The team that made us proud in Sweden and silenced Joe Louis Arena East. I think they’re about one solid nights sleep away from returning to full form…at least I really, really hope so.

I had just stepped off when I heard a woman scream and truned around to see people just flying off the thing left and right…..Im an EMT so I jumped at the pile and started moving people out of the way……

It kind of made me realize then that the game didnt matter as much…….I could have been on that thing……

I don’t know if they figured they could just come out and cruise b/c it was the Thrashers, or they were tired, or what the deal was, but there is no way that we should have lost that game if we would have played like we did in Sweden.

I’m not knocking the Thrashers offense and defense (still weird to say that, since they haven’t had one… um… ever) one bit. I was pleased with the speed and the grit I saw out of them, and it makes me hopeful for their season.

But Pavelec practically gift wrapped that game for us with a bow on top, and we told him to take back his ugly sweater and shove it. There is absolutely no reason why we couldn’t knock in any of the 100 rebounds that he let up. I don’t care if you’re sleepwalking, when the opposing goalie gives up that many, a few go in.

Pavs got lucky tonight, but that isn’t going to continue. The Blues aren’t going to face a goalie every night who has no clue what he is doing. Why they didn’t take advantage of that is beyond me, but I’m disappointed.

It’s ok, though. Saturday we take care of Phoenix, and Atlanta will take care of the Sens, and all will be right in my world because I’m not confusing pronouns and respecting the opposition and so on and so forth. Between all of that and that awful Cards game, I think my head’s going to fall off.

Walt showed up tonight.

a Richard Pryor joke. He was describing about how he fell into a pool, and his kids were telling him to kick his legs. He said," I was kicking my legs, swinging my arms like crazy and the only thing I was doing was splashing a lot of water out of the pool."

Steen hustles, he stick handles, he’s got good speed and he’s not that easy to knock off the puck—for no result.

The only game I’ll most likely get to go to this season and I see slop. Mason looked pretty shakey. Berglund looked pretty lackadasical. Tkachuk was the best player ont he ice—jesus. Backes missed a golden chance. McDonald played hard and created chances. Oshie was good. Perron was so so. Steen looked good but needed some help. McClement didn’t look as good. Something fishy was up for St. Louis fans as they lose a trifecta they should have won tonight.

so that whole jet lag thing? Yeah . . . not really worth too much. To me, anyway.

From what I saw it was a discombobulated mess of shit. But it TOTALLY could have been worse . . . actual shit could have been raining down during the game. Instead, it was water . . . and there was a roof.

Hopefully the Cardinals haven’t made me commit suicide before Saturday’s game. Might actually be a good one of the home side shows up.

Somebody had mentioned being annoyed at not being able to get to his seat after the first intermission because people were standing in the way, staring at the TV’s in the party rooms with the end of Cardinal’s game being shown on them. Two women sitting behind us wouldn’t shut up about the stupid baseball game for the whole of the first period and most of the second.

Although Atlanta did a good job of taking the fans out of the game, the Blue’s did little to bring the fans back into the game.

Not that Atlanta needed the help, but I noticed and even more dreadful silence fall over the crowd after the final score of the baseball game was reported throughout the “Drink Scotch Center” by fans watching on televisions, listening to it on the radio, or getting game updates on their phones. Sure, it was a playoff baseball game, but it was also the home opener for the hockey team. All the more reason for the baseball “reh-tards” to stay home from the hockey game if what they really wanted to focus on was the baseball game. So, in addition to Sweden and jet-lag, I also blame the fans for allowing the Cardinal loss to deflate them even more than the score of the current hockey game already had. Oh and blame the Cardinals for blowing a game they should have won, too.

But I’ve been left disappointed so far. :(

Not to give the Blue permission to have jet lag, but I’ve made that trip before. Its not just the time difference but the day difference. There is just something about the sun setting at 3pm that makes you think its bedtime. Well, the team sure took a nap last night. Even as a newbie fan I could see they were just not keeping up with the game.