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Posted in 23th, 05/2015 03:23 by juanjuan075249  |
| The Kings had nothing to lose, really, playing with house money in a NHL game where they erased a two-goal deficit in the first period. Their backs weren't against the wall, and it made sense that they would push the pace and go all out in an attempt to score first.The Blackhawks were in a bit of a different situation, though, and while they're not a team that sits back and clogs up the ice, nobody would have blamed them if they were playing a bit more cautious, given that one mistake could have cost them their season.Often times in these situations, the team that sits back gets burned for it. That's the essence of what the NHL has created since the 2004-05 lockout -- this overtime period is probably a lot different, a lot slower and a lot more boring without the rule changes we've seen over the last nine years.The Blackhawks were not in a position to sit back and let the NHL game come to them, because doing so would have been riskier than pushing the play.That's what the NHL has created, and it arguably makes the NHL game better than it's ever been.Of course, these are human people, and they can't keep this up forever. During the intermission before the second overtime period, we allsat there witha feeling that this couldn't possibly keep up much longer.It wasn't going to be a three or four OT contest.Teams don't get this many chances without converting one of them, especially not when those teams are the Blackhawks and the Kings, and not when the goaltenders are ... well, quite mediocre, as Jonathan Quick and Corey Crawford have been in these playoffs. Extra Skater That's the curse of what makes fast-paced, nonstop overtime so exciting: by default, it has to end relatively quickly, because mistakes happen and the defense and goaltending aren't going to hold up through all of those chances. Sometimes, Mike Richards, one of the better defensive forwards in the league, loses 37-year-old-with-four-regular-season-goals Michal Handzus in coverage, and the NHL game ends.It had to end eventually. We're lucky we got 22 minutes of that mayhem in NHL game 5, and as the Blackhawks and Kings prepare for an encore on Friday night, we HUT 15 Coins can only hope for something similar. I have a feeling my previously hockey-illiterate roommate will be there on the couch with me.John Moore ejected for elbowing Dale Weise. Thanks to New York Rangers defenseman John Moore the NHL's department of NHL player safety is going to have more work to do this week.Moore was ejected in the third period of NHL game 5 on Tuesday night for this hit on Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise. The call was for elbowing, but it's not clear if he actually hit him with the elbow or if he simply followed through with the elbow after the hit. But either way, three things are true here: 1) He hit him in the head, 2) It was a late hit and 3) It was a dumb hit given the situation. juanjuan075249 / |
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