I'm not gonna lie I turned this one off halfway through, and did not miss anything it would seem. Jason Blake opened the scoring for the buds with his tenth. Blake tried his patented "jam it through shortside pads" play and saw the puck fly straight up, he then tried to knock it in with his hand, missed, and had the puck bounce of Kipper and into the net. Fluke if there ever was one.
Gustavsson played a strong game and carried a shutout into the second. He was standing on his head between the pipes until being called "the story of the game" by Greg Millen. One play later Gustavsson saw Mike Komisarek hung out to dry on a terrible decision/pass by rookie Stalberg, and Iginla capitalized on a rebound following the resulting turnover.
Naturally, because this is the Leafs we're talking about, they immediately responded to the Flames goal by taking a penalty. The Flames buried on the powerplay and that was pretty much all she wrote. Typical Maple Leaf skullfuckery.
Some thoughts:
The Poni goalie interference penalty:
I realize that he hit Kipper and I'm fine with a call being made but he definitely tried to hold up which is what I'm led to believe, the determining factor for whether a play is a penalty or not. There seems to be a wide range of what gets called and what doesn't. The other side of the coin; I saw a highlight tonight of a St. Louis Blue scoring a goal by sliding feet first into the opposing goalie with no call being made. Beyond just these two plays there seems to me, to be a wide range of opinions within the NHL officials this year surrounding rule 69's use.
1st Line Center Controversy:
Wayne Primeau saw quite a bit of time tonight, I think we may have a full blown power struggle on our hands. Will it be Matt "the future" Stajan or Wayne "Weak Seed" Primeau?
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