Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Why Are The Sedins So Futile In The Shootout?

Last night's game went eight rounds of the shootout, and surprisingly, Luongo played very well in it. Even more surprisingly, the Canucks won in shootout. (For just the third time this year.) Even more surprisingly, Raffi Torres scored the shootout-winning goal. Shocking, isn't it? Well, not really. You forget that Torres played parts of 3 seasons with Columbus. He had inside information on Steve Mason.

But both of the Sedins had a chance to win it in the shootout, and failed. And both attempts didn't look very good, either. Daniel is 4-for-21 in his career (a mere 19%) while Henrik is 0-for-4 in his career. When both of these twins possess superior skill, a knack with the puck, and overall Wizardous Sedinerie, why so futile?

I only have one answer. Daniel can only score when Henrik passes to him, and Henrik just feels lost out there without the guy he automatically passes to whenever he gets the puck. Why can't they both go at the same time? They're practically the same person anyway!

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