Rooting Guide For Tonight
By: Jeff Little • February 11th, 2009
As a public service to my loyal readership (both of you) 
, I offer the following NHL Viewing and Rooting Guide for tonight, since your CBJ are not in action.
Please utilize all means necessary (beads, voodoo dolls, simple prayer, etc.) to root tonight for the following results:
Phoenix over Dallas
Calgary over Anaheim
Colorado over Minnesota
Montreal over Edmonton
This ends today’s public service announcement. Thank you for your cooperation.
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 TimK on 11 February 2009:
A nice public service announcement! This is witty!
I bet these days all CBJ fans (for that mattere, all the fans of 5th-15th place teams) must be doing the same thing when they see the scheduled games of the day in the morning — “Hmm, who should lose tonight?”
Comment by roadman on 11 February 2009:
Voodoo !!!
Did NOT wager on Jackets here. Never when they are the favorite. Jinx you know.
Do you think Dubie will play this weekend? May Sat @ Car?
Comment by soultrain on 11 February 2009:
And the best part is your a phenoix fan tonight and tomorrow night you then root against them. Because lets be honest, who stops with only tonights schedule, you have to think a few days out because one 3 other teams have to make the playoffs as well. It only took 9 years but this is finally what it feels like to be in the middle of a real playoff race.
Comment by JAL on 11 February 2009:
soultrain — you are right about looking ahead, but you can drive yourself crazy over this stuff. Rooting for other teams to tank is an insurance policy. For me, there are a couple of simple truths:
1. We have 57 points now, 28 games left, and 90 looks like it will lock a playoff spot, and possibly 88.
2. If we go 2 games over .500, i.e. get 16 wins, and make 1 loss an OTL, we are at 90.
3. My favorite is still the 60% rule. Win 6 out of 10 games for the 35 games after the All Star Break, and you end up with a minimum of 91 points (based upon the 49 we had at the break). Right now, we are 4 – 3 for our first 7 after the break, so need to win 2 of the next 3 to be on pace.
Still never hurts to be a fan for the other games. Insurance is a good thing . . .
Comment by loach on 12 February 2009:
I think it is probably better to cheer for Dallas tonight over Phoenix, and then cheer for Phoenix to beat Vancouver tomorrow. I think Dallas has put it in overdrive, so I’m starting to think they are going lock up 5th, and it’s 6 thru 8 that are up for grabs. Regardless, I will cheer for whoever is up in the third – no 3 point games!