Re: Painful sport defeats
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1981 NLCS Game 5 -- Blue Monday. The Expos never made the playoffs again. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
2004 - Game 7 of the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Senators lose yet another playoff round to the hated Maple Leafs. Losing was bad enough, but losing solely because of Patrick Lalime's incompetence made this a very bitter pill to swallow. Every Senators fan *knew* that Lalime wasn't good enough to carry the team far into the playoffs, but the team steadfastly refused to pick up a better goalie at the trade deadline. Sure enough, Lalime let in two soft goals early in the game and ended yet another Senators playoff run at the hands of the Leafs.
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Did this hurt anymore than the previous years?
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They've all been pretty painful, but the last one was the worst, simply because of the way they lost it. They'd won in 2OT in game 6 to force game 7, and it looked like they had the momentum going into the game. But, just as everyone in Ottawa predicted would happen, Lalime totally choked and handed the Leafs the game.
The only saving grace is that they finally got rid of Radek Bonk, Jacques Martin, and Patrick Lalime as a result of the loss.
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