Nieuwy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Avash]

Good period, to say the least, by Nieuwendyk :-) (BAD period for Lalime. My goodness...)

[RichS]

How about that?  The Devils sure missed Joe during the playoffs!

Think anyone here doesn't know Todd is from Clarkson? ::rolleyes::

Looks like another "one and out" for the Sens!  :-(

[Greg Berge]

All Joe goals are beautiful. :-D

(Both of his goals tonight have been pretty soft, but Lalime is gone and the Sens just scored, so hopefully we'll see more.)

[billhoward]

It was disappointing. Joe should've had a hat trick.

Well, if it's a consolation for the Sens, Ottawa had really nice white jerseys.

[Tom Pasniewski 98]

The B's are gone but Joe remains.  Better to follow a player than to follow a team through the years.  You have to think - is the Cup following Joe or is Joe following the Cup?

[Greg]

Calgary and Minnesota/Dallas won their only Cups with Joe, so he aint following it.  Whether the opposite is true is a matter of taste... ;-)

[Tom Pasniewski 98]

I taste the Leafs still playing and laughing at the Fleet Center sign some of you saw that says, turning hockey teams into golfing teams one series at a time.  Yes, one series to turn the Bruins into golfers.

[ugarte]

[Q]Tom Pasniewski 98 Wrote:

 I taste the Leafs still playing and laughing at the Fleet Center sign some of you saw that says, turning hockey teams into golfing teams one series at a time.  Yes, one series to turn the Bruins into golfers.[/q]What?!  Did you run this through a translator and back?

[Geen Ween]

Can u taste the waste?  ::nut::

[Greg Berge]

Joe is a scratch in game 2 vs Philly.  Anybody know why?

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:

 Joe is a scratch in game 2 vs Philly.  Anybody know why?[/q]
According to ESPN box score, "back injury."

[Anne 85]

According to the Leafs site, Joe was playing hurt in game 1 and eventually took himself out.  Seems likely that his back is acting up again (but that's pure speculation).

[David Harding]

 PHILADELPHIA -- Toronto Maple Leafs center Mats Sundin returned to the lineup Sunday night, but Joe Nieuwendyk was inactive because of an undisclosed injury.

Sundin missed four games with a knee injury. Hurt in Game 4 of Toronto's opening-round series against Ottawa, Sundin said Saturday he had made a "huge" improvement.

Nieuwendyk was held scoreless in Game 1 of the second-round series. Toronto coach Pat Quinn said Nieuwendyk should not have played, but "that's the kind of player he is."

The Toronto Star reported Saturday that Nieuwendyk had back spasms, but Quinn would not confirm the injury.

For the Flyers, defenseman Kim Johnsson was scratched for the second straight game with a broken bone in his right hand.

Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press

[CowbellGuy]

[q]Maple Leafs center Joe Nieuwendyk will sit out Game 3 of Toronto's second-round playoff series with Philadelphia on Wednesday night, the second straight game he'll miss because of back problems.

"I'm getting better every day," Nieuwendyk said. "I think tomorrow I'll get a practice in and step it up a little bit and then go from there."[/q]
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs2004/news/story?id=1791504

[dss28]

Well, without Nieuwendyk, the Leafs did okay tonight, with a 4-1 win over the Flyers  ...I hope this isn't a case of the Ewing theory, though...