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Mr. Ed -> RE: General NHL (4/30/2012 9:51:52 AM)
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I know you guys ripped on Zid
looks like the national media's figuring it out too.
Marek Zidlicky -- DOG.
That isn't meant to be an acrimonious acronymed dig at the New Jersey Devils' defenseman, though many Devs fans probably don't disagree today if it were. It stands for delay of game, the penalty for which Zidlicky's name has become too well-associated with in the last two postseason games.
But the canine dig could apply to Zidlicky's play on the ice just before Daniel Briere's overtime winner Sunday in Philadelphia's 4-3 win over visiting New Jersey in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Not long after costing his team any early chance at momentum in OT with a careless flip of the puck into the stands, Zidlicky made three more errors on Briere's goal -- turning the puck over with a bad pass up the boards, losing a puck battle after the it was kept in because of his bad pass and, finally, helping screen goalie Martin Brodeur on Briere's shot.
This may help explain why the Minnesota Wild wanted nothing to do with Zidlicky by late in the season, benching him and finally dealing him to New Jersey for an astounding three players and two draft picks at the trade deadline.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/adrian_dater/04/29/flyers.devils.game1/index.html#ixzz1tXGLCunr
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