The worst thing that could happen to us… did. We have an Achille’s heel. We all know it. Our blueline depth. We have none. Luckily for us Kurt Sauer is a hell of a defenseman and David Hale while not so much… is still a hell of a team guy, willing to hit and/or drop ‘em if it will help his team, stepped up to fill the voids left by the Bally/Boynton trades. But …
We couldn’t afford to lose a single blueliner (especially with our 7th guy on IR)… unfortunately thats exactly what happened last night. And not just any blueliner either. The Demolition man went down and did not return very early in the first period. Right now DMo is THE guy that makes us click. Pairing up with Jovo (I will get to Mr. Jovanovski in a minute) and freeing up Z to work with Sig for reliable shut down defense … first time… every time, against the top lines in the league. With the new and improved Goose Yandle, Hale can hold his own and everything clicks.
We came out hard and nasty. All the pieces were workin Khabibulin’s last nerve. Khabby is fighting for his NHL life and would go on to not only stand on his head but to grow extra arms and any other body parts he could to stop us.
Then DMo went down. Thanks to that asshole Boorish. DUDE! were you never taught SKATES DOWN!? Or were you deliberately kicking at DMo? Then of course that idjit ref STEPS ON DMO’s HAND! again wth? (whatever happened to comin in on your knees and bearhugging then seperating 2 downed players?) Anyway… we fell apart. Down to 5 Dmen and Ulf began mixing and matching pairings like a frickin madman. It was pure unadulterated hell.
