Woohoo! Steph took me to visit Joe Sakic Way today! It was actually pretty exciting for me to go and see the road, as weird as it may sound. I didn't want to lug around my (dad's) big digicam, but luckily Steph brought hers, so she took some pictures for me. Actually, I'm breaking another one of my cardinal internet rules and am posting a link to my Joe Sakic Way photo album here--it actually has pictures where you can see my face! *gasp* So yes, now people can stalk me if they so choose. =P Shyeah right, like anyone would bother.
Anyway, here's the link: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288178439. Unfortunately you have to make an ImageStation account in order to even view the pictures, but it's free, and you might want to post your own pictures there someday, so why not?
I won't be able to upload my own pics from the Oilers game until I get home, since Steph's camera uses a different memory card and I didn't bring anything to upload the pics with. My pics aren't that good however. When I do make the album, I might "borrow" Steph's pictures from the fight, since she was in the center and was able to take some pretty good shots of the action. My camera has a pretty good zoom, so I probably would've been able to get some photos even though I was close to the other end, but I was too lazy. =P
Let's see, it's really late, so I'm going to save commenting on the second Avs vs Canucks for later. All I'll say now is that it was an exciting game to watch, even though my Avs lost, and I can't wait until Friday's game! It's going to be intense!!!
This week's Forecheck Four is also going to have to wait until I'm less tired. Besides, I looked at the questions, and I don't know if I have enough insight to answer the questions decently without serious though anyway. ^^;; I really suck at answering the questions that aren't based on personal something--personal experiences, personal opinions like dislikes or likes, etc.
Last thing, KABERLE IS BACK!!!! Yay! I'm so happy! ^_______^
I tell you, Salo does this to spite me, everytime! I really wanted to be able to heckle Salo last night, but he actually made saves!! Boo!! Yes, I realize that he's an NHL goalie and therefore is expected to make some saves on occasion, but really, I didn't expect him to be able to make any important ones, much less to help the Oilers win the game!! >_< Ah well, at least I WAS able to do the "SAAAAAA-LOOOO" heckling chant a couple of times. That really was the highlight of the game for me.
What else? Well, I learned that I really SUCK at sports photography. @_@ I got a couple of good goalie shots, but that was because they were standing still at the time! =P Most of my pictures were from the pre-game warm-up, because I wanted to pay attention to the game rather than trying to take photos. And face-off photos too, because they stayed still for those! =P Oh well. Hopefully I'll have enough experience to take some good shots at the Colorado game.
When I get home maybe I'll post them to my RHF main site. Actually, I think I need to totally revamp that site. The layout is really irritating, and now brinkster has ads, so I have to make the layout banner compatible.
I also figured out that so far all of the games I've seen the Canucks play, they've lost. Which was sad yesterday, but I'm hoping that this "streak" of mine will continue for at least the next two games I watch. =P The Avs won yesterday, meaning they're six points behind the Canucks, with two games in hand. So yes, winning against them is going to be REALLY important!
*sigh* Kaberle still hasn't come back yet. =( I was really hoping he'd be well enough to play on Friday, but I guess not. Hopefully sooner rather than later!!
Woohoo!! Here I am in Richmond, B.C. ^_^ Tonight is the Edmonton @ Vancouver game, and we'll be there!!! Woohoo! Hopefully Salo will be playing tonight so I can MOCK him! Mwa ha ha ha ha!!
I'm going to get to wear my Mogilny white skate jersey for the first time!! Yay!
Also, I brought my dad's big honkin' digicam so I'm going to practice taking action shots at tonight's game! Hopefully I will learn fast enough to take good shots for the Colorado game Jan. 2nd. ^_^
I almost forgot I said I'd do the Forecheck Four "soon"! so, before I go catch my flight to Vancouver, here it is!
1. All time favourite hockey movie? (Not sports movie, hockey movie)
(sent in by Cerasi)
- Um, I haven't watched very many hockey movies, so I guess it'd have to be The Mighty Ducks. ^^;; I started watching Slap Shot, but never finished. Maybe that movie about the Miracle on Ice will become my favourite, who knows...Then again, if they stick in too much American patriotism, it probably won't be. So, yes, Mighty Ducks it is.
