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Saturday, February 17, 2007
Taking on the Sens
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Arrived in Ottawa last night after a long layover in Detroit (a city that I think is disappointed that Forsberg didn’t end up there). First, I’d like to thank Northwest for losing my luggage — oh yeah, and for making me check it in the first place. I’m sure my one outfit couldn’t fit in the overhead compartment. I knew the moment they took it away from me, I’d never see it again. Okay, now that I have that off my chest, we can focus on what’s really important - a string of games as big as any in the history of the franchise. Today it’s Ottawa, a team exactly tied with the Thrashers in the conference, then it goes - Carolina - Tampa - Carolina.
I think you all would forgive them for that miserable west coast trip if they pulled off three wins in the next four - right? It’s going to come down to Kari Lehtonen, who needs to steal one of these while the team figures out its special teams issues. They need him to get back to the level he was playing earlier this year in order to hold of Tampa and Carolina.
If you haven’t read Jeff Schultz’s column in today’s paper — go find it and read it. Much better than anything in this blog entry, that’s for sure. Schultz nailed it — it was critical but fair. I asked Hartley what he thought of it, and he didn’t have a problem with it. There was a lot of truth in there.
Quick injury update: We won’t be seeing Boulton, and today I’ll spare you the description I got of his ailment. Rucchin is still “foggy.” He had been hoping to be back on the ice by now, but is being careful with his head injury.
