Another win courtesy of the Swedish Wolf and another host of unlikely suspects. I guess they really were glad to be home. They sure gave us a great welcome back present.
Speaking of unlikely suspects… how damn fantastic has the lil BabyFaced Cossack been playin since he came back to the big club? Enver freakin Lisin has proven to be a real force out there. We all know speed kills but ever since Boedker got here I have been wantin to see both he and Lisin on the ice together. Land speed records obviously mean nothing to these 2. Both seem to own the neutral everytime they decide to cross it and both are seriously dangerous once they gain the opposition’s zone. Lisin was a HUGE factor in the last couple of games, drawing penalties seemingly at will and handing out assists like Halloween candy. Enough of a force that Party on Garth has been reassigned to SA (who can really use some veteran presence to get them back on track after 15 losses) Good luck Murray, see you again soon.
Are we missing Olli Coyote? Well sure, but his absence gives some other players room to step and prove they belong. KT, Teeks, Lisin and Porter are all steppin into the void. Now we need Doaner and Rhino to really catch fire and we just might be able to pull of another good streak.
Poor Sakic… back injuries really suck. The Yeti Captain barely hit the ice before his back forced him to leave the game. The Lanche played really well, Ryan dammitt! Smyth tried to carry this game on sheer will and determination. Luckily Tellqvist had a little more of both and kept the AVs from riding Smyth’s example to at least a tie up in the dying moments. Smyttie blew Telly’s goose egg off the board with a whoole lotta time left in the 3rd period but the AVs could not solve the Wolf.
Surprise! DMo is back! The Demolition man announced his return with a naaasty wrister in the first 5 minutes of the game and then proceeded to guard Telly’s flank like a Rottie on PCP. Welcome back Derek, we missed you.
Ports seems to really like being back at center. And he can actually take a pretty good face off.He capitalized on a healthy rebound from his linemates early in the second to give us a breathing room lead 2 – 0. But then again what player wouldn’t enjoy centering Carcillo and Lisin? Between the aggression and speed, the path across the neutral becomes a hell of a lot less of a minfield and lets the smart lil center pick and choose his setups.
Talk about stepping up… DHL’s goal seems to have energized him to no end. OhHale is really taking his DHL nickname to heart as he delivered 3 big hits and 3 blocked shots along with a couple of sogs that he really got into like he knew what he was doin. Yeah he still had a couple of bad patches but not bad enough to make anyone cringe.
Jovo’s TOI is creeping back up. The JV got a lil more PP time, had 2 sogs and a nice hit. I figure this period where the kids are pickin up the slack and we are accumulating Ws may relax the big guy enough to start the goals flowin. If not, as long as he isn’t actively screwin up the game, I’ll take it. ( no pic of shame for the next GDT) Go Jovo!
My baby boy had a couple of rough patches but hell, playin nearly half a game in each of the last 3 has got to be taxing. So far the lil IronCzech is holding up well, adding another 5! blocks, 3 hits and a couple of sogs. Go Z GO! Sig is right behind Z on the TOI wagon blockin shots and takin ooponents outta the mix in his usual intimidating style.
We take out the Yeti’s 2 – 1 and looked good doin it. I kinda dig the new unis. The leaping fox/ferret/Coyote thingy isn’t that bad in person and the colors and style are pretty sweet. I’m gettin me one. I still want to hire NPY to teach the boys to face off. Wonder if a petition would do any good?
We face the fish next. On glove night. I’ll be manning a gate and handing out the lil souvenirs. I want a Pierre plushy night! See you all there I hope (especially you, Bobbo the radio show whiner). Complainin that we, in attendance, weren’t loud enough, weren’t ‘into’ the game enough. Well WE were there… YOU were at home sittin on yer keister. Become part of the solution mister add your voice so that the TV watchers can really hear the crowd.
PS I have not been a very good hostess lately… not including pics and links and whatev… so if you missed the great pappazzi shots from Teal from the last home stand, please go on over and check them out. She’s had some beauties.
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