2. Do you watch the World Junior Championship? (also elaborate on your memories of it)
- No, not really. I never remember to check when they're on. I think I caught part of a game last year, when they beat the US, but I didn't watch the final. I heard it on the radio when they lost though, it was so sad. I did see all the footage of the boys crying and stuff though. Ah, it's so sad, but so cute to see all the boys crying!
3. Who are you most excited about to see this year in the tournament?
- Fleury! If I watch, it'll be for Fleury, since I fell asleep for the Penguins-Oilers game on HNIC. =P I love goalies.
4. Do you think Marc-Andre Fleury should have stayed in the NHL or been sent down? Why?
(sent in by Al)
- Well, I think it'd be fine for him to be sent down if it was for his development. I mean, as much as he seems to love playing in the NHL, you've got to wonder what it does to a goalie's psyche to be shelled every night, play spectacularly, but still lose most of the time! I still wonder how "Louie" (Luongo) does it, in fact. If I wasn't strategically voting for the All-Stars for Belfour to prevent Turco from getting the most votes, I'd vote for Luongo for sure. He deserves it. But I digress. If the only reason they want to send Fleury down is financial, then I think that's dumb, especially considering that he's already said he'd rather give up his bonuses to play in the NHL. He's such a good kid (personality AND skill wise), so as far as it's beneficial to his development, I think he should be allowed to stay, especially since the NHL is where he wants to be!
This is the best UD series EVER!!! You get 8 cards in a pack, which is huge compared to the recent trends of maybe four or five in a pack, and in one entire box of cards, I only got one double! ONE double!! How amazing is that? It's so great!! The only unfortunate thing is that neither Sakic nor Kaberle is in this series, so I'm going to have to wait until series 2 to get my favourites. But Roy was still in this one, and I got him! Actually, I think I got all of the Avs in this set, as well as all the Leafs. Pretty sweet. My jersey cards were okay too (Iginla and Satan), if not anything to make me ecstatic. So yes, now is most definitely the time to get back into buying hockey cards!! Go Upper Deck!!!
Oh, and I know I haven't done my Forecheck Four yet this week--I've been crazy busy--but I'll get it done soon! Maybe later tonigh!!
The plan was that I would go with some friends to meet another friend, Anita, at the airport at around 6:30am. She was coming back from an 8-month mission trip in Australia. Then I would come back downtown with my friend (who lives near the ACC) and have lots of time before going to wait in line around 11am (the signing was set from 11:30am-12:30pm). But her flight was delayed three hours and didn't arrive until 9am. Then it took her almost an hour to get out because their luggage was slow, and her parents invited us all to dim sum with them. So we went to dim sum for a bit, and I felt like a jerk for asking Alan to leave early (after maybe only 40minutes there and only 15minutes with food actually present). But of course, it was for hockey, so I did it anyway.
Got down to the ACC just after 11:30, and the line went from the gate almost to the (outside) entrance. @_@ So I joined the line and waited. I could hear some vague murmurings about how he was going to be delayed an hour and that only the first 60 people were guaranteed to get in to meet him. Needless to say I was rather worried, but I said a little prayer and waited. And waited. And waited.
The line didn't start moving until almost 1pm, meaning he didn't start signing until then. When I had finally turned the corner and was actually able to see the gate, a group of people went in and then I heard that they were going to cut off the line after the next 20 people. They let in ten people and the guy at the gate went in to talk to Stajan. If he didn't agree to stay for more, only 10 more people would be let in--I was #13. @_@ Now I was VERY worried. The security (or whatever) guy came back and counted off as people went in 8, 9, 10 . . . 11, 12 . . . (I held my breath) 13, 14, 15 .... They actually let in quite a bit more than ten, for which I was extremely grateful.
Oh yeah, while we were waiting, after we had heard it would be cut off at 20 people, I started talking to the girl who was behind me and her mother, which was nice. As I've always said, one of the nice things about waiting in line for hockey related stuff is being able to talk to fellow fans. When we were inside, the girl's mother mentioned that she always liked the players she picked for her hockey pool. I mentioned that the reason I started liking Kaberle was because I had drafted him in a hockey pool, and the girl was like "oh, I've met him." Apparently he hangs out at the pub where she works (or used to work?) after games.
