Predators Game Day Preview: Chicago @ Nashville, Game 6
by Chris Burton on Apr 26, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
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PrintTonight's battle doesn't need much introduction. We know the lineups, the goalies, and each team knows what the other brings to the table. For the Predators, the goal is simple: win two games. Lose tonight, and we're left wondering just what went wrong in a season that as it progressed expectations went higher and higher. No one wants that. A win sends us back to Chicago, where Nashville won once and had another game firmly in their hands only to see it slip away.
We know the team is capable of gutting it out. Recall the streak in November, where Nashville beat San Jose and New Jersey back to back, or March when the Predators topped the Kings and Flyers in succession. Playoff teams all four, thats just an example of how the Predators have dealt with adversity or tough opposition. Perhaps the most memorable moment, though, was the horrific loss to San Jose and subsequent six game winning streak.
They'll need everyone's best game tonight. From Pekka Rinne to Jason Arnott (zero points in five games-something has to give) to Joel Ward to Nick Spaling, there's no excuse for anyone not showing up. While I admit it'd be wonderful to see Marian Hossa trucked by Shea Weber, now isn't the time for retaliation. If Nashville ever thought themselves a contender, thought that just maybe this was a year to prove their mettle, this is their time.
At 8 o'clock central standard time, questions will be answered.
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hornqvist?
is he going to play tonight? we need power play help- badly
I don't think so
No news is bad news.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 26, 2010 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
With the urgency tonight,
I think he’ll play, even if he’s not full strength.
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 26, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I still believe.
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 26, 2010 9:05 AM EDT reply actions
N00b question here
I haven’t been as deep into hockey as I should have been, but I kept wondering on Saturday
Why do they break up the playoff schedule like this? As opposed to the 2-3-2 format of home scheduling?
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Adrian Peterson just fumbled again.
Don’t know that I can answer that properly. Dirk?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 26, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
The feeling as I recall was that 2-3-2 didn’t favor the home team enough. If they split the first two games, that gave the lower seed a decent chance to close things out at their place.
It used to be 2-3-2 back in the 90’s as I recall.
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by Michaeltastic on Apr 26, 2010 1:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don’t believe they do it in baseball, and basketball only does it in the finals. It’s a stupid format anyway. The only way for the lower seed to win at home is if they sweep or win 4 of 5. Not very doable in most instances.
I like the 2-3-2
If only for the ease of travel, but I can agree that home field is a little negated here. But I watched the Twins win a couple World Series with only winning the home games in that format. So shrug
They do it in baseball for sure
That is why I asked. As a fairly new hockey fan, that is the format I am used to.
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Adrian Peterson just fumbled again.
It arose out of a contentious conversation we had over at Music City Miracles a few weeks ago
Some Viking fan got drunk and tried to convince us that Adrian Peterson is a better back than Chris Johnson.
Needless to say, that conversation did not go the way he expected it would!
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Adrian Peterson just fumbled again.
Preds need to give Ho$$A the biggest "YOU SUCK" and "BOOOOOOOO!" in history...
….if he’s announced in the starting lineup, and when he take the ice.
After Saturday's Total Collaspe There is NOOOOOO Chance.
Chicago is bettler and when you can’t hold a lead with less than 14 seconds to go and then can’t score on a five minute PP, hang it up. Can’t score a powerplay goal in the entire series for that matter unless you count shorthanded goal.
Facts are facts. They had their shot on Saturday and they blew it.
Wait
by Atlanta Flames on Apr 26, 2010 12:19 PM EDT reply actions
I’ll have some piping hot crow for you about 10:30 tonight! :)
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by Chris Burton on Apr 26, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
They had a chance on Saturday to give themselves a chance to win the series and they choked.
by Atlanta Flames on Apr 26, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
dude, i'm even a Hawks fan
and you are starting to annoy the crap out of me. just sayin’
by puppetmasterp on Apr 26, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
sorry, poor choice of language
but you get my point
by puppetmasterp on Apr 26, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I just don't see us losing 3 straight to the Hawks.
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 26, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I see us losing three out of four for sure.
by Atlanta Flames on Apr 26, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
STOP IT!
Negativity, why not be hopeful? Look at the loss to the Sharks! Look what that started! This team can bounce back, and I take them over any other team in the league with their backs up against the wall to win it and keep going. History is history.
Must be realistic, dreaming and wishing won't cut it.
by Atlanta Flames on Apr 26, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Realistic is NOT pessimistic.
