Chirps from Center Ice

Been kind of quiet on Twitter and even moreso on the blog with nothing to blog about. I am “around” so to speak. Watching the Europe wires to see if any WBS player bolts overseas. If so, the Twitter feed will have it first then a note on the blog then an update to the Offseason Moves list above.

Leaguewise, the Toronto Marlies lead the Oklahoma City Barons 2-1 in the best of seven. The Norfolk Admirals just finished off a sweep of the St. John’s IceCaps winning 4-0 tonight.

I have not watched a second of the action, but in following on Twitter, the Admirals completely outplayed the IceCaps top to bottom. They outscored them 14-2 and outshot them 140-115. Dustin Tokarski had shutouts in Games 3 and 4. In other words, total domination. The Manchester Monarchs, an 8 seed, got a game against the Admirals and lost in four in the best of five in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Connecticut Whale, a 6 seed, got two games before losing in six games in the best of seven of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The IceCaps, a 3 seed and the Atlantic Division Champions, were swept in four games and totally overmatched by every stretch of the imagination in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Penguins battled tooth and nail with the IceCaps, goals were even, as was every other category imaginable as you peeled back the onion of the series. I called it an even series against two evenly matched teams.

But the IceCaps were manhandled by the Admirals and swept in four games.

So the poll question is as follows. Assuming that the Norfolk Admirals win the Calder Cup, how would you have rather the Penguins gone out? Losing in seven games against an opponent who was basically your equal or against an opponent in the Admirals who basically skated you out of the rink for four straight games?

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I’ll have the Calder Cup matchup later in the week, with any news of relevance up before that if need be. Until then, back into obscurity.