So yeah, the Yellow Griffin is going to become my new favourite place. =P Of course it's in Etobicoke--which makes sense since he lives there--but hey, it's not that far from Mississauga. The biggest problem is my aversion to intruding on players' personal lives. Even if I saw him there, would I actually break from my own principle and disturb him for an autograph, or worse, a photo (which is what I really want)? Tough to say. It IS Kaberle, after all.
But back to the Stajan signing. It was kind of awkward because he didn't stick out his hand for a handshake or even really say anything. He just accepted the jersey I put down and said "yes" when I asked if it was okay to get a picture. Of course, it didn't help that I was completely tongue-tied as usual either. The cool thing was that for the picture I actually went behind the table and stood next to him, and he kind of leaned over and tilted his head towards my shoulder. ^_^ Cool, huh? Now I absolutely MUST finish off this blasted roll of film!! It's got my Esposito, Dryden, HHOF, and now Stajan pictures all on there! I think I still have 11 or 12 shots to go, though. ^^;; Can you imagine how sad I'd be if something happened and the film was ruined? I would cry!!
I don't think I mentioned it here (although I commented on it on Nicole's blog), but a church friend of mine named Rebecca went to high school with Manny Malhotra. It's pretty funny because somehow we started talking about hockey last night, and she mentioned Malhotra, and how he used to sing Mariah Carey songs with her! Not only that, but he sang the high parts!! I think she also said something like "he sang pretty high for (such?) a big guy". ROFL
Speaking of Mississauga players, I wonder if my friend Raymond (who went to Port Credit) knew Matt Stajan? That'd be cool! ^_^ *sigh* If only I knew a hockey player!
I added omeone from the Czech Republic to the Kaberle fanlisting today (I know--funnily enough, I'm still slightly surprised when people join too) and her comment in the submission form was: "I know Tomas quite well and he is such a lovely person ;)" Now, I don't know if I should take it as literally as I did, but if she means it exactly the way it sounds, well, I really wish I could say the same! That is, I wish I could also say that "I know Tomas (Tomas!) quite well"; even without knowing him I could still say "he is such a lovely person". ^_~
Anyway, Lisa has a new Christmas layout, so you'd better check it out before it's gone (boxing day)!! Oh, and Nicole has yet another new layout! She just put up the Malhotra one less than a week ago too! @_@ And here I am too lazy to even make one layout, which is why I'm still with blogger even though both Lisa and Nicole had offered to host me--I'd feel guilty for sticking with the template if I was actually able to use a real layout! =P Ah well, much love to both of them for the offers anyway! ^_^
I meant to mention this before, but "Two Minutes in the Box" in this week's Hockey News was rather amusing. They got Belak (to match the Leafs feature, I guess?) and I enjoyed his answers to two of the questions:
Ugliest alternate jersey in the league? "Dallas'. What's that thing suuposed to be, anyway?"
(Isn't that what I said? Glad to know someone agrees!)
All-time favourite practical joke? "We were at a hotel in L.A. this year that's supposed to be haunted. A couple of guys -- OK, Ed Belfour and Tom Fitzgerald -- left the team dinner early and snuck up to Darcy Tucker's and Bryan McCabe's room. Eddie hid in a cabinet beside the TV and Tom got under one of the beds. Darcy and Bryan came into the room a little later and after a few minutes, Eddie started making strange noises from behind the cabinet while Tom started shaking the bed Darcy was lying on. Darcy was so scared, he jumped on to Bryan's bed. Best joke ever."
("Darcy was so scared, he jumped on to Bryan's bed." Just imagine it! ROFL)
What else? Steph went back to Vancouver today. She should be watching the game right now. Speaking of which, I can't believe it's the second period and Dallas is up 1-0!!! NOOOOO!!! The Canucks are supposed to be slaughtering them!! Grrrr......
Other bad news was the Kaberle left the game with four minutes left after a hit yesterday. The Star said something about a shoulder injury, although he didn't seem to be in any pain when he was dressing. =( Poor Kaberle! Hope he's okay!!
