Posted in Toivonen, Rask, Playoffs May 9th, 2007
Toivonen shines, Rask pines
Well, so much for a prodigy preview in the Providence postseason.
While Hannu Toivonen came within two minutes and nine seconds of a shutout last night during last night’s win, it wasn’t Tuukka Rask watching from the bench, it was still Jordan Sigalet. Today’s Providence Journal clears up matters.
He (Rask) will remain with the P-Bruins for the rest of the postseason, but he’s not going to play, according to Providence coach Scott Gordon. Starting goaltender Hannu Toivonen has been told as much, too.
Rask, whose rights were acquired by Boston from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Andrew Raycroft last summer, has joined the P-Bruins to get himself acclimated to the North American environment in preparation for next season.
Well, I guess that makes sense. You know, give the rookie a tour of the campus, provide him with a security badge, a cubicle and an email account before he starts doing REAL work.
Still. It’d be nice to see him sneak in there for a little while. Maybe during some garbage time (God forbid that happens) to see what he can do.
But enough about Rask, how about that Hannu! A 1-0 shutout going late into the third period, an Oleg Tverdovsky power play goal with 2:09 remaining to tie it up, and then a retaliation power play goal by T.J. Trevelyan a mere 39 seconds later to put the Bruins on top again and to put Providence up two games to one in the series.
Oh Oleg, how far have you fallen? The former #2 overall pick thirteen summers ago and the defensive anchor of my fantasy hockey teams in the late nineties and early “aughts”. Now, you’re playing in Manchester. What a shame.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 at 6:45 am and is filed under Toivonen, Rask, Playoffs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
2 Comments on this post
Posted by Heather May 10th, 2007 at 12:41 am
NO. A big, fat, N-O on Rask seeing pro ice time during Providence’s playoffs. Other then the fact that he’s not on the Clear Day roster, kid needs to adjust to NA hockey first. Plus, and this is me being completely snobby: he wasn’t here all season, and he does not deserve to see time in the playoffs. I am only ok with Hannu getting ice time over Jordan because Hannu spent more time on the ice down here then he did with Boston. (Jordan still should have gotten more time then he did and then he has)
I am mad enough that it’s already been stated that Rask will see a bulk of the playing time in Providence next season (let’s be honest: odds of him making the big squad out of camp are slim), putting Jordan out in the cold again, provided he re-signs with Boston, because barring off-season moves, Tim and Hannu will be in Boston.
Posted by Doobie May 10th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, it’s ALWAYS about Jordan, isn’t it? C’monnnn, admit it, if Sigalet looked like Shane MacGowan, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.
I, on the other hand, would be happy to see Shane MacGowan on skates with the B’s if he played like the next incarnation of Tiny Thompson.