Armchair GM Playoffs- Rd 1- Bjugstad Biggies (7) vs Boston Burping Zambonis (10)

[Winger for Hire]

Bjugstad Biggies

Forward
Wendel Clark - Steve Yzerman - Zigmund Palffy
Slava Kozlov - Sergei Fedorov - Alexander Mogilny
Dmitri Khristich - Henrik Sedin - Daniel Sedin
Neal Broten - Bobby Holik - Russ Courtnall

Defense
Ulf Samuelsson - Phil Housley
Vladimir Konstantinov - Sergei Zubov
Larry Murphy - Freddie Olausson

Goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury
Mike Richter

Press Box
Mark Tinordi - Pavol Demitra - Craig Janney - Keith Primeau


Powerplays
Clark - Yzerman - Mogilny
Zubov, - Fedorov

Palffy - H. Sedin - D. Sedin
Murphy - Housley

Penalty Kill
Fedorov - Courtnall
Samuelsson - Zubov

Holik - Clark
Konstantinov - Olausson

vs

Boston Burping Zambonis

Forwards
Brendan Shanahan - Patrice Bergeron - Jaromir Jagr
Brandon Saad - Tyler Seguin - Cam Neely
Patrick Sharp - Johnny Gaudreau - Brendan Gallagher
Max Pacioretty - David Krejci - Mark Stone

Defense
Rob Blake - Dustin Byfuglien
Andrew Ference - Jeff Brown
Torey Krug - Charlie McAvoy

Goalies
Eddie Belfour
Corey Crawford

Press Box
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[Winger for Hire]

I think a big factor in this one might be the Zamboni's defense. They're going to really have to lean on that top pairing to soak up a ton of minutes

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I think a big factor in this one might be the Zamboni's defense. They're going to really have to lean on that top pairing to soak up a ton of minutes

 

[KIRK]

I think a big factor in this one might be the Zamboni's defense. They're going to really have to lean on that top pairing to soak up a ton of minutes

They can't play the whole game, and the Biggies have the horses up front and on the blueline to exploit those 2nd and 3rd pairings.

On the other hand, one has to worry about the Biggies starting goalie playing like a bigger flake that the team's manager.

 

[Shady Machine]

Oh I missed the Fleury flakes factor. That should be good for at least 1 loss.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

That's the worry?

I'd be worried Eddie The Boozer might get drunk and offer the refs a ton of money to disallow goals against him.

 

[Winger for Hire]

In this match-up Biggies came out firing on all cylinders. Mogilny, Yzerman, and Zubov all got on the scoresheet in the first period. Neely pulled one back early in the second but was cancelled out by Mogilny’s 2nd of the night off a slick no look feed from Kozlov. That’s all the Biggies would need as MAF closed the door the rest of night.

Game two was Jagr’s. Jagr transformed in to a one-man wrecking crew who refused to be separated from the puck when he didn’t want to. He racked up a pair of goals and assisted on three others- Shanahan, Sharp, Byfuglien. The Biggies were only able to muster a mid-frame goal by Sedin, assisted by Sedin.

If game two was Jagr’s game, game three was MAF’s. MAF decided to pitch a masterful 32 save shutout while stopping a breakaway by Seguin and another by Jagr. Kozlov scored the only goal of the game early in the third.

Game 4 was MAF deciding he wasn’t done with god-mode. He stopped 28 more shots until midway through the third, Rob Blake was able to squeeze a shot through traffic and Mark Stone was able to get a stick on it to redirect it home. Unfortunately for the Zambonis, this was only to bring to score to 4-1 after Murphy, Zubov, Clark, and Courtnall all tallied earlier.

Game 5 was a duel between Eddie and MAF, both allowing a first period goal- Jagr for Zambonis and Mogilney for Biggies. Both turned into stone walls for the rets of the game, sending it into OT. Late in the first OT, a quick transition through the neutral zone by Gaudreau’s line was interrupted by a rut in the ice and Konstantiniov was able to pounce quick and found Palffy, now behind the defense for the series winning goal. Afterwards it was reported that Jagr was playing with an injured hamstring and was effectively playing on one leg.

Biggies advance 4-1