[Seth]

What can I say, Minnesota just outplayed the nucks throughout the series.

Van had way more shots on net but it seemed that even though Minny had fewer scoring chances they were much better chances. The nucks D never covered the last man in throughout the whole series. I saw this outcome when van was up 3-1 in the series. All the games were too close. It could have been anyone's series.


Onto dan cloutier.

ahem. I've stuck with this guy for 2 seasons now, but he just hasn't proved he can deliver in the playoffs. Look at all the teams that have advanced to their conference finals. Giguere....Roloson....Brodeur....They've packed their teams through the playoffs. Cloutier is good, but he isn't awesome. Van has the most potent offense in the league but they can't perform out there with confidence if they're worried about their netminder the whole game.

Tonight's game was a bitch. Minny's first goal was chance. It was a good one but still really lucky. The second one was a bad read by clouts...bounced off the skate. 3rd goal was the ****. That's a shot that is a general stop for any goalie. His angle was way off. Fourth was bad also.

Oh well, I honestly don't think Burke is going to trade cloutier in the off season. Good goalies come at a hefty price. There's a lot of pressure for the glass to be upgraded at GM Place. We'll see.

Oh and the Bertuzzi thing. Bertuzzi's game isn't anymore dirty than the rest of the guys out there. He's a big guy who can through his weight around. That's his play. No other forward in the league has his ability. The guy's a beast out there but his stick handling is up there with the snipers. Don't pick on Bert like that. That's how he plays and it's effective. The last penalty tonight was ****ed up. Bert came in on his check with the normal amount of shove that he should do. The guy just fell forward. Refs didn't signal a penalty until Ronning(god bless his little heart) gave them an earfull over Roloson's gimped body.



**** it all. There's next season. I like the wild. They're my second favorite team. I would've liked to see van go on but that's the way she goes. I'd like to see Paul Kariya get a cup. But, i'd rather have minnesota go to the finals. In the end i hope Ottawa gets the cup. bleh.