Epic battle begins today.The Blues have been no slouch lately. Despite sliding a bit behind us in the race for 8th, the Blues are holding steady… pacing themselves right behind us at a respectable 66 points and #12 position.Although we are 7 of 8 against these guys this season (including preseason) don’t make the mistake of thinking this will be an easy 2 points. Boyes, Kariya and AndyMac are racking up points and Legace (although shaky in his last outing and having his traditional Coyote woes) is no slouch between the pipes. The Blues are getting some interesting secondary scoring from Perron, Walker, Stempniak and Jackman. They have lost the last 2 contest on this road trip to the Ducks and Kings and much like us, seem to do well against the big opponents and squeak a point or lose to the teams they should beat with authority.
We have been flat and not desperate enough, early enough. I don’t know how many ways or times I can say: Desperation! Fullout 60 minutes of hockey! Forecheck, forecheck, forecheck! Scoring committee! (not just 2 – 3 guys getting multiple points, although anyone wishing to see my ugly Bud light hat on the ice, feel free to score the hattie and I will oblige them). Shut down the freakin neutral zone and help Yandle out when he’s being hurried on his side of the blue line.
Wayne, I implore you, put the lines back together. You created a fatanstic chemical balance that got us this far. Please stop frickin with it. It’s soooo NOT pretty when you resort to juggling. (although I realize that the juggling is the direct result of the shooters not producing, I am willing to have patience and I hope TGO is too, shake ups rarely work for us, chemistry, trust and familiarity has been our secret weapon all season.)
Wake up snipers! Its time to put the hard hats on and take care of business from here on out. This is the stretch guys…in case you didn’t notice. Men become boys or learn to play golf w/ the old men early. So put away the PS3s and get your tookis’ in gear my babies. It’s clobberin time! Shell early, shell often and let’s get our eyes back on the prize please.Go Dawgs! Go get us 2 points!onyxstarr@coyoteshipcheck.com