Edmonton Rush eliminated from playoff contention

[Evil Dr. Len]

Rush lose to Portland 14-10

Calgary beats Arizona 12-11

Before anybody gets to whiny, remember this team went 1-15 last season!

[gizmo fan 2]

Re: Edmonton Rush eliminated from playoff contention

I'll get whiny about Arizona, the stingiest defensive team in the league (GAA-wise), giving up 5 unanswered to end the game (3 in the 3rd, 2 in the 4th). And they went the last 23 mins without scoring - with all the weapons they have, that's unforgiveable.

Other than that...we just didn't play well enough tonight. I think some of the team and almost definitely the coach overlooked this game for tomorrow...there were only a couple of guys who had any hustle tonight (Quinlan sure did...5 pts, 11 shots on net, and 9 loose balls). And Bergman and Melville both didn't play, which I disagree with, and that's on Day...Portland ran us into the ground, and we needed one of them (preferably both) to combat that.

D (and especially the PK) was miserable...Portland went 6/7 on the PP. Seemed just like a repeat of last year...outplayed solidly in every statistical category, not much scoring, gave a bunch of wide-open shots up, etc.etc.etc. We WERE doing fine until Eliuk took a ball through the mask (yeah, it went halfway through and stuck in his cage), King came in and pretty much shut us down from there.

Oh well...we win tomorrow night and we win the season series against Calgary, and would also force them to play their playoff @ Colorado (optimum, IMO).

So, boys, I want to see GOALS and HUSTLE tomorrow night. None of this lacklustre crap.

[Inquiring Mind]

Re: Edmonton Rush eliminated from playoff contention

A 6 or 7 win season is still one or two more than I thought they'd get after starting the year 1-3.

Rome wasn't built in a day... maybe the Toronto Rock were, but the Rush are at least competitive now, and hopefully they'll continue moving in the right direction and get into the post-season come this time next year.

[gizmo fan 2]

Re: Edmonton Rush eliminated from playoff contention

A 6 or 7 win season is still one or two more than I thought they'd get after starting the year 1-3.

Rome wasn't built in a day... maybe the Toronto Rock were, but the Rush are at least competitive now, and hopefully they'll continue moving in the right direction and get into the post-season come this time next year.

The Rock inherited the best team in the league for their first year in Toronto...so they don't count.

And yeah, I agree, things are improving......but a lot of stuff that was supposed to be fixed this year wasn't (e.g. we bring in all these offensive guys and still aren't averaging 10 goals/game at the moment, which is the absolute minimum to succeed in this league. Calgary is averaging around 13, and look how they're doing.)

I could go on (hustle stats, loose balls, shots on net, killer instinct, 4th quarter production/defence (we've been outscored nearly 2-to-1 in the 4th and haven't allowed less than 4 in the last period in EIGHT GAMES))...but that would be depressing.

I WILL say that our special teams have GREATLY improved from last year (PP and PK were last, now the PP is average and the PK is above average, even if last night doesn't show it)...so that's a start, anyways.

[KnuckleChucker]

Re: Edmonton Rush eliminated from playoff contention

Too bad....but at least every game I went to this year was entertaining....