Please note this post from Andrew….as this March of 07 post had relevance to last year’s postseason.
Every Seinfeld fan remembers it. The bizzaro episode. Elaine meets a bunch of friends who are the exact opposites of Jerry, George, and Kramer. Just think of that episode when reading the Canucks box score from last night. The Canucks, who have made a living on low scoring, one-goal games, managed to put up four goals last night, only to lose in a shootout.
The normally stingy Vancouver defense was no match for Joe Sakic, who looked like Super Mario after getting a mushroom, and possibly after getting the wings too. Vancouver attempted to play another team’s style, and died trying.
If the Canucks are to have success in the playoffs, they are going to need to get back to their “boring” defensive style of hockey, and in a hurry, too. Vancouver is in a dog fight to say the least for the Northwest Division title, and for the rights to that all important third seed.
However, with Minnesota’s schedule keeping them on the comforts of home ice for virtually the rest of the season, the Canucks need to win almost every game for the rest of the year if they want to take the division title. For those of you who think any team will have the division wrapped up before the last game of the season, you obviously have not watched the Canucks at all. If you don’t know what I mean, ask a Canucks fan.
Or a cardiologist.
