Almost forgot–for all of you scoreboard watchers out there, set your voodoo dolls as follows:
New Jersey over Phoenix
New York Rangers over Nashville
San Jose over St. Louis
Carolina over Dallas
Colorado over Minnesota
Atlanta over Edmonton
And, of course, the CBJ over Pittsburgh! A win tonight gives us 76 points with 14 games left, which means that .500 hockey gets us to 90 points.
Go Jackets!!
A native of the SF Bay Area, my first exposure to hockey was the SF/Oakland/California Golden Seals, including Charlie Finley and the white skates. Fast forward to the late 1980's when Gretzky and the Kings came up to the Bay Area for an exhibition game at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, for which we had glass seats. I was at the first San Jose Sharks game in the Cow Palace, and followed them for their first few pathetic years, before moving to Columbus in 1994. I attended the first pro-NHL rally downtown, and have been a season ticket holder since Day 1, wife & I are active in the Jacket Backers, and son is an avid fan as well. I cover the Jackets for Inside Hockey, and contribute regularly to a variety of hockey sites. I maintain contact with the Jackets organization, and like to dig into stories, bringing a fresh, and sometimes irreverent perspective to hockey.
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Comment by roadman on 12 March 2009:
Saw a comment posted over on The Hockey News article on the CBJ. The poster eloquently answered a particularly ignorant post by one “24 cups”. The poster was JAL, which I would have to assume was you. WELL DONE! I have noticed several additional fans jumping in and adding to your sentiments, including one Danny Gare, CBJ well represented. I also posted but it didn’t make it since it was pretty much a repeat of yours and just before yours showed up.
Comment by JAL on 13 March 2009:
Yep, that was me. I usually ignore a lot of the crap I see over there, but I couldn’t let this one stand. My heavens. . .
Heart is still recovering from tonight’s game. What a ride!!!