UPDATE: Jib has had enough and wants to get everyone fired up and I must admit, the excessive use of profanity energized the shit out of me! Let's hope the whole team reads his blog so they can get riled up for this game too.
If you want to talk about must win siutations, tonight's game can be part of the dictionary entry. If the Avalanche lose today, it's season over.
Yes, people will quote the miracle of 3-0 comebacks but the odds would not be in the Avalanche's favor.
Hell, I wouldn't even call it odds. I would call it the likelihood of God being an Avalanche fan because it would take divine intervention to take 4 straight from the Wings at this point.
Smyth out?
To make matters worse, it is being reported that Ryan Smyth will miss this game. Maintenance day my ass, coach Q. If there's one thing I hate about the playoffs, it's the ridiculous injury updates.
Forsberg in?
Peter Forsberg skated in practice and is likely to play. But I'll believe it when I see him out for his first shift. Not even sitting on the bench at puck drop will convince me that he's in the lineup.
Hannan in?
Scott Hannan is probable as well but I won't believe it until I see him on the bench. I won't need him to actually take a shift to believe he's in the game. Lucky him, eh?
Lineup
So what to do with all these injuries?
Well, if Hannan is out, Finger will stay in. If Hannan is in, Finger will likely swap out. The defence is the easy one to deal with. Though I'd like someone to remind Sauer and Foote that they need to wake up a bit.
If Forsberg and Smyth are out, Q again will need to draw on some reserve power. Cody McCormick and Jaroslav Hlinka will stay in even though both played less than stellar in their recent outings. He then has to decide from players such as Brad Richardson, Wyatt Smith and T.J. Hensick to fill Smyth's spot.
I'm not sure I'd trust Hensick in a crucial situation like this but there is something to be said for that rookie enthusiasm. I don't feel Wyatt Smith will bring anything to the tableand Brad Richardson has been in Q's doghouse all year.
I think the order in Q's head based on comments he's made so far and what we saw in the regular season is:
Wyatt Smith
T.J. Hensick
Brad Richardson
And I hope to God I'm wrong because I don't want to see Wyatt Smith anywhere near the ice.
But let's hope it doesn't come down to that and Forsberg is good to go.
Related Links
RMN Avalanche Playoff Report
Forsberg might play, Theodore simply must
Dear Quenneville, You must be kidding
I flu over the cuckoo's nest
Avs Forsberg, Hannan Probable for Game 3
Colorado not worried about being down to Wings (when has a team ever said "Yeah, we're scared shitless"???)
Let's get fired up
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Playoff Gameday: Avalanche vs Red Wings - Game 3
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/sigh
and because I can't link my own images.
http://kevinchiu.org/emote/facepalm.jpg
I'm on my way to the practice facility. Surely they have roster spots open for walk-ons at this point!
jed, it's too bad img tags aren't allowed in blogger comments. They likely do it to help fend against XSS attacks but there are better ways to do it.
anon, that's not a bad plan! If anything, they could get someone to toss the octopus this time and avoid getting one of the regular players fined ;)
Excessive?!? there was nothing excessive about it. That was an entirely appropriate amount of profanity. (can you have too much profanity when describing Red Wangs fans?)
@ jed you can link to it [a href="http://url"] text [/a].
Just use the ><'s instead
Well, if it was strictly in terms of talking Red Wings fan, then no it wasn't excessive. It was minimalistic ;)
But don't worry, I'm a swearer extraordinaire. I grew up on a farm and spent some time with a construction crew. I still don't use some of the terms I learned in those few short months for fear of being struck down where I stand (or sit in this case)
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