As I sit here on a day off (I'm thankful for being a county employee!) with no hockey until tomorrow, and with the Blues having played a little better the past few days, I figured now would be as good of time as any to reflect on what we, as Blues fans, are thankful for. Add to the list in the comments - I'm pretty sure that we can get the list to be fairly long - we're fortunate to be fans of a team that give us something - anything - to be thankful for.
- We're not the Islanders/Devils/Oilers - we've been there and done that, thank God. All out of our systems - right?
- We grabbed one of the good AHL turned NHL coaches, even if he is more preoccupied with when the teams' W2 forms are coming out.
- That it was only members of our solid defensive corps that were hurt. I mean, imagine if our top point producer got knocked out for three months with a broken ankle or something weird like that? And if our other top offensive player "faked a concussion" for a month? How awful would that be? Oh.
- Having an actual goaltender who doesn't allow soft goals - or at least ones that he doesn't score on himself.
- Having a 8-0-1 home record so far this season. Whooda thunk it, considering how putrid they were at Drinkscotch last season?
- The guys all being over 18 - I'm sure there are some puck cougars breathing a sigh of relief somewhere.
- The fact that our snazzy third jerseys have sparked a trend (see: the Wild(s), the Panthers', and soon to be the Blue Jackets')
- That any overblown expectations from last season are gone and not all up in our guys' heads.
- Brad Boyes has finally figured out what that gaping net at the other end of the ice is.
- Eric Brewer's letting us use our happy/badass Bender .gifs again.
- Sir Jax and his awesome "pfffft - dumbass" stare might be coming back tomorrow night.