InKennyWeTrust

Love hearing the announcers say "you've gotta have octopus." Heh.

Let him heal until he's needed. If we drop a game or two to start with, I wouldn't be surprised to see him come back but let him rest.

Oh dammit! Can this day get any worse?

Ok, now we're cooking

HOORAY FOR US.

Ericsson is vanishing tonight?

How much of a heathen around here will I be for being a Reds fan? Holy hell that was a great way to end the game!

The good news and bad news is that it doesn't get much worse than it did tonight. However, there's more good to be recovered here than bad. When you're face down, you can't get any lower. We've got guys who know what they're doing, guys like Lidstrom, Draper, and Z who've been there and handle pressure on a day in day our basis. There's guys like Cleary who know what's expected of them and know that they need to step up. This game was more of a message to those guys than to us. Yeah, it sucked seeing a shelling but it's going to suck even more going through the drills tomorrow. Don't be so down on this team. These guys know what they're doing, they've been playing this game their whole lives and they're on a team whose been winning this game for the past... god, 25 years. So our passes aren't as crisp as 1995- isn't that a good thing? We aren't trying as hard when it's unnecessary. We're going to be just fine.

I'm not trying to jump on you, but I really wonder if that's the case. Someone like Rick Nash who, while undeniably very talented and very big may never leave Columbus could be denied a cup while someone like Conklin, who has jumped around the league like a bad flea, has been a part of 3 outdoor games. While that's no Stanley Cup, will Columbus ever play an outdoor game? I would argue that it is harder for greedy good players to win a cup under the salary cap, but role players are more or less interchangeable. Any player making under $2M is expected to do very little and there are less surprises as GM's spend more and more money on players with only potential (Zherdev is a prime example.)

Does anyone else want to go in on a "Preemptive 'It Isn't So Bad' Thread?"

Yeah, Backes was a mistake. Eruzione and Craig were purely sentimental calls- I'm split on whether to do best US players or best US Olympians. No way anyone takes Eurizione sober over even Drury. I'da definitely taken Barrasso sober... but then again, it's Wednesday, so I'm back with Craigy again.

Hey... Tomorrow's opening day!

F*ck the Blues. Hockeytown001 is a BAMF.

I'm assuming they'd have to be on an Olympic roster to qualify... Parise-Modano(A)-Hull Amonte-Roenick-Kane Tkachuk-Weight-Guerin Eruzione©-LaFontaine-Backes Chelios(A)-Rafalski Hatcher-Leetch Schneider-G. Suter Miller Craig Stastney J. Johnson Brooks Flame away! This is the result of a bottle of Absolut, so I feel no shame. Edit- I'll include LaFontaine because, well, I have to. But really, I can't knock down Modano, the all-time US scorer or Roenick, and I love Tkachuk-Weight paired together... Guerin or Drury? I'll take Guerin, I suppose. Yeah, LaFontaine was really really good but... I dunno. I'm not getting that vibe.

Wonderful

Ohio U, it's one of the few sports we have to be proud of.

QFT. What the hell?! And the only goal comes on what may have been the weakest shot attempted in the game so far.

Ah, Bert...

Has Z been getting more penalties lately or is it just me?

BACKHANDER FROM 25 FEET! WE KNOW THE WEAKNESS!!!1!11!!!

We need to get some cocaine or something into that locker room at halftime...

I'm on it

Flip isn't having a terrible game, it seems like he's been controlling the puck well when given opportunities.

I want to make an Ericsson flow chart, I think there'd be much lulz.

GOBBLES!!!!!!! ...gobbles?!