Bad Night to be a Goalie

Wow… 13 goals in one game? 4 goals per period? 7-6 overtime win for the Sabres? Wow… never saw that one coming. I’m surprised that the announcers didn’t constantly drill into us the fact that these were rookie goaltenders. Good that they didn’t, as the majority of the goals were the defense’s fault. The goalies were left out to dry in this one. Wow.

Devils play tomorrow at 2 (EST) and here’s the upcoming TV scehdule:

Game 1 Sat, May 6 2:00 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina NBC
Game 2 Mon, May 8 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina OLN
Game 3 Wed, May 10 7:00 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey OLN
Game 4 Sat, May 13 3:00 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey NBC
Game 5 Sun, May 14 7:00 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina OLN
Game 6 Tue, May 16 7:00 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey OLN
Game 7 Thu, May 18 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina OLN

Still Alive… Mostly

Hey everybody – I’m still here. The MOPP! has been wearing me out for the past week. Yesterday I didn’t even wander in front of the computer until 11:00 or so at night. This has been more of an all over exhaustion, akin to the post-hospital recovery times more than the chemo-tiredness. My body’s weak, my brain’s cloudy and I just can’t seem to get out of my own way. So let’s get you updated before I pass out at the keyboard here…

Barb’s game went well – the students beat the faculty, 12-7. Last year was the first year the faculty won and they only did it by one run, so being five behind isn’t all that bad. Especially compared to some of the past shellackings. Barb even got a hit – atta girl, slugger!

The open house went well as well. We got a few interested nibbles, including the former owners of the house. Barb and I came home from Wallingford to find them all sitting in our living room – quite an offputting sight. They loved what we’ve done with the house (how could they not, considering the condition we got the house in) and are hoping to be able to buy it back. Probably not a likely situation since the house price has doubled since they sold it. Of course, the value has quintupled at least.

In hockey news, after the first round of the playoffs, my predictions are at 50 percent (warning – large, wallpaper-size graphic ahead). I told you I didn’t know jack about the Western Conference. But then, who would expect none of the top four seeds to make it in? As for the East, Philly over Buffalo was more wishful thinking on my part, since I didn’t want the Devils to have to face Buffalo. Of course now that things are underway, I remember that the Stanley Cup isn’t a straightforward tree structure to allow for home ice and such, so it doesn’t matter that Buffalo won anyway.

In keeping with sticking my neck out on the line, I’ve made a revised playoff tree (warning – large, wallpaper-size graphic ahead again). We’ll see how I do in this round…

Now I’m gonna go lie down…