The Blue Jackets are in our way. We have the chance to leap over both the Jackets and the Blues with a win tonight. We need to bring our A game. Bryz! needs to be tough and his rebound control needs to be on the money all night. Blue Jackets sport a couple of seriously twisted offensive threats in Nash and Malhorta. And don’t forget that aging, pesky Russian sniper Federov and his protege Zherdev.

Both teams are so very close in points, style and firepower we’re just gonna have to buckle down and out play ‘em. Hard hits and high quality shots with a destructive neutral zone coverage will be the keys.

The Hawks did us a big favor by whuppin the Blues 6 -1 last night. And if we are very lucky the Ducks will roll over them too since, as fate would have it, the Blues may be without the services of Manny Legace ( Legace suffered his injury with 4:38 left in the first. Blues trainer Ray Barile attended to goalie on the ice and Legace played the remainder of the period *but not the rest of the game). Both the Blues and the Jackets sit at 50 points and we are stalking close behind at 49.

Lets keep the party goin here at home with a HUGE win! I am torn between wanting everyone to come out and rock the Job… and wantin everyone to stay home so I can have a better chance of winning the road trip contest! Ah well… I can be unselfish just this once… COME OUT AND JOIN US! Our boys deserve it and you deserve to watch some of the best hockey ever played in the Valley of the Sun!

PB has some interesting facts and stats: http://www.onefansperspective.com/2008/01/columbus-blue-jackets-vs-phoenix.html#links

Check out Drew for the BlueJacket side of the tilt: http://endofbench.wordpress.com/

Lets Go Coyotes!

OnyxStarr@coyoteshipcheck.com

 

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