Bonsignore Citizens Brigade: Oilers @ Ducks

Stop it, stop it! He's already dead!

So I'm hoping my Wednesday turns out a bit better than my Monday and Tuesday. And I know it will. Because I'm going to be putting myself into a meat coma tonight while I shovel my body's weight worth of wings down my gullet as I try to distract myself from another Oilers loss.

What to say about tonights game. Well, Ryan Getzlaf is hurt, which is good news I guess for the Oilers, but horrible, horrible news for Canadians as a whole. I read something earlier that said he's day to day and should be good to go for the Olympics. And god I fucking hope that's true. Getzlaf is a beast and losing him would be a pretty big blow to Team Canada. Although I guess the good thing to come from this if he does have to miss the Big Show is that Steve Stamkos can make the team and Mike Brophy, Don Cherry, and every other Canadian sports media personality can finally shut the fuck up about what a travesty it is that Stamkos got passed over. Stamkos is pretty wicked but I'd MUCH rather have Getzlaf on my team if I was selecting Team Canada.

Is anyone else starting to get stupidly excited for Olympic hockey? Maybe it's because the entire city of Vancouver is in full fucking Olympic mode right now, and the Oilers packed up their season in November, but I cannot WAIT for that tournament to get underway. I'm going to try my best to skulk around GM Place and the Olympic village to see if I can meet anyone cool. My buddy met Jeremy Roenick on Monday so my optimism is at an all time high. Have I ever mentioned I love living in downtown Vancouver?
I don't think this is going to be a runaway success for the Canadians. In fact I think it may be the tightest tournament any of us have ever seen. Canada is fortunate to be in a pretty lackluster pool, with the Americans the only real test, although the Swiss could come out of nowhere to fuck everyone in the face, but I'm not too concerned. If anyone has any kind of connections and wants to be the greatest person ever and hook me up with a ticket or 2 to any of the Canada games I'd be so grateful I'd start performing oral sex on you right in the middle of an "Olympic Lane", guy or girl.

Anyway back to hockey that has no meaning. The Oilers are on the verge of losing 11 straight road games while the Ducks are looking for their 11th straight win at the Honda Center. Needless to say it's going to be a battle of the titans tonight. To tell you the honest truth I'm having a hard time remembering exactly what's gone on in Oil Country the last couple days. I know Ganger is hurt, Penner is still scoring, albeit at an incredibly slow pace as compared to the first 30 games, and there's a revolving door to and from the press box, so really, even if I was paying tons of attention I'd probably have a hard time figuring out who is playing and who is sitting on any given day. Pretty much everyone has been playing shitty, so I guess it's those that go the extra mile to be even shittier than the rest of the pack are the ones that get sat for a game or two.

I'm really liking Gilbert Brule lately. He plays hard. He wins battles along the boards. He hits anything in front of him even in spite of his miniature stature. And he can put points on the board. My only gripe is that he hasn't quite learned the difference between playing on the edge, and being cheap. I love his tenacity and fight but he's thrown more than his share of borderline hits and if he doesn't get a handle on this he's going to be forced to stand in front of Colin Campbell's forever spinning wheel sooner than later. And that would not be good for the Oilers or their down-on-their-luck fans.

Mike Comrie is also looking like his old self lately, and he's one of the only guys playing with any fire. I guess that's what happens when you miss half of the season. You get fired up to be back in the line up. If only his attitude was as contagious as the swine flu that ravaged this team earlier in the season. Maybe we'd only be losing games by a goal instead of 5. Who knows. I do know that Comrie is out there battling every shift and if Tambo (or whoever is GM next season) doesn't resign him then I'll completely lose all faith in this franchise. He's a guy that was unceremoniously shown the door, only to bury the hatchet a few years later, and now it looks like he legitimately wants to be an Edmonton Oiler. It's a pretty easy call if you ask me. But then again I'm not making tons of money to fuck up a professional hockey team, so what do I know.

I hope this game is, at the very least, exciting to watch. I know that's a lot to ask, especially with this rag-tag fucking crew, and we always say that exact same thing before every game, but it's the only thing I want out of Oiler games now. Don't win too many more games, just make the losses fucking exciting. Please!

jeanshorts prediction: Ducks 6 - Oilers 1.

TylerSeguin

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-jeanshorts