A client gave me tickets to the Canucks game for tonight, so I got a rare chance to see a game live.
I always forget how fast the game is; you lose that sense when watching games on television.
It was, all things considered, a boring game. The Oilers took the shootout win on the final shot. Hemsky roofed one on Luongo.
The Canucks came out strong in the first, but by the second period had started to lag, and in the third, the young Oilers team simply dominated.
Gagner and Cogliano are as fast as you've heard, and excited to be playing in the NHL, too.
Can't say the same for the Canucks. Well, not all of them, anyway.
Kesler and Cooke had the fire in their eyes, but Naslund and Morrison seemed like they would rather have been somewhere else.
What has happened to Morrison? He looks deflated.
Luongo was composed tonight, and made a couple of great stops that kept the Canucks from getting overwhelmed by the Oilers.
Like I said, the game was a bit boring.
But I'm glad I was there. You forget how fast they are.
LUNCH: Deli-style sandwich, heaped with pastrami
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
At the game: Oilers at Canucks
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Strange that you found it boring. From the couch, it looked like a barn-burner - lots of chances, end-to-end action, hard hits, the works. I thought Pierre McGuire was going to wet himself, the way he was carrying on.
There were a few chances that were exciting, but overall there wasn't much for McGuire to go monster over.
It's nice, though, when the first shot of the game rings off the post, fifteen feet in front of where you're sitting.
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