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.
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'.