Keith took a high-stick from Jagr in the 3rd period. It didn't look that bad, but from that point on Keith could literally do nothing. Was his vision impaired? He would skate up to the puck, stop 3 feet short, swing his stick as if he was dumping the puck out of the zone, skate back...and the puck would still be sitting there. After watching Keith in the postseason, I'm starting to think he's on an Olin Kreutz level of over-ratedness.
*Kruger's goal was unexpected an incredible. My favorite moment in the game. My 2nd favorite moment was Sharp falling down when the camera cut to his goal-celebration.
*I was impressed with Boston's ability to immediately score after giving up a goal. They came back 3 different times in the game.
*What does it take to get a penalty shot in the playoffs? I've seen numerous breakaways where the last defender hooks the offensive player from behind, yet it just results in a 2 minute penalty. Kane stole the puck, was in front of the goalie, Lucic hooks him from behind...what more needs to happen for it to be a penalty shot? Funny how the only one I've seen called was on Detroit for Frolik's breakaway, which was probably the softest 'foul'. Is there some specific criteria that needs to be met for a penalty shot?
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