Oh, and I STILL haven't received my Avs Better Halves planner yet!!! I'm pretty sure it's been more than two weeks, so what's taking so long!! I just hope it gets here before I go to Vancouver. I really want to see it!
Eeks!! And Minnesota just scored the first goal of the game on Colorado!! Booooo!!!! Things had better turn around tonight, or I'm not going to be a happy camper!!
Phew. Vancouver just scored. Thank goodness. Things WILL get better.
Finally got to see the renovated Hockey Hall of Fame!! Woohoo! I was a little disappointed, actually, because I didn't see the Kaberle jersey which used to be in one of the display cases near the entrance anywhere. =( I'm really glad I took a picture with it last February! I did see a Frantisek Czech jersey though, so I took a picture of that. Hopefully it will turn out since I used flash, and I don't know if the reflection from the glass is going to make the picture weird.
*breathes*
Ahem. Sorry for the incoherent rambling. So yes, I went to the Hall with two friends today, and it was pretty fun. It looked like there was a class there on a field trip or something, though, so we didn't play any of the games because we didn't want to wait in line. I was also hoping to finish off my roll of film, but I ended up taking only a couple of shots, mainly in the trophy room. I took one with the Stanley Cup (as usual), one for my friend, and one of the Hart Trophy (in honour of Foppa, of course). My friend took a picture of the Pearson trophy, naturally, because of Naslund.
I was a bit disappointed that Théodore's tuque wasn't out yet, but I guess I should've expected that. The guy I asked said it would probably be put in a year in review display or something. Seems like an awfully long time away, ne? Ah well, I can go back anytime, so it's okay. Now that I've seen it with my friends though, I'm probably going to be dropping by just to look at stuff more often! I've been really tempted to go in, but I wanted to see it again for the first time with my friends, so I waited. Maybe the people there will come to recognize me, and hopefully that will be a good thing for when I eventually apply for a job there. =P Yes, I still dream of working there during summer breaks, when I don't have to teach.
Oh, and if anyone got the Toronto Star today, hopefully you saw the front page of the sports section!! One of the first things Steph told me this morning was that it made her like Kaberle (although she already liked him more than most Leafs thanks to me), so I went to take a look, and it was a picture of Kaberle giving a highfive to a five-year old boy during a visit to the Sick Kids' Hospital!!! So sweet!! I love that hockey players really give back to the community, especially in visiting sick children!! Yay Kaberle!! Maybe if I had money to burn, I'd consider ordering a reprint of that photo, even though I've already kept our copy of it, as well as taking it from a friend! =P What can I say, I'm crazy. If I lived in Colorado, I'd definitely do the same thing but with Sakic photos--people would probably understand the Sakic more than the Kaberle, though.
What else? Oh, I wasn't going to mention this because of my uber-paranoia about revealing my real name on the internet, but what the heck, it's there for anyone to read anyway, so what difference does it make if people make the connection between that name and "Presea" and the "Rambling Hockey Fangirl." So yeah, I submitted a question to the Avs mailbag, and it was actually the first question answered this week--meaning the headline was even based on my question!!! Isn't that exciting? I'm such a hockey nerd!! =P So yes, check this week's Avs Mailbag!! I'm going to save screenshots of the article and print out a copy as well! =P
If anyone could find me a copy of Selanne's "Professional Hockey Player" song (online, or preferably, a copy of the cd single) I'd be forever grateful!! That would be the most amazing Christmas present... It's too bad I can't read any of the Finnish websites--I'm sure there must be more information available there!
Last thing, Nicole's done exams, hooray! And she's got a new layout with Manny Malhotra--a good ol' Mississauga boy! Yay for 'Saugeens (is that even a term, or did I just make it up?). ^_~
All the Forecheck Four questions seem to be about personal hockey history/experiences this week! I've linked most of the pertinent blog posts related to each particular event. ^_^
=*( Wah!!! The Avs are so RARELY on HNIC, and I didn't watch the game last night because I was too tired!!! Argh!! I know it was my own decision, and therefore my own fault, but it's still sad!!! See, I came back early from a Christmas dinner thing last night because Steph needed to study. For a while I was reading, but around 9 o'clock I was starting to fall asleep, so I set my alarm for 10 and slept. I woke up around quarter to 10, but I felt so exhausted, I decided to go back to sleep. Woke up again around 12am to make a trip to the bathroom, thought about catching the last period, but still felt pooped and went back to sleep.
