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Saturday, March 3, 2007
Thank God for the new guys
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sorry, it took me a while to get this post up. As you can imagine, quite a busy night at the AJC with all the hoops, hockey and such, not to mention buses flying through the air and Barbie Bandits, etc … A weird mix of news, to say the least.
I was listening to the radio broadcast tonight online (Nice TV programming, with four of five not televised in the middle of the playoff push.) In fact, I didn’t even have the radio on until the second period. My first indication that something was going wrong was when my buddy Dolie IM’d me with, ‘F*in Heatley.’ … A few minutes later, I wrote the same thing back to him.
Team certainly appeared flat and dead in the water after two. But Eric Belanger, bless his heart, got us going. Slava finally decided to score one with players on the ice. And then, my new favorite name to say, Pascal Dupuis, ices it. I seem to recall somebody saying this guy was good for a big goal or two.
Third period sounded completely different from the second in terms of the Thrashers being in the flow of the game, perhaps some of you who saw the game can confirm or deny that.
And can somebody please remind Ilya that we need more than one goal every eight games if we’re going to make a serious run here. He’s got me really concerned about his clutch factor heading into the playoffs. He has not taken over a game in weeks, maybe months. He hasn’t had a multi-point game since Jan. 30, and he hasn’t had three points in a game since Dec. 21. In fact, he’s had only four three-point-plus games all season. Not a good resume for ‘the league’s most exciting player.’
And Nic Havelid seemed real shaky again.
And I turn the floor over to you guys.
