Tonight is the much anticipated rematch of the Sharks and Coyotes. And you just may participate in the fishing expedition of a life time as we try to land the big one. 4 of 5 meetings the SJ team has been the one that got away. The last one cost us big time w/ the loss of Danny Carcillo.

Nabby got a rest as the rookie Griess took over his net for a game and should be fresh and ready to rock *the alien took a couple of tumbles game before last and may not be his best* but the rest probably negated any advantage from bein jostled quite a bit in the last contests.

Some folks are callin for a beat down for Bernier and JR. Some are predicting that one or the other will be scratched to avoid anything like that from happening. I dunno. We aren’t going to be at our best, coming off the road and not much rest.

My best guess is that the boys should invade Nabby’s space as much as possible, he doesn’t like being crowded nor bumped. The Sharks won’t like it much either and if we can get them to react, we might get enough PP time to actually nail one or two freebies.

Hopefully the refs will get this one right. They better be expecting the raucous hard hitting contest that is sure to come and not let Bernier pull any of his normal questionable crap or there will be blood on the ice for sure. Jovocop is back and has a couple of deputies ready to deliver rough justice this time (just a feeling, DMo hasn’t gone any rounds lately, Z found some testosterone on the road *altough he really has no pugilistic skills, he might be able to start some static* , Bally LOVES to piss off Marleau *despite the consequences* and Doan is in a zone of aggression). Whatever happens, this looks like it may be the contest of the season for us. I hope we can rise to the challenge.

This is where we draw a line in the sand. Every game has been important but we need this one real bad to start one of the most important home stretches of the season. I’m not sayin sweep but 3 of the 5 would put us on the playoff map with a vengeance.

Let’s Go Coyotes! Shark steaks for the barbie boyos.

Check out PBs pregame take: http://www.onefansperspective.com/2008/01/fire-in-valley-iii-sharks-and-coyotes.html#links

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