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HOLY SUNDOGS
By admin | May 2, 2008
With Arizona’s 6-4 win over Colorado in Game 1 of the CHL, I’m left wondering if I should have gone with the Dogs as my series pick. If anything, the 10 goals scored shows that this will likely be a high-scoring affair. In case you don’t read Greg Rajan’s blog, here’s my pick…
- This is an interesting matchup because both teams can play run-and-gun. I said back in December that if the Sundogs could pick up a true No.1 netminder, they’d be unstoppable. They did get Emond by way of Colorado, although his regular season numbers with Arizona were so-so and his playoff stats have been weak. How fitting would it be for him to have a stellar finals series against the team that dumped him? All that said, Colorado clearly has the edge in goaltending with Laplante, and isn’t that what playoff hockey comes down to? They obviously have a ton more overall experience to boot, and given their precarious entry to the playoffs, I don’t expect they’d be overconfident. If Arizona can break through and get timely saves by McVicar or Emond, they might be able to steal the title away from the defending champs. For now, I’m left thinking Arizona is still a year away, but they did pull of an amazing Game 7 win over the Bucks. I hate to have to make a pick here, but I still have to go with the Eagles.
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