CBJ @ DET: 4-1 LOSS

Well, that was disgusting.

Goals for Jackets: Nash
Goals for Red Wings: Lebda, Holmstrom, Cleary, and Zetterberg

Final Score: 4-1 Jackets Loss

A few hours late, but! CBJ @ BUF: 3-0 SHUTOUT WIN

...All I have to say is:

omgboysiloveyou.

nikkyiloveyoupleasegetmoregoals♥.

Goals for Columbus: Peca, Nash, Zherdev
Goals for Buffalo: NONE

3-0
BLUE JACKETS WIN

GO JACKETS.

Well, shit.

So, we've played 4 games since I last posted, and we've won one out of those four, and it was another shutout.

I haven't gotten to see a lot of the Jackets because being in Atlanta, FSN Ohio hates me. What I have seen is the Thrashers NOSEDIVE. Wow has that been shocking or what? 0-6, they fire Hartley, and now this. All I can say about the Thrashers is "Well. Shit."

As for the Jackets, I'm trying to reserve judgement. They're looking good, but optimism could only hurt me at this point, so I'm going to be muchly cautiously optimistic.

In other news, but not really...I love Freddy's new mask. It's shiny and pretty and new logo! I love it.

That's all for now. Drea's going to the Jackets/Sabres game tomorrow, maybe she'll give us a nice post (with pictures!) about it.

Fantastic Finale VI? Maybe...Maybe Not.

Well, folks, the Jackets play their last game of the season tonight against the Anaheim Ducks. We have a chance to win the season series tonight, and further our all-time record against them.

I don't know what my feelings towards tonight's game are. I'm excited that we could win the season series, but at the same time...I don't know. Maybe I'm just tired after the 5 AM wake up call that my body decided would be fun this morning. Eh, who knows.

So, I think I will just leave you with this, and go on my way.

NHL.com PREVIEW

Go Blue Jackets!

Prepare for a flailing, spaztastic post.

I AM GOING TO MY FIRST HOCKEY GAME ON THURSDAY. THE OILERS VERSUS THE JACKETS. *FLAIL*

...Is it Thursday yet?

In other news, the Flyers traded Foppa to the Preds. God, anywhere but there. ANYWHERE but there. Ugh.

...I'M GONNA SEE MY BOYS.

CGY @ CBJ: 2-1 WIN!

Right, so there wasn't a pregame report from me, but I did watch the game! ...Well, sort of. I watched the first period, and then my mother decided that Survivor and CSI > watching our team NOT SUCK for once.

My biggest happy point of the night: NIKOLAI ZHERDEV WAS BACK. And he was playing GOOD. <3 He got an assist on the night, which makes me so many kinds of happy, I can't even begin to say. AND, he was playing on a line with Sergei Fedorov, who also had an assist. (Hint, hint, Hitch. Apparently, these two play WELL together. ...Remember this, yes?) Nikky had more ice time tonight than he has had in a LONG time. At least, that's what it seemed like to me.

My second happy point: WE WON. ...Yep, that's all I got to say on that one.

My third happy point: The boys seemed to have a lot more energy tonight, then in the last couple of games. They were playing like they really wanted to win (which, I'm sure thay always want to win, but tonight, they actually played like it).

My unhappy points:

The officiating. Ok, of what I saw of the game, the officiating SUCKED. Like, hard core. I don't know if it got any better after the first period, but the first period's officiating was just terrible.

Dion Phaneuf. I don't like you. Don't touch my boys again. kthxbai.

Other than that, I'm so proud and happy for my boys tonight!

Final Score:
2-1
BLUE JACKETS WIN. <3333

Nikolai Zherdev, this is me smacking you for being retarded.

So, we've finally gotten a clue on why Nikolai Zherdev has been playing so badly for the Jackets.
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Flagging Zherdev to undergo tests.

"Is it (mononucleosis)? Is it a virus? I’m not a doctor, but something is wrong here," MacLean said.

Part of the problem is that Zherdev did not fully divulge his symptoms to Blue Jackets coaches or the training staff.

Hitchcock made him a healthy scratch Jan. 19 against Detroit, saying he wasn’t pleased with Zherdev’s effort in recent games.

Turns out, Zherdev has had no energy.
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Nikolai, I love you to death, but this is me smacking you for not telling anyone. How stupid can one person be? If it really is mono, things could have gotten so much worse than him just not having any energy. His spleen could have ruptured, and any number of other things.

My brain is telling me to make a retarded joke here, but I'm going to resist.

What in God's name posessed him to not TELL anyone? If he was having trouble not being able to articulate it (we all know he's still having trouble with English), he's got Sergei Fedorov, Alexandre Svitov, and now assistant coach Gary Agnew, who's leanring a little bit of Russian, that he could have told in Russian.

Just ugh.

In other news, the Penguins won (I am not proud of Jordan Staal's goal, oh no I'm not.) over the Capitals with a score of 2-0, and the Oil won over Avs with a score of 3-2. Props to Ales Hemsky and Ryan Smyth for their goals. And major props to Dwayne Roloson for getting first star. The Islanders beat the Habs with a score of 4-2.

There's still several games left to be played tonight, and I'm hoping Appy will provide a review of the Oil game, as she watched it.

So, I think that's it for me for now! Go Jackets! ♥