Originally Posted by -BT-
first goal i would definitely say brookbank had some fault in. second goal, if you're a hard core *******, you could say he should have tied up penner, but if you really want to look at it, he didn't give him much, penner barely got a touch on it. Crawford has got to control a slow roller like that, didn't do him or his defense any favors on that one at all Agreed..the second goal was all on Crawford..he has to control that puck
what i've noticed. Patrick Kane is awful
don't know if he set the world on fire in previous series, but he's unnoticeable in this one. He doesn't play defense, takes stupid penalties, can't create his own shot, DIVES (that really pissed me off last night, when penner barely caught him up high and he laid on the ice for 2 minutes like a sniper got him from the rafters after the whistle to try and draw a call), and it looks like he's salty he's not a factor on the top 2 lines. When Q puts him up with Toews and Hossa he looks all world, otherwise he just gets into the zone and waits. And that “goal” he had last night….yeah, that was Bickell’s. I don't know on Kane...He has had a bad series against LA because he's a "space" guy and that just disappears in the playoffs. He had an unreal defensive reg season as he really embraced back checking and only took 8 penalties all year and is nominated for that Chick award.
Bickell, i don't think he's that great, but he's really feeling it right now, and the guy is gonna get STUPID money from someone in the off season. His scenario = Dustin Penner. Relatively unknown in the regular season, guy gets on the national stage and shines, all the sudden he's a household name, and just like Penner getting big bucks to go to Edmonton on an offer sheet, the same will happen with Bickell.
Bickell= Dustin Bfgulyn from 3 years ago, although he is light years more talented offensively than Buff was. Bickell is gone..He'll get a 4 yr deal from someone and I think he will be a 30 goal scorer
-bt-
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