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Yeah, I saw that too. I had to look twice! Thank God for Tivo!

I agree that Campbell didn't skate his hardest on the backcheck on the first goal. The pinch was NOT ill advised, as they were on the power play. They showed an endzone view of the play and he was going to keep the puck in the zone with his skate, and Higgins deflected it ever so slightly just before it would've contacted Campbell's skate. Campbell did dog it on the backcheck, however, and I'm sure Lindy will chew his ass for it. Tallinder is playing well, but he still scares me. I don't have complete confidence in him yet.

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There's only one goal that went in tonight that Miller had any chance on, and that was a deflection on a rush (the shorthanded one). He played spectacularly tonight. I'm not down on Biron, but I feel a whole lot better when Miller starts, and I'll bet everyone else does, too. That call on Grier was Horseshiat, but so was the tripping call on Steen when Vanek tripped over his own feet. Vanek is coming on, boys. He's controlling play a bit more, and he's crafty with the puck. Good to see! Pominville is really impressive, too. The future is bright!

I fear the worst for Connolly. I've torn both ACL's and I was able to walk on both of them, although they were both unstable. I watched it in slow motion on my Tivo and his knee whipped (hyperextended). If it went too far (can't tell), it could easily be a torn ACL. I certainly hope not. He was really flying when he got hit. I never realized he was that fast. It's a darn shame. Someone should clean Kasparaitis' clock. Grier was trying to, but the puxxy wouldn't go. Typical.

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Agreed. I found that quite annoying. I think it was mentioned in two different articles. Way to go, boys!

2nd game of a back-to-back. They had no legs, and the Sharks were flying what with the Thornton trade. Only one goal I blame on the goalies. The rest were poor defense and turnovers.

No finishers on this team. How many open nets did they miss tonight? What a joke!

He couldn't get it out because the Senator next to him chopped his stick in half. Should've been a penalty. Not saying Lydman has shown me anything thus far, but not getting that puck out on the 2nd try was a result of his sticking being snapped in two by a slash. You could see Campbell coming over to the ref on the play and yelling about it, and then Briere talking to McCreary at the following face-off about it. I saw a lot more hooking NOT getting called tonight than I saw in the first two games. I fear that the new rules are going to go away and clutching and grabbing will return. I hope I'm wrong.