Save me Marc-Andre Fleury, you are my only hope

The Carolina Hurricanes have ruined my play offs. First, they take out my Devils. I've never quite been as stunned as I was when with 00.2 left on the clock, Jussi Jokinen popped the puck in and won the game, reducing my normally calm Marty into a stick breaking maniac. Two games later in Game 7, 80 seconds became my biggest sports nightmare to date.





Fine. Be that way asshole Canes, fine. Boston is waiting for you. Lucic will destroy you and Chara will take care of Staal. The big tough Bruins with Timmy in net are unstoppable. Apparently not. In Game 7 in the final minute of over time, Scott Walker (who should have been suspended that game for breaking Aaron Ward's face) scored the OT goal sending my Timmy fishing for the summer and Chara probably climbing another mountain.

Now the Hurricanes are blowing into Pittsburgh. They've beaten me down so hard during the last two series I almost feel hopeless. I hope the Pens can stop them, but I don't know. I thought the Bruins could stop them. I think "Well maybe Orpik can neutralize some of their stars like he did Semin." But Boston had Lucic and see what happened. Carolina has LaRose.

Watch out little Flower. And for the love of all that's holy stay in your net! You aren't exactly Marty Turco or Brodeur with the stick handling.

At the other end of the ice staring at my Flower will be this man, Cam "I'm a fucking robot" Ward. This man is a monster. I have Stockholm Syndrome with this guy. I had a whole post about how much I hated him and now as he's tormented me all post season, I've softened. I knew I probably would. He IS a goalie.

Pens, good luck getting on by this guy, he's been a beast. As has been repeatedly reported, Cam Ward has not lost a play off series EVER. I know this is only his second play off run, but that's pretty damn impressive. Cam has a 2.22 GAA and a .927 save percentage in the post season. He's had two shutouts and except for game 6 against Boston hasn't laid any turds on the ice. I'm starting to believe nothing can stop him.


Hands down worst thing about Canes advancing....at least four more games of listening to Tripp Tracy.