Tonight, Tonight: Wherein We Buzz the Maple Trees and Blast the Leafs Off

Operation Kessel Shutdown; no offence to the guy, got to respect a fellow Wisconsinite, but he's wearing the wrong colours.  For those interested in sweeping, exaggerated narratives, it's the prairie boys versus the city boys, where the good, hard-working hockey players cut from the common clay face the soulless, weak-willed boobs of the squeaky-clean Toronto streets.  Don't step in our way, we are a team of destiny...now if only we can figure out what the destiny is.

Plus, a jet would fuckin' burn a leaf any day of the week.

Jets

Forwards

#16 Andrew Ladd -- #18 Bryan Little -- #26 Blake Wheeler

#8 Alexander Burmistrov -- #80 Nik Antropov -- #13 Kyle Wellwood

#9 Evander Kane -- #55 Mark Scheifele -- #25 Brett MacLean

#15 Tanner Glass -- #19 Jim Slater -- #22 Chris Thorburn

Defencemen

#39 Tobias Enstrom -- #33 Dustin Byfuglien

#5 Mark Stuart -- #4 Zach Bogosian

#29 Johnny Oduya -- #7 Derek Meech

Goaltender

#31 Ondrej Pavelec

Notes: No Hainsey tonight; upper-body boo-boo.  No idea currently where Kaner goes, as the Burmi-Antro-Wellwood line did so well last game.

Leaves Fall This Time of Year

Forwards

#19 Joffrey Lupul -- #42 Tyler Bozak -- #81 Phil Kessel

#16 Clarke MacArthur -- #84 Mikhail Grabovski -- #41 Nikolai Kulemin

#39 Matt Frattin -- #15 Matthew Lombardi -- #9 Colby Armstrong

#18 Mike Brown -- #20 David Steckel -- #11 Philippe Dupuis

Defencemen

#3 Dion Phaneuf -- #36 Carl Gunnarsson

#2 Luke Schenn -- #24 John-Michael Liles

#8 Mike Komisarek -- #4 Cody Franson

Goaltender

#34 James Reimer

New Player Nickname: Little Bryan Man

What to Do if You're Going to the Game: Replace every noun that starts with a "d" by just saying "d" (example: for "dogs," "I could go for a couple of hot d's right now").

Prediction: James Reimer proves no match for the unstoppable Tim Stapleton.  Jets 3 to 2.

No game thread tonight (at least not from me)...men's roller derby practice.  I will be hip-checkin'.