It hasn't been that long...

I can't decide how I feel about hockey tonight. Or how I've felt about it in general as of late. But lets just start with tonight. On one had the majority of the matches turned out favourably in my opinion. Though a lot of them seemed quite uneventful (seriously? When Jackets and Hawks are the most promising match and they deliver and it's the only game that I didn't/couldn't catch at some point tonight there is something not quite right in the cosmos.) However the two teams I actually cared about most failed me.

That would be St. Louis and the Flyers (shush it's not true). Both of which were about as much fun fun as a drive through the Minnesota wild with a grandfather who has tourettes and no there was no stoping at St. Mary's to oogle catch a glimpse of the future prospects. Flyers just had me in tears for their poor goalie but really that's come to be the norm. At least two of those goals were not his fault (oh the last one had me swearing like a sailor it did) and when you take twice as many shots on goal as the opposition well of course it makes sense that a couple more are going to go in especially when your team's defense has been vacationing in Key West since the Forsberg trade. That doesn't make it any less distressing though. This team has to be like a curse but I'm sure it's so easy for them to just give up, being ten points down from the second step on the ladder but still. I could go on but I'd just be repeating myself hesstillagoodgoaliedamnit.

Speaking of further disappointment I can't get through this without bitching about another upset imo that is the Sabres latest road trip (with 100% less room service, they kept it in the club). Yeah I'm sure it seems like I should be content. Six of eight is good. Especially when two of those teams were the vicious birds of the east (it's a wonder how threatening the flightless variety can be and I'm not talking about ratites). And over all there would have been content with the outcome had they maybe played like they deserved it. Which is the most upsetting factor. The Atlanta game. The only game where they actually decided to show up. In fact in my opinion they out skated and out played Atlanta the whole and the only thing keeping the Thrashers in the game was that damn Finn. No really. That and the fact that our special teams are like... shit. Even when they get it together. It was close. We got the point. I still wanted two. Which is the complete OPPOSITE of the Pens game. I'm actually disturbed that we got one out of that one. Dear Pittsburgh showed us up in every way that night and I was totally ready to wish that they crash and burn for the rest of the season (oh I was, my loyalties are so cheap) but they totally deserved that while we just got way too lucky. Even in Florida we were averaging 20 shots on goal maybe per night which I know is not everything but damn it's abnormal for them okay. It was rather disgusting to watch and I'm still not sure how we crawled back out of that hole we were clinging to the edge of for a short while there. (I sound so dramatic I'm sure but after spending an entire season at the top and you kind of like to stay there, especially over traitors).

So in conclusion once again Atlanta has crushed my hopes and dreams but could they had least have the courtesy to show up some of those other teams I'd like to see smacked down a few pegs. Of course not. Because inevitably at 78.3 percent of the time hockey is destined to plague me with emotional turmoil. I have a feeling those numbers are in the general area of normal.

And so this post isn't all bitch bitch negative! Sabres did clinch playoffs as of the Habs defeat of Toronto (not that there was doubt but it's nice to have that insurance from here on out so long as it's not an excus for slacking... but really if we even lost division and the advantage at this point I would be severely shocked and may have to default to afformentioned flightless birds who can seriously take a dive and pick themselves up without so much as a skinned knee. I don't know how they do it but they're quite the force~) . Speaking of which Pens are also all but assured. I am mostly okay with the way the playoffs are shaping up to be but I would like to see the Habs or Toronto make it in (so Carolina can get bumped out, if Edmonton's out I will not sleep until they are too!) St. Louis was a nice pipe dream while it lasted (really that was sealed the day they decided Guerin and Tkachuk were too cool to skip post-season [really really, I may just be delusional])

Also Ty Conklin finally decided that patriotism was dead (or something was, I'll be nice or Skye might eat me!) and got the shiniest of shinys and it's taking every ounce of will power not to ship over to Buffalo to go see it tomorrow night (that and the fact that the Russian threesome [lollithuania counts] and Ales and his BFF will be reunited! I can't imagine there wouldn't be something worth seeing in either of that] But right. Conks has a helmet and it is quite possibly the greatest of helmets this team has ever seen. Though I do think Miller's design is nice as it's so intricate and utilizes the shape of the mask perfectly. But it's not blindingly shiny. Seriously that has to be a tactical advantage or something as it's sure to burn the retinas of all who attempt shooting the puck in that general direction! That man bs's so badly when he says he's not a mask guy (possibly worse than Marty and that takes skill!) wtf I have counted like at least 10 in the not even decade that he's played.

We'll see wether or not I actually am weak of mind tomorrow. Probably not though as it also promises more Marty.

PS: This just in. Huet is from France. Seriously.