*sigh* It's so sad. I pull all-nighter after all-nighter no problem for essays, but I can't even stay up to watch my beloved Avs? The only consolation is that apparently I missed seeing them play rather poorly. But still.... =(
What else? Oh, recently there have been a lot of Kaberle cards appearing on eBay, which is good for my collection, but brutal for my Visa. ^^;; I think I have just under 10 items being watched in eBay right now, and all of them are Kaberle cards!! @_@ I'm not totally crazy, however. I do check Beckett.com first, so I never bid more than the highest price--including the shipping costs. Thank goodness I like Kaberle, who is both young and relatively underappreciated. Can you imagine how crazy it would be to try to collect every single Sakic card? @_@ It could never happen.
Hmm...It's been quite a tumultuous week for me in the girls' pool this week. I think I've jumped to third, gone down to fourth, and now down to sixth!! Crazy. ^^;; Hopefully I'll be able to climb back up soon. *shrug* At least I've gone up in the MCBC pool though. For the longest time I was stuck in 13th place (out of 15), but as of today, I'm 9th. I really want to maintain this upward movement! My goal for that pool, at the beginning of the year, was to be in the upper half, which would be 7th place this year. So I only need to move up two places and find a way to stay there! Ha. easier said than done. All the categories are pretty tight, so even if I move up, one good night for another team, or one mediocre or bad night for me could send me way down again. Ah well, at least I have Sakic and Kaberle in both pools, what more could I ask for?
Before I start on other stuff, let me say that everyone should go visit Nicole and give her lots of love---it's been a hellish week for her. Nicole, wish I could do more than just leaving sad attempts at comforting messages. Things WILL get better, they have to.
Now, onto the trivial. ^^;;
Man, here I thought I had an easy win for Burke with Phoenix playing Edmonton with Salo in net. End of the second, the score was 2-1 Coyotes and I thought I had it made, but no, stupid Edmonton came back to tie for a final score of 3-3. BOOOOO!!!! This is Salo spiting me, I'm sure. >_<
Ah well, at least Burke had a good sv%, which is more than I can say for Hackett, whom I played in the girls' pool. ^^;; Stupid Devils--why don't they shoot more?
Anyway, other than that, things haven't been too bad hockey wise. I'm only missing 2 McDonald inserts now, since I bought four of them at Untouchables. I'm still missing the stupid Messier regular card (#34) though. *shakes fist* Why am I always missing ONE card?!?
What else? Oh yeah, I actually bought a Colorado Avalanche hat for $8 from the HHOF on Thurs. too. No reason really, except that it was on sale, and it doesn't look to bad. I'll probably hang it on the wall with my Sakic and Nordiques hats when I finally finish cleaning and rearranging my room. Man, I really need to finish doing that. I have so much new stuff I want to display!!! I'm probably going to replace my LotR posters with a wall of Sakic/Avalanche. I might make a Stevie Y wall out of my current Sakic/Avalanche wall, and Kaberle will stay put. ^_^
Wow. I went to wait in line for the Dryden's book signing at 11:45am (it started at 12pm), and when I got there, there were already like fifty people waiting! @_@ Man, I was 15 minutes early for the Esposito signing, and there were maybe 10 people ahead of me. So yes, I ended up standing in line for about an hour and a half. But it was worth it.
Dryden's a really cool guy. Part of the reason it took so long was because he talked to everyone. He asked me about my favourite team and favourite player, and (this is what I think is the most cool) why. The why made me feel he was actually interested in my answers. I was rambling and stuttering like mad, of course, I was so flustered. =P And as usual, I got a picture taken--I hope it turns out!!
So yes, another good experience. All of the book signings (for hockey players) I've been too have been great, but I still think that meeting Ron Ellis was the best. He was just so nice. I wish I had thought at the time to bring a camera to get a picture taken with him.
