Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!rick From: rick@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: The End of a Dynasty Message-ID: <5103@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 17:52:17 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.5103 Posted: Mon Apr 29 17:52:17 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 1-May-85 17:09:57 EDT References: <5092@ucla-cs.ARPA> <5101@ucla-cs.ARPA> Reply-To: rick@ucla-cs.UUCP (Richard Gillespie) Distribution: na Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 69 Summary: In article <5101@ucla-cs.ARPA> lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (Kar-Wing Lor) writes: > > Well, the island finally sank. What I like the Flyers is >they beat the Isles with their style: great defense and >goaltending. They could protect a slim one-goal lead in the >3rd and 5th game. Don't think the win is a fluke because of Sinasalo's goal. >You know even if that goal wasn't count, the Islanders would still have >lost a 1-0 game in overtime (no matter how long it is). They >simply couldn't beat Lindbergh. Not to mention the Flyers hit >the post four times. I didn't say the Flyer win was a fluke, I said it was too bad it had to be on a goal that should never have been allowed. The game would have been much different in the third period if the Flyers had not been protecting their lead. Who knows what the final score would have been? Maybe 3-0 for Philadelphia, maybe 3-0 for the Islanders. And don't forget, the posts are part of a goalie's equipment :-). The Islanders hit some posts too! >1) The dynasty has long been over. You have to keep a dynasty by > an excellent team, not by magical, lucky rallies, as Rick has > dreamed. How can you say that the dynasty has long been over? 5 consecutive appearances in the '80s, and 9 semi-final appearances in 11 years, should been pretty convincing. And the sign of a great team is one that finds a way to win even when things are not going well. I think the Islanders have shown that in the past. But now it is time to retool the machine. >3) Billy Smith was, but no longer is, the best money goalie in > the playoffs. A goalie is only as good as the team in front of him. Wait. Are you saying he is was a good goalie, or had a good team in front of him? Make up your mind. It looks like Hrudey is ready to take over though. He played 3 (maybe 4, I'm not sure) games in this year's playoffs and lost 2 when someone crashed into him in the crease. (Maybe we start to understand why Smith was so aggressive with his stick - he has to protect himself). >4) As I said after the Caps-Isles series, whoever survived the series > would get killed by the Flyers. The Caps have a struggling offense > and a "blow-lead" defense. The Isles just don't have anything > left. How right you are. And the next series will be a mercy killing of the Montreal-Quebec survivor. >5) I still stick with the Oilers. If their offense is at high gear > (which is apparent after the Jets series), NO defense can stop them. > This Oiler team can play defense too. They also have Grant Fuhr, > who is as good as Pelle Lindbergh. Is that the same "NO defense" that the Islanders used 2 years ago when the Oilers were billed as the most awesome team of all time? Good, and I mean GOOD TEAM, defense will almost always beat offense. There have been plenty of examples. The Oilers do have Fuhr, but has anyone been running at him the way the Flyers have been going after goalies this year? He has been known to get intimidated. As for Lindbergh - he is not Bernie Parent, and that will be shown before the playoffs are over. So far the Flyers have been able to climb on his back, but will he break before the end? -- Rick Gillespie rick@ucla-cs ...!{cepu|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|ucbvax}!ucla-cs!rick "She turned me into a newt! . . . I got better."