Have you seen the Seinfeld episode where George had an appointment with his therapist and for the first part of the session he couldn't stop obsessing with the stuck zipper on his jacket?
He pulled, pinched and yanked on it and he couldn't get the damn thing down.
Finally, the therapist started working on the zipper too, and after a few minutes neither of them could get the snagged zipper unstuck.
Tonight the Chicago Blackhawks were that zipper.
This was the most frustrating game of the season to watch for so many reasons. Patrick Lalime hasn't played a game in the NHL since last April and he managed to pull a 3-0 doughnut out of his unmentionable tonight.
How does that even happen?
Here's how it happens. The Sedin Twins and Pyatt were the only line going offensively last night versus Edmonton, and tonight they were non-existent. So were the rest of the club - again.
I was looking around the crowd hoping someone would strip down and streak across the ice just to add some excitement in tonights lackluster affair. It was definitely a yawner.
I'm feeling awful for Kevin Bieksa too. The guy tripped over Roberto Luongo in the crease and then deflected a weak point shot over a still fallen Luongo for the game winner at the end of the second.
Then in an attempt to inspire his troops, he absolutely annihilated Karl Stewart in the third. Stewart followed Bieksa to the bench and it looked like Bieksa was saying, "Umm...are you sure you wanna take me on?" I guess the answer was yes, but for Stewart it should have been a resounding NO. That fight was over after two or three punches, but Bieksa rag-dolled him for a bit in front of his teammates at the bench. Bieksa looked like a hunting dog dropping a dead duck at his owners feet waiting for a reward.
But he got nothing for his efforts. Zip, zilch, zero.
A wasted effort and a wasted two points for the boys tonight. Were they tired from their travel last night? Maybe. But that's no excuse. They were out-worked, out-hustled and beaten by the back-up to the back-up.
There are no excuses.
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