In other hockey news, Turco sucks! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! He let in 2/18 shots while Burke only let in 1/40!!! I'm always happy when Turco loses, but it was especially sweet that Phoenix won since I was playing Burke in the MCBC pool (I have Burke in the girls' pool too, but Hackett is my starter, so I played him instead). Yes Turco, continue to live up to my opinion of you!!! Bwa ha ha ha ha!!
I really don't know why I'm so anti-Turco. You'd think I'd dislike Hasek more, considering that he plays for Detroit and has such an ugly style. Maybe it's that my dislike for Hasek is just more impersonal. *shrug* Ah well.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to tonight's game! Avs all the way!! ^___^ I really want them to win a tenth straight division title, so beating Vancouver would definitely help contribute to that. Go Avs go!!
Heh, Kaberle is actually 9th right now in the All-Star voting for Eastern Conference defensemen. He's got 18,451 votes to Conference leading Scott Stevens' 44,826. =P I wonder how many of those votes are mine? Kekeke...
I wonder how the Leafs are going to do tonight? It'd be cool if they could keep their winning streak alive--or unbeaten streak at least. Then again, the Blues are good so I'm not really all that optimistic...C'mon Kaberle, score!! Or get a PPA or something!
Only three questions for the Forecheck Four this week! I'm trying to think up some questions to submit, but... Ah well, onto the questions!
1. Do you own any hockey jerseys?
- Yes, seven of them actually:
1. Adult M Toronto Maple Leafs Blue Jersey (home and away is too confusing for current jerseys, since it was the away jersey when I got it, but it'd now be considered the home jersey @_@)
2. Youth L/XL Quebec Nordiques Away Jersey
3. Youth L/XL Quebec Nordiques Home Jersey
4. Youth L/XL Colorado Avalanche Sakic Dark Jersey
5. Youth L/XL Toronto Maple Leafs Kaberle Blue Jersey
6. Adult S Colorado Avalanche White Jersey
7. Adult S Vancouver Canucks Mogilny White Skate Jersey
2. What's the strangest piece of hockey memorabilia you own?
(sent in by Cerasi)
- I don't think it counts as memorabilia, but the strangest piece of hockey paraphenalia (sp?) is a prospectus for the Hockey Company that I picked up from work. ^^;; Strangest actual memorabilia is probably my set of Avalanche Katch coins. I don't even know how to describe them; they're these big metal coin-like things with a picture of a player on one side, and stats on the back. Or maybe others would consider my NHL Jello moulds to be stranger?
3.What's the one hockey related merchandise you want the most right now?
- Youth L Kaberle 2002 Team Czech jersey...With the cd single of the song Selanne wrote, "Professional Hockey Player," (if it really exists) as a close second. =P I like unique/weird things.
Woohoo!! I slept before the game finished, so I didn't know until this morning that the Avs beat the Jackets 5-1!!! ^_^ Okay, so it was the Blue Jackets, but still, with Sauve in net, I would say the outcome certainly wasn't a foregone conclusion. The best thing is that Sakic got 4 points, and Morris got 3!!! Very good for my MCBC pool! Plus I'm just happy that Sakic's producing again! I had faith, sure, but I'm glad my faith didn't have to be tested, if you know what I mean.
Oh, and I jumped up to 4th in the girls' pool! Yippee! I thought I was going to stay a bottom-feeder forever, and that would've been pretty sad for me, considering that I thought I drafted pretty well.
Ah, I'm getting pretty excited about going to Vancouver and Colorado now!! About 70 days left until Colorado!! I can't wait! I'm going to shop so much, I'm probably going to have to buy a suitcase there just to cart it all back home (I'm only bringing a backpack there).
And I'm finally going to see the revamped Hockey Hall of Fame on the 16th! With my Legends membership, I could go anytime (for free) but I wanted to go again for the first time with my friends, so I've resisted the temptation.
What else? Oh yes, Ken Dryden will be signing "The Game" on Thurs. Dec. 11th between 12pm and 2pm at the BCE Place Coles. I'm going to go!!! I don't know if I'm going to bring a camera with me this time, though. I mean, I think I'd feel kind of weird asking him to take a picture with me...I don't know why, but I think it has something to do with the fact that I really admire his intellect, and it'd feel kind of...juvenile? to ask to get a picture taken with him? I dunno. But yeah, I'm definitely going to buy a book and get it signed!!
