Those of you with the Center Ice Package can get some prime playoff
practice for your trigger fingers tonight, with four meaningful games
all starting at either 7 or 7:30. The matchups to determine the
Eastern seedings start with the Flyers at the Islanders, Ottawa at the
Rangers, and Buffalo at Carolina at 7:00 PM EDT, then, just so you have
something to watch between periods, the Devils are at Montreal to close
out the action starting at 7:30.
It should be a wild end to the regular season and a great preview for
this Friday night, when the best playoffs in all of sport commences,
after a two year absence. Game ON!
OLN Misses the Drama
While tonight OLN features the Carolina Hurricanes going for the number
one spot in the east, last night the network missed a great opportunity
to show a dramatic and vital Capital-Thrasher game, a game in which the
Caps ended up ending Atlanta's playoff hopes.
Yes, the Detroit - Dallas match was the premiere event on paper, and
was a good contest in the third period, but with both teams locked in
long ago and resting key personnel, it was hardly must-see viewing for
the hockey fan. OLN should schedule some flexibility into the
final week of their telecasts, to ensure that games like Atlanta
Washington get the attention they deserve.
Gilles Moncour
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