I decided that I would wait until I got some sleep, went to class and talked to a few friends. I feel bad for my boyfriend, who bore the brunt of my anger. This was the coverstation last night around 9:30...:
"Take it easy, I know your upset because your team is losing. What are they down by on-"
"No, Michael. I'm not upset because they ARE losing I'm upset because they LOST."
A few explictives and stupid things I probably shouldn't have said to him since he had a bad day at work and then I got a call from my dad, who was at the game. (Allow me to inform you of my dad. His Fantasy ANYTHING (football, baseball, hockey) team name is "Looters" thus I am Looters Jr., daughter of Looters. ) The first words would of his mouth were, "I don't want you to be upset. It's okay, it's just the first game."
Then he said something really profound to me:
"We're both really young in our knowledge of the sport. And I know that we live and die with this team, but we can't do that. I was so excited all day about the game just sitting in my office, I thought I would be drained by seven. I can't imagine how the guys must have felt. We can always bring it back, it is just the first game So we've got to win four and they only have to win three. We just have to get back on our feet and play good hockey. There's still a lot of hockey to be played."
That's my dad's favorite phrase when I get discouraged and start screaming like there's no tomorrow. Lots of hockey to be played, it's the best of seven! We can bring it back. Okay, but back to what I think.
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I think we played hard, I don't know how good we played, but we most certainly did play hard. Not enough hits on Jagr. X got a good one, shook Jagr up, but that's not enough. As my dad says," Not covering Marcel Hossa, that's okay, not covering Jagr...we'll that's a completely different story." I think Holik's line NEEDS to be out there with Jagr, that's just me though.
Now on to Kari. Kari, Kari, Kari. Kari Lehtenon is amazing, despite what any of you say It's always a different story when we lose huh? Let's all rag on Kari because he let four goals through. How about we not rag on Kari? I don't know, maybe if there were more shots on goal on our part (You know, like 34 like the Rangers compared to our depressing 24) we won't be ragging on Kari like he has no idea how to goaltend. The truth is that Kari KNOWS how to goaltend. Kari Lehtonen is a goalie god. He's 23, cut the kid a break. Unlike Exelby (Who played great, if you ask me), Kari can't get out there and smash...oh let's say Sean Avery up against the boards like he really wanted to. You saw him launch the puck at Avery after a save. Kari was feisty, he wanted to give them hell. He needed to take it down a notch, but he couldn't right then. First playoff game, Kari did fine if you ask me. I think it might be a poor choice to put Moose in goal (Though Moose is a goalie god too), merely because it's like a crotch shot to Kari's ego. He's shots off his mouth to the press (not too much, but enough for me to be like "Kari, why'd you say that?), everyone's talking about how "bad" he was, he probably FEELS like crap, and now this? I think we need to get him back in there.
Now on to Kari. Kari, Kari, Kari. Kari Lehtenon is amazing, despite what any of you say It's always a different story when we lose huh? Let's all rag on Kari because he let four goals through. How about we not rag on Kari? I don't know, maybe if there were more shots on goal on our part (You know, like 34 like the Rangers compared to our depressing 24) we won't be ragging on Kari like he has no idea how to goaltend. The truth is that Kari KNOWS how to goaltend. Kari Lehtonen is a goalie god. He's 23, cut the kid a break. Unlike Exelby (Who played great, if you ask me), Kari can't get out there and smash...oh let's say Sean Avery up against the boards like he really wanted to. You saw him launch the puck at Avery after a save. Kari was feisty, he wanted to give them hell. He needed to take it down a notch, but he couldn't right then. First playoff game, Kari did fine if you ask me. I think it might be a poor choice to put Moose in goal (Though Moose is a goalie god too), merely because it's like a crotch shot to Kari's ego. He's shots off his mouth to the press (not too much, but enough for me to be like "Kari, why'd you say that?), everyone's talking about how "bad" he was, he probably FEELS like crap, and now this? I think we need to get him back in there.
"I'm disappointed, of course I would like to play," Lehtonen said after Friday's practice in Duluth. "On the other hand, I just need to stay ready, I'm sure I'll be in net if we go far."
Poor Kari. "If we go far", I wonder if that's an indication of things to come. Will Moose be in goal for the rest of this series? I don't know how I feel about that one.
Now on to Kovy, Kozy, and Hossa. And I mean Marian. My mom doesn't really know anything about hockey, but when I told her about that she said, "Well, hell, you know the younger brother's going to try to take out the older brother." Sibling Rivalry much? I know this. I used to do sports with my younger sister and she was always a LITTLE better than me. But come on, these guys did not play like a playoff ready time. Hossa's been off his game for a few games, but I thought he got his groove back at the Tampa Bay game. Oh but no Princess. I don't have a suggestion rather than it needs to be fixed, and soon. Maybe this is why Kari played so "bad". Handing it over to the Rangers and the 38 shots on Kari might have had something to do with that. I just felt like if they had played better Kari would have played better.
Okay, don't give me anything like that I favor Lehtonen, I'm just trying to be fair. Bobby Holik's my favorite player (Suck on that!)!
But enough of that. I'm sure we'll do well Saturday!
I just wanted to mention a few things I heard from friends and such today:
"You killed the Thrashers," -Megan (I'm reassesing this friendship.)
"I guess dying your hair blue doesn't really help does it?" -Chris on Kari
"You like hockey? I think you're the only girl at CSU..." -Nick
Yeah, my anger lived on for them . I almost took Chris down. Even though he's a big guy.
Now on to Kovy, Kozy, and Hossa. And I mean Marian. My mom doesn't really know anything about hockey, but when I told her about that she said, "Well, hell, you know the younger brother's going to try to take out the older brother." Sibling Rivalry much? I know this. I used to do sports with my younger sister and she was always a LITTLE better than me. But come on, these guys did not play like a playoff ready time. Hossa's been off his game for a few games, but I thought he got his groove back at the Tampa Bay game. Oh but no Princess. I don't have a suggestion rather than it needs to be fixed, and soon. Maybe this is why Kari played so "bad". Handing it over to the Rangers and the 38 shots on Kari might have had something to do with that. I just felt like if they had played better Kari would have played better.
Okay, don't give me anything like that I favor Lehtonen, I'm just trying to be fair. Bobby Holik's my favorite player (Suck on that!)!
But enough of that. I'm sure we'll do well Saturday!
I just wanted to mention a few things I heard from friends and such today:
"You killed the Thrashers," -Megan (I'm reassesing this friendship.)
"I guess dying your hair blue doesn't really help does it?" -Chris on Kari
"You like hockey? I think you're the only girl at CSU..." -Nick
Yeah, my anger lived on for them . I almost took Chris down. Even though he's a big guy.
Anywho, until Saturday morning...
Looters Jr.
Looters Jr.
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