Anyone up for a little Roasted Duck?

Maybe some duck on the grill, wrapped in bacon?

We are now 4 - 1 in the series with the Ducks. Although, this sucks that this was won in a shoot out. The coyotes could have easily taken this one in regulation, IMO. And why give a team in our division a point? Damn OT loss point. Its really starting to piss me off. The ducks would have one point less than us if they didnt get a point for OT losses. that is freaking crap.

I felt that the end of the 2nd and the start of the 3rd we were playing just to keep the game tied and then picked it up for the end of the third and OT. A little too late guys. I think if we can make it to the shoot out, we are guarenteed a win. With Bryz in net and Mueller. I dont think Mueller has missed once in the shoot out. Vrbata missed tonight but bryz stopped all 3 shots.

We have a problem with this whole "dump and chase" Why are we always reverting to that? Especially on a PP. There is no need. Youve got the extra man, go for it. And whats with the dump and go for a line change? On more than one occassion tonight we had a guy go for the shot and hes the only red jersey out there. Seriously? JP had a good shot and if hed had any teammates with him, someone could have gotten the rebound and maybe a goal. but noooo, they all went for the line change.

And what got into JP? Im really starting to like this guy. I hope they dont send him back to SA. He had some nice hits tonight. There was one really good one by the yotes penalty box. Nice and hard. And then he was fiesty. Getting into shoving matches left and right. I thought for sure he was going to fight. Not that i wanted him to, hed get his ass kicked, but i was seriously impressed tonight. played hard, created chances, just an overall good game for him.

And what is the illegal substitution call all about? This is what i found on it:
Substitution infraction (Illegal Substitution)
This rare bench minor penalty is called when a substitution or addition is attempted during a stoppage of play after the linesmen have signalled no more substitutions (once the face-off is set) or if a team pulls its goalie and then attempts to have the goalie re-enter play at any time other than during a stoppage of play. Too many men on the ice and/or starting the wrong lineup can also simply be called a substitution infraction.

Ummm, the whistle blew almost as soon as Ballard left the box. I dont get it. I must have missed something. But the way ballard and doan were arguing and then gretz, i doubt it. I blame it on Magoo. Freaking refs.

I laughed my ass off when jovo whiffed on a pass. it was quite funny. jovo was again jovo. hot and cold. good and bad. but mostly not good. damn jovo.

there was a guy behind me who every time the ducks had the puck hed yell "hit him! hit him!" some people need to learn when to shut up. then the kid behind me kept kicking my chair. the kid next to me kept crying. seriously.

i tested out my continuous shooting mode on the camera. from the upperbowl. i havent checked the pics out yet, so I might post some tomorrow.

OT Loss

So, last season I thought I liked the point awarded for the OT loss. but now this year its really bothering me. This might be because last year the coyotes needed every damn point they could get. This year, we are the only team that has not lost in overtime/shootout. I believe we have gone to OT twice. Once we won in OT, the other in the shoot out.

Why are we rewarding a team for lsoing? No other sport (that I know of) does this. Could you imagine the nba saying, well you tried really hard in that first OT, so we are going to give you a point. Ummmm, no. I could just see the NFL taking this on too. Good try out there boys, just for tying it in regulation, we are going to give you a point for losing in OT.

Currently the coyotes are in 24th in the league. Being we have no OT losses, I decided to see where we would stand if there was no extra point awarded. Not giving the extra point would move us up to 23rd. But this was my math, so you know, might not be accurate. But it moved a hell of a lot of teams down. When you get 6 points for losing in 6 OT losses it can really boost your points total! Like we are playing the sharks tonight and they are 8 points ahead of us but 4 of those points come from OT losses. I just dont get how that is fair.

Therefore I think if the coyotes are going to lose, lets make it to OT at least. Then we get a point for not sucking as bad. Just kidding. Id rather win in regulation than lose in OT. How can you be proud of a point you were giving for losing? I wouldnt be.

I say we get rid of the point for losing in OT. It makes sense.

Anyway, the Coyotes at Sharks game will be starting in about 20 minutes, so I am going to go watch that. I will post an update tomorrow night about the game.

Quote of the Day:
I think Vrbata has been a big influence on Hanzal,” said Head Coach Wayne Gretzky. “He’s a true professional, and for Martin to have him as an influence in his hockey career is nothing but a positive. And Freddy has been one of our best players over the last five or six games.”

That one will have to do, I couldnt find the one I was looking for. It had to do with the VHS line, something about just press play. I saw it somewhere in the last couple of days but dont remember where. But i like that quote because i think vrbata has been good for the team and for hanzal.