Carter Hart or Andrei Vasilevskiy? As far as bubble hockey goes they are close enough o the same size to negate the difference. In goal, we have a little bit of a toss-up.
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However, Hedman’s two third period goals in Game 1 of Tampa’s series against Boston were the only hint of hope after the Lightning fell behind 3-0. His five points through nine games are not lighting the league on fire. Only four of the top fifteen scoring defenseman are in the eastern conference this playoff season, Hedman is one of them and is always fun to watch. Rounding the Eastern Conference D-pair is an easy choice when taking any list with a defenseman on it, Victor Hedman. It was a snipe and ended up being the game-winner in the only game Carolina would win in the series. It would take more talent than mine for the written word to give that shot justice. In his second game action since the injury, he blasted a laser beam of a shot over the catching glove of Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. He did not play in the Hurricane’s series against the Rangers, as he was not yet ready after breaking his leg in January. That should be enough said, but I will expand. He has tons of experience, nine points in his first nine playoff games this year, and enough grit to get us through any sports bar type scenario our bubble hockey play gets us into. Our second Eastern Conference winger has to be Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins. Nine points in his first nine playoff games this year, are only compounded by his three game-winning goals and unexpected New York domination of the Capitals. His breakout performance has been a wakeup call, and notice that the Islanders are not simply all defense. To start on the wing, it has to be Anthony Beauvillier of the New York Islanders. In this obviously scientific process, we have a team for each conference, pulled from teams that made it at least past the play-in round. Whose game would best translate from the bubble to the O.G. However, there can be tic-tac passing a la Bergeron-Marchand-Pasta, Weber style bombs from the point, and solid positional play in the crease. There is no McDavid coast to coast, no Svechnikov behind the net, and no Price diving across the crease. One of the crazier, half-asleep, Mike Emerick soundtrack filled dreams I had was about that O.G. EST puck drop games, it is now penciled that into my schedule. I have fallen asleep during so many 10:30 p.m.
Now in a world where a visit to that sports bar will have to wait, I have been watching hockey like it was the NCAA basketball tourney. Someone’s kid got put through college on our pocket change. I was about twelve years old and fed that thing quarters for hours at a time playing my ten-year-old brother, letting our greasy burgers get cold and become even more uninteresting. The first time I saw the almost alien game was at a sports bar near the home of the Colorado Avalanche, The Pepsi Center, in Denver, Colorado. That tabletop game somewhat similar to foosball, except with hockey. With bubble media being so limited, and bubble this and bubble that being thrown around during every broadcast and every intermission, I was reminded of the original Bubble Hockey.
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