AJC > Sports Thrashers > Blog > Archives > 2007 > April > 03
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
No clinching tomorrow
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, friends, Tampa Bay is making a race of it, winning Tuesday night against Carolina. Had they lost, Thrashers could have been playing for a banner Wednesday night against Washington.
Looks like this one will come down to the last game of the season.
And I don’t think you’d want it any other way at this point. We’re in the playoffs, and that was the No. 1 goal. Winning the division would be huge and we want it, and now the last game of the season looks to be something of a dogfight. And that’s just what you want going into the playoffs. It’ll be good for the boys to be playing with an edge right to the end.
But I’ll tell ya, that ‘Atlanta-x’ looks awfully nice in the standings, doesn’t it? Think I’ll clip it out of the paper and put it on my computer, inbetween the pictures of Ilya and Goldie Goldthorpe.
The real question is: When are you guys starting your beards? I haven’t shaved in about a week, but I don’t think this is the official playoff beard yet. I need to pick a strategic day, maybe shaving minutes after the game on Sunday … or maybe the day before the playoff opener. The Ice Kid hates it when I’m stubbly, always insisting I shave before she’ll give me kisses. But it’s a bluff, she’ll give me kisses anyway.
But I worry about our guys. We have a lot of baby faces on this team. I can’t picture Ilya looking like Erik Cole a few seasons ago. Exelby has been working on his facial hair all season, but his little moustache makes him look like Adam Morrison’s little brother.
Dupuis and Belanger look like they could get a serious beard going, as could Mellanby (gray, of course). ….
Let’s just hope they’re around long enough to see.
