Between the Glass

I'm sitting here, half asleep watching Chris Osgood continue to make goaltending the worlds toughest job, again. This guy drives me absolutely crazy. Why on earth is it that one of the best teams in the league continues to let themselves be pulled down by an idiot between the post. Granted all these goals are not just Osgood, and if Pavel Datsyuk and co. would score some goals this would be a moot point. Yet, this is a continuing stigma with the Red Wings; grab an old relic and put him back there and hope you can outgun them. Hasek, CUJO, Mike Vernon, and Osgood. Granted there are plenty of Cups in Hockey town but, how good would the Wings be if they had a Steve Mason, Roberto Luongo, or Nikolai Khabibulin in their prime.

But this Wings/Ducks series isn't the only great one going on. We're going to have 3 game 7s...and then start the conference finals over the weekend.  Meanwhile in the NBA, we're gonna have to wait til NFL mini camp before we see the Cavs again. The NHL couldn't ask for any more out of the Ovechkin/Crosby series. The nostalic fan in me also gets a bit of a chubber thinking about the possibilities of Wings v. Hawks and Pens v. Bruins...Old school hockey towns and none of these damn 10 o'clock starts.

Thats the one problem that the NBA and NHL have in common; the west coast. There is no reason I should be up until 1 AM watching a hockey game before work at 630. I understand its only 7 PST, start the shit at 530 EST. I write this as a 5 hour energy commercial runs...."You need this product so you can function after a long night watching playoff hockey."

I can't figure out how I feel about "Between the Glass" segments both on VERSUS and NBC. I mean you could barely get Lloyd Carr to talk about his tactics at halftime, let alone with 3:53 left in the 1st Quarter. These interviews, while the blonde working for VS does rival Erin Andrews, serve very little purpose and just give these games a gimmicky feel.

12:33 AM - Franzen scores for Wings, 1-2 and if this goes to OT I'm compelled by my journalistic responsibility to finish it. There are no "In progress at printing time" here at NRTTS.

12:40 Game over cheap shots from the Ducks and all hell breaks lose, I hate the Anaheim Ducks more than Chis Osgood or the Colorado Avalanche. I know there's no cheering in the pressbox, but I really was cheering for someone to break Ryan Getzlaf's leg.

Let the Gate Swing Freely, but not as open as Osgoods 5-hole