One Fan's Perspective

What I love (sarcasm) are the fans of the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin. I do. I really do. Some of the fringe of those people really impress me, a lot. They think Shane Doan is the worst kind of hockey player, a kind of “punk-ass bitch” is what I’ve read.

Just because he hits their players…with impunity. It’s his job because the players of the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin don’t like being hit. I guess they think it’s unfair. When Doan is in the lineup, Cornball has seen more ceilings than ice time, and he’s their guy to hit Coyotes players.

Which, to his credit, he did when Doan was not in the lineup.

I’m not sure if they’ll give Doan credit for this, but there was a chance to land on Clint Howard instead of sliding into the boards. Instead, he didn’t want to hit him in a vulnerable position.

You see, Shane Doan has class, which is more than I can say of some of the fans of the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin.

You hopefully have noticed that I have not called Nordstrom a “punk-ass bitch”, or Lardstrom, or Ernie. I don’t like them, but I don’t think they’re dirty players. Even Ernie deserves a chance at redemption, just not against the Coyotes.

Shane Doan is a game time decision. If he can’t go full-throttle, how effective will he be? If he does play, I want him to return to the hitting machine he was prior in games 1 – 3. If he can’t do that, then the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin will have a field day hitting our players. And they should – that’s hockey.

(See…I understand the game…it’s nothing personal.)

Each subsequent game in this round one gets more and more important and Game 5 is no different. They need not make easy shots on Clint, but instead, make his life difficult. Another thing that Shane Doan does.

Game on.

#ThrowTheSnake

What I’ve Read Around Cyberspace:

From Hip Shot :

• WhiteOut 2010 – Game 4 ouch… Shake it Off

From The Good, the Bad, the Coyotes :

• Hockey Character

From The Detroit Free Press :

• Coyotes look to protect home ice
• Wings and Coyotes all even; tonight’s game is turning point
• Jimmy Howard: Not favored to win rookie of year
• Helene St. James: Mike Babcock can see Cleary now
• There’s still a loooong way to go to vanquish Coyotes

From The Toronto Sun :

• The pain of Shane: Coyotes know they’ll be hurting if captain out of Game 5

From MLive.com :

• Red Wings’ Brian Rafalski doesn’t skate, but will play; Coyotes’ Shane Doan is game-time decision

From The National Post :

• Howard a true late bloomer

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Yesterday’s game can be summed up quite succinctly:

• They missed Shane Doan because the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin outhit the Coyotes 43-27.
• The power play had no power.
• Their goalie played better (and our chances did not go in)
• The Coyotes only had about 20 minutes where they were able to skate and play their style of game.

Just like game two of this series, the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin controlled the pace.  It wasn’t a track meet, but they figured without the Coyotes’ captain in the lineup, they could take advantage.

And they did.

The team has to take back control when the series returns here.  That’s why teams play for home-ice advantage during the regular season.

What I Read (which wasn’t much) Yesterday and Today Around Cyberspace:

From Hip Shot Blog:

• Paw Prints 4/19/2010 Whiteout Edition

From Hipchecks:

• Round 1, Game 3 and 4: Coyotes at Red Wings

From Five for Howling:

• Coyote Tracks – WHITEOUT Wednesday April 21 Edition

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The subject says it all. Doan will get a rest tonight.

A break for the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin?

Hardly. Last game I saw was Doan out for 2/3 of the contest only to have the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin be gassed and confused.

The Coyotes won their game without Doan scoring any significant goals. The Coyotes are team.

They are a pack.

Main Stream Media up there need to get a clue.

Game.Still.On.

#GoCoyotes #ThrowTheSnake

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