DevotedWalnut wroteA lot of people are complaining about a lack of D or goaltending. But what if both teams offense is so good that this is the best the D and goalies can be? Maybe Leighton truly is a brutal goalie and all the teams in the east just really suck and made him look good.Oh and Pronger looked old out there tonight.
Nah, I don't believe that. Look, Philly has a good offense, and Chicago has a great one (in general I mean), and both offenses are playing very well, but this isn't exactly the best offensive hockey I've ever seen. There have been lots of out of position defensemen, defensive collapses, and plain bad goals on both goalies as they flop around like Aebischer. Entertaining as hell to watch though.
And I mean, it's not the first time a young and inexperienced (in Niemi's case) or hot (in Leighton's case) goalie has collapsed down the stretch. Niemi had that fantastic game 2, but otherwise, was anyone expecting that the clash of the goaltenders would be between Niemi and Leighton? Both, in the end, aren't great goalies (though Niemi has a lot of potential, I think) and it's just too bad Leighton had to go hot against my Habs :wink: