Monday, July 13, 2009

SuperAlfie

Silver Seven celebrates Daniel Alfredsson becoming the longest currently-serving team captain with his top-ten Alfredson memories.

My favorite is the game where he scored three goals and four assists against Tampa in 2008. This set a franchise record for points scored in a single game and led to such brilliant headlines as "Alfie 8, Tampa Bay 4".

From his list though I do not agree with the hit on Darcy Tucker which led to the game-winning goal. This was a game-altering, potentially series-altering play (although the Senators managed to choke and give the series to Toronto). I thought that hit should have been called, but since it was "playoff hockey", it wasn't. While the incident shows that Alfredsson is able and willing to play "playoff hockey" I disagree with the culture that insists that it is necessary to have "playoff hockey" be different from regular season hockey. </sermon>