golden seals injuries

[s]

Mark Thompson is doubtful for saturdays game with a sprained ankle and stu reid is out indefinately with a broken rib. do they have what it takes still to compete in the play offs??

[Arran]

Stu as well? Crap.

[Arran]

We can still compete by the way, those are just 2 big losses for our team in terms of energy.

[uh oh that sux]

that means u only have 1 spare... & its a 60min game...
if i were the scartnicity i would want to play a run & gun game and ware u guys out. admit it.. u need that energy. and u wont be able to slow the game down unless u want to keep dumping the puck everyonce in a while to get a slight break on D (althought i think the rest of the players r in good shape). that is if the scartnicity decide to chase and forecheck which i would recomened that they do if they have a hope of winnning.

[guestk]

i think this will hurt the seals for sure. although it will give the likes of brade, leitz and pearse more playing time to light the lamp which we all know they can do , should be interesting but i will still give a big upper hand in round one to the seals

[kbrade84]

I can confirm that both Mark Thompson and Stu Read will not be in the lineup for this weekends playoff game against the Scrantonicity.

Thompson continues to rehab his ankle which was badly sprained following a slash he received during a game against the Nordiques back in week 9. Thompson says his ankle is feeling better and is listed as week-to-week.

Read will be out of the lineup possibly for the entire season after suffering a broken rib during a rugby game during the past week.

With these two injuries the Seals will be missing two valuable checkers in their upcoming quarterfinal game.

But as Arran said above, by no means does this limit our chances of winning in week one. Moreso, this will be used as a rallying point for the remaining players to come closer together and step up their game and take care of business.

[crunk]

These are huge implications for the first round, as the new 20 minute periods are extremely different from the 15 minute periods, I know through experience. It's like adding a 4th period.

But perhaps more importantly, even if the undermanned GSeals overcome the Scrantonicity hurdle, they'll run into a tough Blazers squad in the next round where they'll probably need all their players healthy to take down that squad.

I'm thinking the X-factor will be the play of A.Reis, who will be thrusted into a huge role now. Will he be able to step up while giving his teammates a much-needed rest against a healthy Scrantonicity team?

[Not that deep]

I dont know how the Blazers are so good, they lack so much defense giving up 10 goals to the Jets first round. From what I heard only half of their team showed up to play and the other half was basically full on cherries, maybe thats why they score so much and they also have a couple weaknesses on there team ie. strength wise with some players and easy to take the puck off them. I feel sorry for their goalie if only half of there team plays D and the other half worries about scoring maybe thats the key to this league.
Just food for thought in tryin to take down the champs!

[crunk]

Not said:

I dont know how the Blazers are so good, they lack so much defense giving up 10 goals to the Jets first round. From what I heard only half of their team showed up to play and the other half was basically full on cherries, maybe thats why they score so much and they also have a couple weaknesses on there team ie. strength wise with some players and easy to take the puck off them. I feel sorry for their goalie if only half of there team plays D and the other half worries about scoring maybe thats the key to this league.
Just food for thought in tryin to take down the champs!

LOL, i was waiting for someone to say this. I always laugh when no one mentions a peep of this last night after the game when everyone was just chilling out, but now Mr. Anonymous brings something like this up.

Good call, Not that deep, because you can actually deduce a whole lot about a teams defence and effort from a lopsided game against the Jets, right?? Even if it is the playoffs, everyone knew the Blazers were going to win, did you expect the Blazers to play a defensive trap against the Jets when they're up by 15+ goals?

I mean, according to you, if you really wanted to know why the "Blazers are so good", the score to that game needed to have been 20-0, and the Blazers should have been ruthless and played a tight physical contest and not allowed the Jets ANY chances, and only the best Blazers puck handlers should handle the puck, and everyone should only play their roles that they're used to, and all players should be back on D at all times, because I mean that's a lot more fun for both the Jets and the Blazers to play in, not to mention the people watching (including your friend who told you about the game), right? If that happened, then I guess your genius wouldn't be wondering why the Blazers "are so good"

I mean, give the Jets props, they sniped some goals and worked hard for their 10 goals (subsequently a season/playoff high), but most would agree that the game was decided before it began. But, according to you, the Blazers who "lack so much defense" all season long, were just 4 goals away from giving up the least goals against in the entire league, hmm. Yep that makes sense, another intelligent argument on your behalf. But I can't remember, did only half the Blazers show up while the other half were "full on cherries" when they played the Nordiques in week 10, when the outcome to the game was much more unknown?

I guarantee that same dumb statement you just said won't be repeated in a couple weeks. Stop feeling sorry for the Chancey in net and start feeling sorry for the guy who told you about the Jets-Blazers game and for yourself for not being able to beat a team that has mysteriously solved "the key to this league" as you put it.

Keep up the insightful food for thought, its clearly working great. But if you could refrain from giving more food for a little while, I'd appreciate it---I'm too full off cherries.

[Guest002]

This just in, I heard a rumour that B. Kapitan might be out for the playoff game against the Seals on saturday. Now this isnt 100% but I heard that he had an accident at work and wont be able to play.

[undertaker]

thats the nail in the coffin, seals win

[juice]

I'm thinking the blazers worst enemy on this board is their old teammate he's known to leave random messages....

[Commisioner Sundar]

WOW!!!! This is getting to be interesting. First the Seals are hampered with a ton of injuries going into the game against the Scrantonicity and now a rumour that the Scrant's leading goal scorer could be out for the playoffs!

The Scrantonicity undoubtedly rely on the scoring of Brandon Kapitan to give them any chance against the Seals this Saturday. Kapitan finished 5th in League scoring this year and is a power forward that is destined for success in the BCHL.

On the other hand, the Seals will rely on the stamina of it 4 remaining forwards, as Thompson and Read will provide huge depth blows, although most of the scoring will still be intact with the trio of Brade, Lietz, Pearse (BLP) line. I agree with "crunk" in his analysis where the Seals will rely on Allan Reis on having one of his best games of the season.

[georgebocolas]

it will be day to day with brandon kapitan. it will come down to a last minute decision on brandon's part