Stars 2 Canucks 0 (series tied 3-3): Dallas might be going into The Decider without captain Brenden Morrow (injured left foot) and top-end d-man Sergei Zubov. That and Roberto Luongo should fill the Canucks with some hope that they can avoid a blowing a 3-1 series lead for the second time in the past four post-seasons -- along with ignominy of being shut out four times in one series by alleged playoff gagger Marty Turco.
(UPDATE, 1:23 p.m: Canucks coach Alain Vigneault, as the Van Province details, publicly aired out his veterans last night. Alain, Alain, Alain... why would you have expected anything else from this bunch?)
Red Wings 5 Flames 1 (Detroit leads 3-2): The suspension backup goalie Jamie McLennan is likely to draw for slashing Johan Franzen will really kill Calgary's chances in Game 6. Just kidding. Actually, this is what many have come to love about the Flames, the feeling they're not that far removed in mindset from a Junior B team, what with their propensity for pulling stunts like having the seldom-used backup goalie rack up 17 penalty minutes in just 18 seconds' playing time.
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I'm surprised the NHL didn't fine Coach Dunlop, err, I mean Playfair, even more. Suspending him is pointless, of course, as all that would do is cause Sutter to put away the marionette and do the coaching himself.
As for the Canucks, Vigneault is right. In addition to the disappearing Sedin sisters, where are Naslund and Morrison, who were such a lethal combination in the pre-lockout NHL? Linden? How about Salo and Ohlund? His veterans really have stunk it up. It's quite telling that the Canucks' best player in the last three games has been some kid from Denmark via the Moose whom even the geekiest fan (who's looking at me?) had never heard of ten days ago.
It makes Game 7 compelling in a macabre way. Can the Canucks continue to wilt this badly, or does history bail them out? (90% of teams with a 3-1 lead end up advancing, and home teams win 2/3rds of game 7s.)
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