So the only hockey happening in my head is:

OH MY GOD. I see Jose Theodore in fourthree days! If he plays like he did the other night (SHUTOUT ANYONE? Over the DUCKS?), I will be in tears before the night is over.

Dearest Jose Nicholas Theodore,

Please, please for the love of God, play like you played against the Ducks.

Much Love Always,
Skye

And I'm not even going to talk about Huet.

I got through today without crying, except after the intial news.

And now that I'm home, and thinking about it, fuck, there are the tears again.

It's not the same team anymore.

I don't care about Foote, I really don't, other than to wonder who'll get the C.

But fuck. Sergei. No. Just no. I knew he was going to be gone by the end of this season. But I didn't expect this.

It's not the team I fell in love with anymore. And it's so much worse than it was with the Oilers last season. At least for me.

I just want my Sergei back. I want Shelley back. I just want my team back.

So. It can't be any worse than last year. I hope.

Since I last posted, work has eaten my face, proceeded to uneat my face, and I continue to fail at catching hockey games. Sigh.

What I do know is that Pazzy got his ninth shutout of the season against Montreal, and I couldn't be more proud of him. Much love to you, Pazzy.

And as I post this, I am dreading the coming of my second Trade Deadline Day of my hockey fan-ship, and frankly, I don't know if this year could possibly be worse than last year. The Jackets might be hell bound and determined to make it worse, however, if these rumours of Brule, Fritsche, and Tollefsen being traded to Tampa have any merit. If this happens, the Jackets and I will not be on speaking terms for a little while. And I'll have to have a vague liking for Tampa.

Although, it is a nice change to have a secure feeling in that Nikolai Zherdev is staying with the team, whereas last season, I was panicking come TDD. Now I'm panicking over Sergei, Vybes, and the babies. I'm not sure this is a great trade off, actually. No pun intended.

Why do I have to work on TDD? Ugh.

Here's to hoping I don't get a text at work that will make me sob.

Trades!

So. Jody Shelley has been sent to San Jose for a 6th rounder in 2009 (did they send us the bag of pucks too?).

And then today, Glencross to the Oilers, for Dick Tarnstrom. I personally don't understand this one very much. Unless this is just because of Howson knowing something about Tarnstrom that we don't, given that he was with the Oilers...I still don't understand why Glencross.

That said, at least it wasn't to the Ducks or Nashville.

CBJ @ CHI: 1-0 SHUTOUT WIN

Why isn't Pascal Leclaire in the All-Star Game again?

Eighth shutout, baby.

Boll with his fifth goal, in front of his hometown crowd. Way to go, Bollsy.

And while I'm at it, because I suck, a big giant YAY to Kris Russell for his two goals the other night, numbers one and two. Here's hoping for many many more.

In conclusion, the Jackets rock, and here's to All-Star Weekend! :D

So basically all you need to know...

About my first foray into Atlanta hockey is:

-Hemmer saw my sign and shook his head at me.
-Souray saw it as well and yelled 'HEY YEAH HEMMERTIME!' and I cracked up.
-Philips Arena was out to kill me because I'm an Oilers fan, not a Thrashers fan.
-I was in literally the TOP row of the arena, and my section hated me for loving that the Oilers won.
-Pictures are here.
-Final point? I'm good luck for the Oilers, apparently.

Final Score?
4-2 Oilers WIIIN.

So basically.

The Jackets rock, Nikolai Zherdev is still sexy, and life still hates me when it comes to hockey.

That said, I'm going to my first Thrashers game on Sunday, against the Oilers (I'm sensing a trend. I always go see the Oilers.) and I have made retarded signs for Hemmer for during warmups (because my brother is cheap and did not inform me that I was getting NOSEBLEED 400 seats for Christmas). One reads "STOP! HEMMERTIME!!" with the footnote of "My sister sign is in Kalamazoo, MI!" And the other is imploring him to grow his damn curls back.

And don't even TALK to me about the damn All-Star Game.

Also? It snowed in Atlanta. Like, snow accumulated (true it was gone by the morning, but it was there, I swear.). This is comparable to hell freezing over. I shit you not. People were going 35 miles per hour on the highway. I love the south sometimes.

Skye said I should sooo....

I knew no one else was watching the game tonight depressingly enough but a match up between Oilers and Jackets was not to be missed. (The same is true about the game I will be seeing in person tomorrow stop working so much you're all jerks damnit)

Of note Oilers captain, Ethan Moreau, scored his first goal after finally finally returning to the Edmonton lineup. All I have to say is Why Ethan? Why this team?

However Rick Nash had answered by the end of the game with a startlingly amazing hat trick with only 7 seconds left in the game. So what if it was on an empty net it was a thing of beauty. I quite approved of the long drawn out shots of his decidedly entertaining conversation with Jared Boll afterwards but maybe I'm just personally drawn to anything the babies do. Maybe.

Also of note Jiri Novotny continues to be a big fat jerk and makes Ales Kotalik cry and think their BFFship was not enough to motivate him in Buffalo. Jerk. Ales' should never be allowed to cry.

Finally GILBERT BRULE STOP FAILING AT LIFE. How could you get scratched on your birthday (shut up it counts) no I don't care if you had the bubonic plague it's still pathetic! And you're making me cry!

PS: Buffalo will be playing tomorrow (they were afraid the ice wouldn't be ready which would've made for a stadium full of unhappy people I'm fairly certain) and notice how I say BUFFALO and not SIDNEY CROSBY. It was our city first you little brat gtfo. This disgusting display of favouritism with not discourage me from cheering for one, Ty Conklin, however and I'm sure Buffalo will welcome him warmly when he gives up that turnover goal that wins us the game. I love you Ty, no sarcasm there.

CAR @ CBJ: 4-1 WIIIN!

My 100th post, and I am crying.

Anyone who says that Nik Zherdev hasn't grown this season needs to just look at that EN goal that he HAD, his hat trick that was guaranteed, and he passed it instead. And the fans threw hats anyways. Love it.

See what you do to me, Nik Zherdev? You reduce me to tears, baby boy. Love you so much.

First star well earned and deserved.

Also: Eric Staal, I am not friends with you right now. That was supposed to be a shutout. Jerk.

Jackets Goals: Zherdev, Klesla (Hainsey, Zherdev), Zherdev (Nash), Beech (Zherdev, Foote)
Carolina Goals: Staal (Whitney)

Final Score: 4-1
JACKETS WIN

Christmas sort of rocks this year.

So, my Christmas present this year was to pick two Thrashers games to go to, and my brother'll get me two tickets to each game.

I picked:

Oilers/Thrashers - January 20

and

Avalanche/Thrashers - March 11 (heeeJoseTheodore)

If Colorado ends up missing a goalie, it wasn't me, 'kay? They won't miss him, I promise. ;-;

In other news, I bought Martin Brodeur's book, "Beyond the Crease" and the man is hilarious. The tongue in cheek humor has me giggling like a retard.

In actual Blue Jackets news, I got to see Pazzy's SEVENTH SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON this past December 26. The one time I will get to see them on an actual tv? Love it. ♥

That's all from me for now. Ta~