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Lite mer kommentarer om Oilers målvaktssituation:

"It's no secret the Oilers' goaltending situation was a concern all year, as both Conklin and Markkanen were near the league-worst in save percentage (.880). (In fact, of the dozen or so Edmonton regular-season games I saw this season, the waived Mike Morrison was stronger than both.)

The smart money from all interested observers has Markkanen starting Game 2 on Wednesday."

JD: Lite kommentarer efter matchen.

"Q. How is your goalie?
COACH CRAIG MACTAVISH: Goalie’s not good. Won’t be back in the series.
So an unfortunate set of circumstances to have happen in the game tonight obviously, with Roly playing as well as he has been. The important thing for us as a team and I know we can, I feel very confident that we can, bounce back from it. I’ve been in this situation—I was saying to the players before, with St. Louis when now broadcaster Nick Kypreos went into Fuhr and Jon Casey had been out as long as any of our two goalies have been. And Casey came in and played well. Our goaltenders are capable of coming in here and playing well, both Jussi and Ty.
I felt that we played a solid game tonight and we can recover from this. Just passed on to Roly that, job well done, and it’s up to us to take it from here and we’re capable of doing it.

Q. What’s the injury?
COACH CRAIG MACTAVISH: Knee. I’m not an expert, but it’s similar to what Radek had, according to Kenny Lowe. So very similar to what he had.

Q. You have two goalies to choose from now, you’ve been flip-flopping them back and forth, do you know who your starter would be for Game 2 and who will get the chance to run with this thing?
COACH CRAIG MACTAVISH: No. They have been close all year long. We’ll make that decision tomorrow in concert with the other coaches and talk to the goaltenders and get a sense. We could see platooning as well of the goaltenders, depending on the performance, obviously.

Man gör tydligen allt för att utmärka sig i NHL.

"Should a slab of Alberta beef land on the ice, as has happened immediately following the anthems during previous Edmonton Oilers playoff games this spring, Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Mike Commodore has one wish.

"I just hope it's not frozen," says the former Calgary Flamers rearguard. "I hope they thaw it out for me."

The raw meet sometimes sticks to the ice upon contact. That's okay with Commodore.

"A little blood on the jersey never killed anybody," he added. "I just hope they unthaw it."

Paddan: Inför nattens drabbning kommer här lite läsning om en man som med väldigt liten insats fick sitt namn på Stanley Cup pokalen.

"Of the 2,324 names on the Stanley Cup, one of the more obscure belongs to Harry Taylor.

In a long hockey career, Mr. Taylor skated a single shift in a single National Hockey League playoff game. He didn't score a goal or register an assist. He wasn't even assessed a penalty.

All he did was jump over the boards to take a spin on the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

Those seconds earned him a spot on the Cup, his name engraved alongside those of better known teammates from the 1948-49 Maple Leafs.

"I was blessed at being the right guy in the right place at the right time with the right team," he said."

Deas: Hmm, matchen börjar kl 2 inatt ser jag, får väl hoppas jag håller mig vaken så jag får se lite NHL nu när jag under några dagar varit hemma hos morsan och "blivit med C+".

Hmm, Let´s go Canes! känns som nattens stridsrop... om man nu inte råkar drämma tån i bordet när katten ska släppas ut.

Deas:

Det har väl mer av vilken kultur man kommer ifrån än vilken idrott man utövar.

I fotbollen har ji italianos rykten om sig att falla i småbitar när foten fastnar under strafflinjen, när de stormar fram.

I hockeyn har väl tjecker/slovaker ett lika grundmurat rykte att falla på någon ojämnt målad linje - samt att inte förta sig när det går dem emot. 

Oavsett vilket är alltid en högsvensk alltid själv felfri, om han skulle falla till synes oattakerad i anfallsläge. Det är alltid nåt ben eller klubba man aldrig ser på repriserna som är förfalloorsaken.

Angeldust:

detta faktum har varit hemligt men känt i nhl-ledningarna länge, det är därför man nu uppgraderar manligheten i lagen genom att nu börja importera goons från elitseriens fjärdekedjor.

Portello:

Några sekunder kvar av andra perioden, menar du? För Carolina vände till seger med 4-2 genom tre mål i sista perioden.