Quite The Situation - Nashville at New Jersey: W 3-1

I don't know about you but every time they said New Jersey, this is all I could hear them saying:

Things I love:

Colin Wilson making Martin Brodeur work hard for the money. Wilson consistently did what he could to work Brodeur's last nerve in net. If only he could have scored.

The penalty killers, killing me with their goodness.  I sincerely hope they keep it up.

The sudden success at the face-off dot. Taking the bulk of the face-offs for the team, Jerred Smithson had pretty decent percentage, with 69% on the night. He seems to have finally hit his stride for the season.

JP Dumont has seemingly not aged since Juniors, according to the picture @NHLPredsInsider tweeted, showing him and Steve Begin from their days with Val d'Or.

Anders Lindback. Enough said.

Another win is always good too, right? Streak away, boys. Streak away.

12/08/10 - Nashville at Detroit: W 3-2

It's Detroit. I couldn't NOT talk about Detroit...especially when I found a little time to sneak in some game-watching while still getting some work done.

First period:

The Predators were surprisingly offensive in the first period. And by surprisingly, I mean, WHO IS THIS TEAM AND WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE TEAM I'M USED TO SEEING?! Pretty much every shift was working the puck and making the Red Wings look very un-Red Wing-like. The sequence that led up to the late goal by my boy, Colin Wilson, was especially fantastic. If there was a way to give an honorary goal on that play, Cal O'Reilly would be the bearer of that honor. If every period of Predators hockey was as good as the first twenty minutes of this game, I wouldn't get so frustrated all the time. 

Second period:

Who knew Kevin Klein could play goalie too?! All those Kevin Klein haters probably had to take a little chill pill after seeing how he helped Anders Lindback out of a potential goal-against scenario. Speaking of, Anders seems to have trouble with puck control on the back end. I hope Mitch Korn helps him fix that soon. David Legwand leaving the game and not returning does not bode well in the grand scheme of things either. As others have pointed out, he seems to be the player that this team needs to hold themselves together.

Third period:

What a goal for JEAN PIERRE! And all the Dumont naysayers were suddenly very glad that Coach Trotz chose to scratch Jordin Tootoo in favor of JP tonight. After Detroit was able to pull within one again, with just 1:33 remaining, I had to hold my breath and hope that this game wasn't going to end the way so many other road games have so far this season. Every man on the ice for the Predators in the last minute and a half of play was working as hard as possible to defend their net. That gritty play paid off. The boys get a much deserved win in the Motor City and get to come home to fans appreciative of their efforts against a divisional rival.

Let's keep it up, boys!

Your Morning Jed: Anders Shops, Calls in Hornqvist for Reinforcements

This is ridiculous/adorable. Why did it take me so long to see this?!



Patric Hornqvist: always ready with the assist.

Thoughts and things

So I'm sitting here watching the Predators play at Columbus while also thinking back to last night's game against Phoenix. There are a lot of things I could be saying about the strength of Nashville's game last night. There are probably a lot of things I could be saying about the game I am watching right now (i.e. COLIN WILSON!). BUT with so much crazy going on in my life right now, my brain is at max capacity, with less and less room for hockey. So, what does this mean? Well, basically it just means that I'm not going to push myself to get a blog up for every game anymore. I've already been posting on a less frequent basis this season and now I realize it will have to be even more infrequent. This decision truly pains me because writing is my biggest creative outlet. I love getting my thoughts out there and seeing other people join in on the discussion. However, with bigger responsibilities on my plate, this blog is what will suffer for a while. 

How long will this sporadic posting last?! I have absolutely no idea. I will still love my boys and hockey, in general. That, for sure, isn't changing. I guess I'll just have less of an online hockey presence for a few months. I'm not completely going away but it will be more like me, just popping in and out, when I find those (rare) spare moments to get my thoughts out about the team I love the most.

Happy hockey watching, you guys!

Also, I know I never crowned my last "Show Me Your Stache" winner for Movember. I will do my best to get that post out before this week is over.