Thursday, April 19, 2007
Round 1 Game 5: Put Them Away
You all know the story. In the first round of the 2003 playoffs, the Canucks came back from a 3-1 series deficit to the St. Louis Blue and beat them in seven games to move on to the second round. In the second round, the Canucks had a 3-1 series lead over the Minnesota Wild; the Wild came back, stole game seven at GM Place and eliminated the Canucks.
Statistics say only 8% of teams come back from a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Forgive the Canucks, involved in two such series only three playoff seasons ago, if they think otherwise.
Of course, it's a good thing that they don't want to forget 2003. The last thing the Canucks would want to do is to give Dallas even a small sense that they could come back. I certainly don't want a repeat of the Wild series, and I know it's stating the obvious, but I think everyone would agree that they are best to try and finish off the Stars tonight.
Here are today's pregame pieces:
Comments/Questions: Feel free to post in the comments section or email me at gocanucksgo10 (at) hotmail (dot) com.
Technorati Tags: NHL, hockey, Vancouver, Canucks, Dallas+Stars
Statistics say only 8% of teams come back from a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Forgive the Canucks, involved in two such series only three playoff seasons ago, if they think otherwise.
Of course, it's a good thing that they don't want to forget 2003. The last thing the Canucks would want to do is to give Dallas even a small sense that they could come back. I certainly don't want a repeat of the Wild series, and I know it's stating the obvious, but I think everyone would agree that they are best to try and finish off the Stars tonight.
Here are today's pregame pieces:
- There's lots of work still to be done. (Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province)
- Pedal to the metal for Canucks. (Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province)
- Sedins' learning curving peaked at '06 Olympics. (Ed Willes, Vancouver Province)
- Reading between all the line changes is getting really tough. (Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province)
- Loose lips sink ships. (Brad Ziemer, Vancouver Sun)
- Modano appears to wave white flag. (Iain MacIntyre, Vancouver Sun)
- Same shifts, different day. (Brad Ziemer, Vancouver Sun)
- Mitchell's stick frustrates Stars' top forwards. (Grant Kerr, Globe and Mail)
- The Canucks are only worried about themselves. (Terry Jones, Edmonton Sun)
- Morrow: Effort hasn't been good enough. (Mike Heika, Dallas Morning News)
- Canucks keep focused. (Kate Hairopoulos, Dallas Morning News)
- Stars facing another golden goalie. (Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News)
- Jokinen's injury could cause shuffle in lineup. (Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News)
- Stars on ice? (Tracey Myers, DFW Star-Telegram)
Comments/Questions: Feel free to post in the comments section or email me at gocanucksgo10 (at) hotmail (dot) com.
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