Can this possibly be the Leafs? Simple hockey, sound defensive play, and an 8-game winning streak?!? I gotta admit, I'm starting to think that it's starting to get mighty cold in Hades. =P Seriously though, tonight's game was awesome to watch! This is what more teams need--defensive play that creates offense. I mean, tonight I could actually say that I saw WADE BELAK doing some good work to keep the puck in the Wings' zone. Belak! Not to mention Marchment's unassisted goal--I was pretty impressed/surprised by that one.
Not that this is necessarily related to sound defense in any way, but isn't it amazing how many close pairs of goals the Leafs have scored of late? Let's see, Tucker had two in under 30sec in Boston, I believe; there were two in the second period by Domi and Roberts 23sec apart, and then Sundin and Stajan in 51sec (okay, so not THAT close together) in the third. Absolutely mind-boggling.
Okay, so Kaberle was -1 and got all of one shot tonight, but he made some good plays, and avoided the giveaways too. Plus Nieuwendyk mentioned Kaberle when asked to comment on the Leafs' D in the post-game with Maclean. Okay, so being underrated isn't exactly high praise, but it's something. ^_^ I'm still positive that he's only going to get better at any rate.
So yes, tonight was a good night. I wanted to watch the Penguins @ Oilers game too, but I caught myself dozing in the first couple of minutes, and my eyes felt like lead weights, so I figured it was best not to waste electricity by keeping the tv on when I wasn't really focused on the game anyway. Too bad though, because I did want to see Fleury play. His little interview during the HNIC pregame was so cute. It's great to see how much he loves playing in the NHL and wants to stay there. The thing about him being willing to give up his bonuses (or at least some of them) to keep playing really says a lot about his character too. What a sweetie. Apparently there's a Fleury fanlisting in the works, so once it's up, I'm definitely going to join! How can you not love a guy who plays through the stomach flu. Maybe my memory's off, but I recall some story about him going off to puke and then coming back out to play. Now that's heart. He's a surefire for the Young Stars game. Ah, if only he had some support (offensive or defensive) from his team!
Anyway, in other news, Sauve, oh wonder of wonders, is not being blasted tonight. Of course, he's also playing, no offense, against the Blue Jackets, so that's not exactly an achievement. I wonder whether he's been trying to handle the puck though... *shudders* He's probably the scariest goalie out of the crease I've ever seen. Egad. I know I'm supposed to like him because he's on "my" team and all, but... It's going to take a while to wipe the memory of the first game I saw him play (against Edmonton, I believe) out of my mind. ^_~
Well, after a week of making Steph check out Wal-Mart everyday, I finally got a McFarlane 12-inch Roy figure. I was so paranoid about it getting sold out, I was standing outside the Wal-Mart at Square One at about 7:40am, since it didn't open until 8:00am. As it turned out, I didn't really need to worry. I got the Canadiens Roy no problem, and since my mom was there, I even managed to pick one up for a friend too. So I was happy about that.
BUT, they were supposed to have the Avs Roy as well, and it wasn't there!!! =( That was the one I really wanted. So although I'm happy to have been able to get one, I'm still a bit upset that I couldn't get my Avs Roy. Anyway, I left my phone numbers with the store manager, so if they do come in, I should be getting a call. I hope they do come, otherwise I'm going to have to pay a ridiculous amount to get one off of eBay.
This whole thing with the McFarlane Wal-Mart Canada exclusives is starting to peeve me off, actually. I mean, the sheer volume of eBay listings for them tells you that people are buying them for profit, and not for themselves. That ticks me off. It's starting to get like scalpers for games. GRRRRRRRRR. I was glad that Wal-Mart limited them to one per person, because that's so much fairer. Anyway, I DID get a Roy, so I'm going to concentrate on being grateful/happy for that, rather than complaining about what I couldn't get.
Oh, and I finally got my McDonald's Sakic "etched in time" insert yesterday!!
Oh oh oh AND, my parents bought Steph and I ten packs on Thursday, and Steph got a GOLD FOIL KOVALCHUK JERSEY PATCH CARD!!! There are only 2500 available Canada wide!! How cool is that? ^_____^ So exciting!
