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this post is about injuries, which is a very important topic if you are a calgary flames fan. the flames lost last night, kindly handing the division to the vancouver canucks. it is now looking like flames will finish 5th, and play chicago in the first round. it will be a good matchup and probably one of the best series in the first round, just because both teams are so even. only a couple of points separate them and both teams have a real physical element to their game. It will be beautiful hockey.
when it comes to injuries in chi-town, currently patrick sharp is injured for the blackwhores. he's one of their star players. however its an injury that he's working through and he should be back in the lineup tonight. versteeg is suffering the same type of injury. overall, the only other b'whores player with a long term injury is brent sopel, but he is expendable.
the flames on the otherhand have more pressing injury concerns. firstly, superstar forward rene bourque has been injured since he was slew-footed way back in february. he has been sadly missed in the goal scoring department since his departure. furthermore, 3 of calgary's 4 best defenseman are injured. regher and sarich have both been out ten days, and the IR states them as being "out indefinitely". Then there's the case of dion phaneuf. he's been playing awful lately, and many flames fans should question if they actually want him back. but he is a clutch playoff performer so its crucial that he comes back to the lineup soon. he got injured off of a hit by alex burrows in the game against vancouver the other day.
All in all, the first round should be a good series for chi-town and cal-city. but with all the flames injuries they are going to have their work set out for their against the blackhawks. if they can emerge out of the first round without many more injuries, they can hopefully expect to be a healthy team for the second round. but who knows? maybe the flames will lose in the first round for the 4th straight year.
-hark
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
West Coast Update
With the Canucks win last night they are now tied with the chicago blackhawks and only three points back of the struggling calgary flames. it was vancouvers tenth win in a row at home, which marks a franchise record.
tonight the flames will play the dallas stars (the team that the canucks beat last night). With Dallas's loss last night they dropped from 8th place to 9th place in the standings. should be a good game because each team is fighting for something very important. I wonder if the flames will start kipper or mcelhenney?
The other important game to watch is chicago and columbus. Fans of vancouver and calgary have to hope that this game does not go to overtime, because both these teams are hot on the heels of the north west team that is not leading the division. chicago has been playing poor of late, dropping three in a row. what is with all the teams sucking lately? at this time of year you have to be winning games, and the fact that chicago has lost three in a row could be a sign that their not ready for the playoffs, even if they do make it.
East Coast update:
The other night on CBC they were very hesitant to show the Sean Avery goal. media networks don't want to talk about sean avery because they feel he doesn't deserve any media spotlight after what he did to dion and elisha's realtionship. But the BOWC is a big fan of anything Sean Avery related. because we understad that he is an on ice contributor as well as an dressing room/on ice/off ice nuiscance. Avery's already got 4 goals in 7 games with the rangers, that is more goals than he got with dallas in 23 games. Avery is fitting in well in the big apple, even having time on the top line. In Last year in the playoffs he had 4 goals and 3 assists in 8 games for the rangers. I will be sure to pick him up in my playoff hockey pool this year. Top line from the eastern conference
kobasew-crosby-avery
-hark
tonight the flames will play the dallas stars (the team that the canucks beat last night). With Dallas's loss last night they dropped from 8th place to 9th place in the standings. should be a good game because each team is fighting for something very important. I wonder if the flames will start kipper or mcelhenney?
The other important game to watch is chicago and columbus. Fans of vancouver and calgary have to hope that this game does not go to overtime, because both these teams are hot on the heels of the north west team that is not leading the division. chicago has been playing poor of late, dropping three in a row. what is with all the teams sucking lately? at this time of year you have to be winning games, and the fact that chicago has lost three in a row could be a sign that their not ready for the playoffs, even if they do make it.
East Coast update:
The other night on CBC they were very hesitant to show the Sean Avery goal. media networks don't want to talk about sean avery because they feel he doesn't deserve any media spotlight after what he did to dion and elisha's realtionship. But the BOWC is a big fan of anything Sean Avery related. because we understad that he is an on ice contributor as well as an dressing room/on ice/off ice nuiscance. Avery's already got 4 goals in 7 games with the rangers, that is more goals than he got with dallas in 23 games. Avery is fitting in well in the big apple, even having time on the top line. In Last year in the playoffs he had 4 goals and 3 assists in 8 games for the rangers. I will be sure to pick him up in my playoff hockey pool this year. Top line from the eastern conference
kobasew-crosby-avery
-hark
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