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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Blue hair in Blueland
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The big news at practice today? Kari Lehtonen and Andy Sutton’s new hair. Forget the playoff beard, Sutton and Lehtonen decided to go with bright blue hair. So I guess this officially marks the start of the playoffs. Sutton went with the all-blue look while Lehtonen opted to dye part of it bleach white then the middle blue. If I was smart I would have grabbed some pictures with my camera phone - but I’m not. I think it’s time I start carrying a digital camera around for the blog.
Lehtonen said he wasn’t happy with the dye-job and will probably redo it for Thursday’s game. He didn’t like the transition turquoise color between the white and the blue. So here’s today’s scoop for you — look for Lehtonen to go all-blue for Thursday.
Alright, enough about that. The New York media continues to pick the Rangers to win. Sherry Ross, who does a great job for the New York Daily News, picks the Rangers in six. Larry Books says Rangers in seven.
But I found someone who likes the Thrashers to not only beat the Rangers, but to advance to the Conference finals. None other than Darren Eliot. In his SI.com playoff prediction column, he has the Thrashers beating the Rangers and Devils before bowing out against the Sabres. Forget for a second that Darren is on the Atlanta Spirit’s payroll - this guy knows his stuff and his credibility is more important than appeasing the home team. He’s been critical of the team in the past, so there’s no reason to doubt his sincerity with this pick.
Chatted with a few guys about playing against Sean Avery, the league’s biggest pest. Avery makes Jon Sim seem like a choir boy. Obviously the Rangers have bigger guns like Jagr and Shanahan, but that Avery trade was huge for the Rangers. How this team responds to Avery — more specifically how they don’t respond to him could be a huge key to this series.
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