12/02/09 - Nashville at Minnesota: L 4-5 OT

Well, after Monday night's lackluster performance, I knew anything was possible. It took us a little while to show up but I think we found a groove after a bit. Would I have liked to see us win the game? In the words of Jordin Tootoo, Dan Ellis, et al. "Oh, absolutely.". Am I happy we walked away with one point? In the words of Joel Ward, "Oh, for sure.". Could we have played a better game overall? In my own words, "Yes, yes we could have.". BUT, at least I saw better hockey last night. And I like the attitude the guys have about taking this short road trip to refocus their priorities back to hockey. Not that they aren't always thinking about hockey but as Jerred Smithson was quoted yesterday morning, "Nothing beats playing home games but it’s nice to get out on the road and just worry about hockey, no distractions."

A few observations:

I never would have expected the score to be 2-3 at the end of the 1st after the game on Monday. We had some good pressure from all lines.

Anyone else surprised that we were able to score because of a mistake made by Marek Zidlicky? Anyone? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Ummm, the Boogaard-Belak fight was not nearly as entertaining as it should have been. Wade, you're slipping.

And.........Zidlicky was the reason Arnott was able to score his second of the night. Does anyone miss him on our team? Anyone? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Trotz, why are you messing with my lines? Stop it now.

Pekka has come too far out of the net far too often here lately. This is half the reason Minnesota won the game.

Holy crap, Steve Sullivan had an awesome night. 4 points?! Wow...

Come to think of it, Jason Arnott had a pretty great night himself.


The Predators take on the Blackhawks in Chicago Friday night. Now that Marian Hossa is back in their lineup, I don't anticipate the games to get any easier. Tomorrow night should be interesting.