
Umm wasn't Dakin supposed to grace our eye's with a post yesterday? What the hell happened? We're not mad at you, just disappointed. Anyway enough with all this Dakin talk, it's game time bitches!
Red hot Anze Kopitar leads his not so hot as of late Kings into Rexall tonight, and thankfully for all of us Captain Canada is still on the shelf with a bummed leg or something. I say thankfully because you all know he's due to come back here and beat his old record for fastest hat trick any day now. That only leaves Matt Greene and Jarrett Stoll to come in and doll out a little "you probably shouldn't have traded me" justice. The Kings have lost 2 in a row and according to NHL.com are ready to hit the panic button. Come on Kings, really? Try winning 2 games out of 13 and them come talk to me about this "panic button". You've got a solid line up all the way through, Kopitar is firing on all cylinders, Doughty is scary good and you've got decent goaltending as far as I know. Try winning a few games with half the Springfield Falcons in your line up would ya!
The Oilers finally won a game on Monday, and aside from the shit kicking by Chicago have won their last 2 of 3 at home, so I've been lint rolling the Stanley Cup carpet just in case they decide to finally string together 2 wins in a row! Seriously though it was great to get a win, but it wasn't the greatest effort we've seen so far. Two goals in 7 seconds and 3 in the first period was amazing, but the rest of the game was more of the same we've seen all year. Getting shelled with shots and having the goalie bail us out. Like I said I'll take the win, it was nice to see JDD post up a goose egg, but they can't let the foot off the gas like they did if they expect to win games against, you know, good teams. I don't care what Tyson Nash has to say, the Coyotes aren't that good. They are alright and have a lot of young talent but they are still a few years away from being a legit contender. Fuck you Tyson Nash. Go back to Japan.
JDD is getting another start tonight as old man Bulin ices his tweaked back, and according to Gregor Pat Quinn is leaving the lines the same as last game. Which is crazy because so far this season the MacBlender® has had nothing on the MagicQuinn®. Dubynk's still taking shots in warm up, but I would really like to see him get a chance between the pipes during one of the back to backs this weekend. He's not waiver exempt next year or whatever, so unless someone gets traded at the deadline this year we're going to have another goalie clusterfuck to sort out. I'd really like to see which one of the young guys has the edge. JDD has looked alright so far but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Dubynk was ready to challenge him A La Rolli Vs Garon a couple years ago. Maybe if all my dreams can come true both goalies will look rock solid, and we can ditch Khabby off on someone. Not that I don't like Khabby, but I'm all for the youth movement. And besides that will free up some space to sign Kovalchuk in the summer right? RIGHT???
jeanshorts prediction: Oilers 6 - Kings 2. Doughty with both Kings goals cause I like that kid a lot.
GOILERS!
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-jeanshorts
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