even though we didnt score, we easily managed to take the zone and held it for a long time. thats something we have not been able to do recently even with kovy. in fact, i think kovy was part of the problem as he frequently made some pretty sloppy passes in the offensive zone. now that our “pass to kovy regardless of your open lane” strategy is gone, we’ll definitely have a more dynamic powerplay.

Toby, Bogo, and Hainsey were also stepping up more offensively last night, which is great. And, we managed to outshoot Washington which is no small feat considering their explosive offense, the amount of powerplays they had, and that Ovy leads the league in shots by a wide margin. It was a very encouraging performance all around, I thought.

It’ll be nice that the new guys get to see a packed Thrasher’s arena tonight at their first home game. With the puck sale and chick-fil-a night, it should be over 16,000.

If the team made it out of DC? Hawks game in DC has been postponed and I don’t trust this group of numbnuts to let fans know in a timely fashion.

Expect the Kool Aid to be flowing and reality to be in short supply when it comes to questions about Cormier. Man, if DW and Dudley really and truly picture this guy as a 2nd line center, there is no hope for this team with talent evaluation that dubious. That’s the kind of wishful thinking that has put the franchise in the sorry state it’s in today.

I’m interested in any reports you might have about the town hall meeting.

This Town Hall should be about Don Waddell and how he has laid waste to this franchise over the last decade.

I would ask him if he thinks we have anything to celebrate after 10 years, perhaps we can get another 5 year plan out of him….

Do not distract him with an attempt to spin the biggest failure of his professional career(the inability to sign Ilya Kovlachuk) into sunshine. Keep the pressure on Don.

And if anyone tries to blame the owners, I would yell at them while they are still talking. Don is not the victim here, he is the root cause of the problem.

Am I still drunk or did I see above that the Thrahsers took 45 shots last night?

That’s usually a 2 game total, isn’t it?

Team just landed @ 6pm

Well at least the Panthers are going to be off their game day schedule.

Still waiting for Donny at the Town Hall…

Valabik out for the season with a torn ACL. To be confirmed on Monday.

Great movement, greating good looks down low, Enstrom picked up some of Ilya’s moves from the point.

Did anyone listen to the postgame call-in when Waddell sat in? I have never heard so much ass-kissing in my life; you’d have thought we had won the Cup, or at least on a 10-game winning streak…

One caller said that those dissatisfied with Waddell were a “small, vocal minority”. Were the people that actually showed up brain-dead zombies???

Anyone satisfied with Waddell would also be satisfied with the Braves’ performance during the past 5 years…

Excuse me, Thrasher fan, I just want to throw up at how toothless you are.