Tonight’s game will be an interesting one. Mittens and the undefeated (in the first 3 periods anyway) Wild are coming to town tonight. They have turned into Helsinki South with Mittens leading the way along with Koivu and Backstrom. Yay Finns! Just don’t play well tonight… please
Heika says that Stephan will be getting the start tonight. I think this is a good move, but I’m a bit surprised that Tippett would actually start Stephan before Marty. He seems too afraid to do anything besides look grouchy behind the bench and randomly change lines around. It’s vital that Stephan gets some experience playing behind these guys in case Marty gets hurt or keeps playing badly. Maybe it was Moog’s influence at practice that got Stephan the start?
Otter should be back tonight. At least I hope so because if he’s not, we won’t have enough forwards and defensemen to dress for a full lineup. He did skate on a normal line at practice yesterday, so that’s a good sign that he’ll be back tonight. I hope Otter gets back to feeling great soon because we could really use his energy/pep/irritainment out on the ice.
Does Brad Richards still play for us? He’s never mentioned in the pregame show, never seems to do a whole lot on the ice.. I just looked, and he has 6 points but I can’t remember where any of those came from. Must be assists from the night Brunnstrom got his hat trick. Anyway, Richards has been pretty quiet so far this season. It’d be great to see our $8 million dollar man get into the action tonight. That’s why he’s my pick to score tonight… I have to remind myself that he’s on the team.
Tippett has pulled one of his favorite coaching “moves” again. Brunnstrom is leading the team in goals, so he’s rewarded for that by being placed on the 4th line. Tippett did the same thing to Hagman at the beginning of last season, and I have yet to find a good reason for him doing something like that.
Let’s hope the Stars can pull out a victory tonight. Maybe they will be motivated to play a little better out in front of Stephan since they let him down terribly the last time he got the start in goal.
Amy
I think Richards read your post and said, I guess I better pick up my game before the Sign Girls forget who I am.
Let’s hope so! I’m just glad that someone I picked actually scored for once
I wish the Stars would decide how they want to play and get some consistency. The game was great tonight, but I’m already worried about which team will show up on Friday.
Amy
“The game was great tonight, but I’m already worried about which team will show up on Friday.”
I thought this about 1/2 way through the game last night. But WOW, that was an awsome game. AND against a REALLY good team.
I see a glimmer of hope.
I see a glimmer of hope.
I do too. Sadly, I saw one after the Rangers game and it was followed by the worst game in recent history
Amy
They HAVE to turn it around sometime. They’ve beaten 2 unbeaten teams. It’s like there’s 2 different teams.
This game and the Rangers game, showed us what they can look like. Hopefully they’ll get it straightend out. When they’re doing well, they look SO good.
I’m still hopeing…
I’m hoping too… I told my dad last night that the Stars either look like they could win the Cup or look like they won’t even make the playoffs.
I hope they decide to start playing Cup-winning hockey every night.
Amy
I see a glimmer of hope.
I do too. Sadly, I saw one after the Rangers game and it was followed by the worst game in recent history.
Yeah, but now we have Otter to help us follow through. ;D
Wahoo, Kristine scores major points with Myra and Life! I do think Ott is a great sparkplug for the team.
I felt this game had a completely different chemistry than the previous ones. Even than the win over the Rangers. We shall see tomorrow, but I feel we have turned a corner.
Otter really does mean a LOT to this team…It’s really sad that he doesn’t get more credit for it! I <3 Otter
Sarah
Ok, so maybe I was wrong about that turned corner….
Ok, so maybe I was wrong about that turned corner….
I hate to agree with you on this… but yeah
Amy