This team has come from behind again and again. Showing up to the game and being positive and cheering for your team and not sitting there moping will definitely help.
Are you a Preds fan?
Because I haven’t seen you say one positive thing about our team.
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 26, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Resilience
Its the one word that has defined this team all season.
Its time for the Preds to put their money where their mouth is.
I’m looking for Pekke to dominate tonight. There’s not single person out there that should think Anti Niemi is a better goalie than #35. We’ve seen Pekke look good, but like Trotz said earlier in the series, I’ve seen him better.
We had those guys on the brink Saturday, so there’s no reason why we can’t steal this thing. I hope we see an awe-inspiring effort tonight from the Preds, but I’ll take a dirty one goal win if that’s what it takes.
Pekka comes alive: Nashville 3-0!
The way they turn the puck over there is no way they can shutout Chicago.
by Atlanta Flames on Apr 26, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, enough.
We get it.
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 26, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I know some people are really superstitious
so maybe AF’s just trying to reverse jinx the Preds to a win?
by blackhawkeyes on Apr 26, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
What would you dispute about anything I've posted. I would hope they could have won the series but they have not played well enough to get it done.
by Atlanta Flames on Apr 26, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't dispute anything,
but I’m a hawks fan. I’d agree that the Preds need Rinne to stand on his head, the PP needs to get on the board, and a few breaks need to go Nashville’s way in order to win the last 2 games of the series. From a depth perspective, I think the Blackhawks are the stronger team. BUT, there is always an opportunity for an upset. 1 soft goal, 1 big hit, or 1 big save can completely change a game. You just never know, which is why my mom always says “that’s why they play the game”
So my point is this: it can be really frustrating for some of the bloggers here who are expressing hope have their opinions shot down immediately. Pardon the NBA reference, but it’s like the Bulls/Cavs playoff series for me. I want the Bulls to win, but realistically they don’t have a shot. If I were to point out that the teams split the season series, I wouldn’t want someone else to come in and say “that doesn’t matter, we’re going to lose.” I realize this doesn’t exactly equate to what you have been saying, but I just mean that it can grate on you when you hear the same negative/real comments over and over in the same post.
Anyways, nothing against you, and I hope that helps explain where others are coming from
by blackhawkeyes on Apr 26, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I WILL
dispute many things you’ve said about the end of this series, b/c as a SMART Hawks fan I take nothing for granted till this series is over. To do so is sheer stupidity, and only begs more of that annoying sense of entitlement we saw the Hawks play with early on (and which i don’t want back, thank you very much).
by puppetmasterp on Apr 26, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Hah!
That’s what I thought too. The variety of moron currently infecting SCH is taking this series for granted. I’m sure if the Hawks lose tonight though, Chicken Little will make an appearance over there.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
Those comments were scaring the crap out of me last night
Why do people insist on testing the hockey gods like that?
(I am so agnostic in all things except sports, apparently)
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on Apr 26, 2010 2:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Pekka has been the best Pred this series
But, just like you have seen Pekka better, the Hawks fans have seen Niemi better. I just don’t think it can be said that one goalie looks definitively better than the other.
I think this will be a physical and emotional game on both sides, and I can’t wait for the puck to drop!
by blackhawkeyes on Apr 26, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Goalie has not been Nashville's problem this series.
Horrible special teams, no legit goal scorer and too many brain cramps.
by Atlanta Flames on Apr 26, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
and yet...
…the Preds were 14 seconds away from being up 3-2. Don’t see how to square that with the scene you’re painting.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
Atlanta Flames
Have you guys had to deal with this guy’s pessimism all season, or what? What a downer of a “fan”…
..:Fear The Fin:..
I mean, I know it’s frustrating when your team drops one they should’ve had; god knows we’ve seen it happen countless times with the Sharks. But that’s hockey, my friend. Shit, that’s playoff hockey. The bottom line is that it’s not over ‘til it’s over. The series are best of 7, not best of 1.
..:Fear The Fin:..
You've got it cyoung!
As long as it’s Best of 7 Nashville has got a chance to win the series! We’ve seen it that the Preds are able to win against the Blackhawks! I will see these f***ing Hawks faces when..!… Nashville kickded their a**** and win the series! GO PREDS GO!!!!!
by Alexander Priss on Apr 26, 2010 3:24 PM EDT reply actions
It's a sellout!
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 26, 2010 4:01 PM EDT reply actions
Good luck Preds
get it done
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