Now that was 60 minutes of playoff hockey. For the first time, Bruce Boudreau and Alex Ovechkin guide the caps to a series victory before the seventh game-- thanks to one incredible effort against the New York Rangers in game five. Can Mike Green recover from a puck to the head? Last fall he took one to the shin and Boudreau remarked "it frickin' hurts"-- and with Green's concussion issues one hopes he'll be rested and ready for the next Game One. But against whom? If Buffalo beats Philadelphia in game seven of their series, it's the Sabres and red-hot goaltender Ryan Miller. If Montreal gets the better of Boston (series tied 2-2 now) the Canadiens and Carey Price (remember him) get the Caps next. Otherwise it's the winner of Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay (Penguins lead 3-2...minus Sidney Crosby). Hmm...
Pay no attention to the lockout-- everything's fine, thanks... situation normal. The NFL released its schedule last week of games we don't even know will be played... and is drafting players this week for what will be the sole purpose of not bringing them to a training camp that as of now doesn't exist. I feel the tremor of two Harrison Ford films... Presumed Innocent when they can't find the glass with his fingerprints that places his character at the victim's house the night of the murder, and Star Wars when there's mass devastation at the prison block and he has to talk down the Imperial on the other end of the intercom asking what the hell just happened. "We're all fine, thanks. How are you?" I was hoping that someone would break down the NFL schedule but with the labor lockout impasse-- and I think I just got my next blog topic-- never mind.
No love for the glove-- Eighteen errors so far this season. Six miscues for Ian Desmond. Four for Jerry Hairston. Three big ones against Pittsburgh Saturday to help the Pirates plate five in the first off Livan Hernandez. The Nats' bats give this team enough cause for concern (and while the pitching is improved, it's not that much better)-- the last thing they can do is make life easier for the opposition.
Office Transition-- Three years ago I watched 24, How I Met Your Mother, The Office and Prison Break. PB was replaced by LOST after another breakout from an impossible to break out from prison and after one of the most self-congratulatory and lamest final seasons LOST left the air. Jack Bauer finally retired his shouting, shooting and ridiculous plotholes. Now The Office could be rendered unwatchable as well with Steve Carrell's departure. Simply put, the man says things you shouldn't even think and makes it funny. Will Ferrell as his "replacement" (for a few episodes) is a stopgap-- if anybody other than Ferrell was saying those lines they wouldn't be funny at all. Can Dunder-Mifflin survive?
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I am not confident The Office will be funny again. I think after a while when you've only got so many characters to work with, there's a finite number of worthwhile plots and scenarios.
Even if Ferrell's character is funny in the new role, I don't think it's going to be enough to carry the whole show.
I would love to be wrong!
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