data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.hockey.53528 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Deepak Chhabra)
Subject: Re: Leaf slump over
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On March 21, 1993 Roger Maynard wrote (in reply to an article by Graham
Hudson):
>> will still have the Jennings Trophy at the end of the year. Potvin is very
>> good, and I do believe that he will be a star, but I want to see him
>> perform in the playoffs under pressure.
>You don't think he is performing "under pressure" now? The major
>differences between playoff hockey and normal hockey is 1. play-
>ing every other night which is physically exhausting and 2. You
>play the same team in a consecutive string of games. Is this
>what you mean by pressure? Have you even thought about what you
>mean by pressure, or are your thoughts, like most of the rest of
>this drivel, simply half-baked?
This was <[email protected]>, for anybody who
would like to check.
He went on (in another article) to say [paraphrased]
>"Playoff hockey" is just an expression used by announcers to convince
>simple-minded folks like yourself that what you are seeing is a better
>product than a regular-season game.
*NOW*, however, in article <[email protected]>
(Roger Maynard) writes:
>With a 4-2 win over a tough Whaler squad the Leafs showed all doubters
>what playoff hockey is all about.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So, Roger, what exactly *is* playoff hockey all about? Or is it a convenient
phrase to use in certain circumstances only?
You see, when you spout off with flame bait too many times, sooner or later
it catches up with you....