tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632758143254386483.post2065928014547772974..comments2024-03-26T05:44:12.379-03:00Comments on Ultimate Hat Trick: Bad Times in the MaritimesAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713029480428878839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632758143254386483.post-72927819195805162602007-11-14T20:05:00.000-04:002007-11-14T20:05:00.000-04:00Stoosh,Wow, can't believe I forgot to mention this...Stoosh,<BR/><BR/>Wow, can't believe I forgot to mention this before because I was planning on it, but I hope you have a blast tomorrow night at the game (and hopefully it will be a win, eh?). Be sure to let us all know what went on at Mellon. Me, I may listen to Lange and Bourque - or I may see if I can snag a TV and catch the Sens/Sabres game. I wouldn't mind seeing Spezza return to the lineup. Maybe he can start producing points for my fantasy team...Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713029480428878839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632758143254386483.post-67183027957224542702007-11-14T13:39:00.000-04:002007-11-14T13:39:00.000-04:00Stoosh,All great points. I admit, I did get a litt...Stoosh,<BR/><BR/>All great points. I admit, I did get a little caught up in the hype earlier this season (and I should know better too!)...though I wasn't one of the bandwagoners saying "Oh my gosh, the Pens will definitely win the Cup this year!" <BR/><BR/>A realistic expectation for this team would be to make the playoffs again this year. Not saying that they should get beyond the quarterfinals, but I think it would be a reasonably successful season if they play well for the balance of the season, make the playoffs, and win more than one game when there. How can one truly be upset over that? <BR/><BR/>Consistency is key. Once they learn how to play consistent hockey, then they can start to work on winning the Cup...that's my thought, anyways.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I think 2007-08 belongs to Ottawa, and I'm not just saying that because of their record so far. That was my opinion coming into the season, given that they are icing (basically) the same team as last year. If Pittsburgh can't win it, then all the power to Ottawa.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713029480428878839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632758143254386483.post-21466931306343936022007-11-14T12:45:00.000-04:002007-11-14T12:45:00.000-04:00Ash,I admittedly cringed at most of the preseason ...Ash,<BR/><BR/>I admittedly cringed at most of the preseason predictions this year. It's nice to be thought of so highly by the media, but I get the sense that most of the national media that covers the game here in the States still needs to have offsides explained to them every once in a while. I don't trust the opinions of most of the US-based national hockey media...not when two of our national media moguls are Stan Fischler and Larry Brooks.<BR/><BR/>A Stanley Cup is an incredible burden to place on this team, especially when you figure that Gretz didn't win his first until he was 23 (Sid's three years away), and he also had Messier and Coffey to lean on. That's three of perhaps the ten best players ever on the same team.<BR/><BR/>Mario was 25 and his seventh full season when they won the first Cup. That 1990-91 team had only 88 points, lowest of all division winners that year. The following year they only had 87 points, finished third in the DIVISION and still won the Cup.<BR/><BR/>Translation: Lotsa time. All I was hoping for at the beginning of the year was a division title. We'll see what happens.<BR/><BR/>I'll be in C13 on Thursday night to get my first look at Kris Letang in a meaningful game.Stooshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956903958463531768noreply@blogger.com