My Thoughts, if you care to read.

Ugh. I took everything down after reading this terrible thought process I had. I'm re-writing it since I have time now.

Well, that was depressing to say the least. I haven't lost faith, though from a poll on AJC.com and the Thrashers message board I guess you can say that the "fans" are not so faithful. Why does everyone think we're done for? Helllloo? Has anyone heard of Carolina? Yeah. Go look it up, tell me what you would have said then, because I'm pretty sure when they were down 0-2 it was something like "WE'RE DONE FOR. IT'S GONNA BE A SWEEP!!" Shut up and learn to be a real fan. Though, everyone likes a winner...

As for the game. Oh boys. What happened? It seems like a goalie change isn't really what we needed, we needed a lot of changes. I just don't know what happened between the Tampa Bay game and now. It's like we're a completely different team. Somehow it's almost like we lost our mojo. I have to admit, it's the strangest thing I've ever seen. Are we going back to the pre-trade Thrashers of Febuary? I don't think so, but I don't know what it is that's causing us to play like this. I am freaked out. But on to the players and other things.

I am out to get Sean Avery, really. He's a smug little...well, you know. He just bothers me because he's alive, really. Thinks he's so great. Blahblahblah.

Moose was a goal monster, of course. Did we expect anything else from Moose? I guess with the goalie change, many expected a win. Goalies can't carry a team and neither can Bobby Holik. I really saddened by the rest of the teams performance. With the expection of Exelby, who's playing as hard as possible. If the rest of the team can give it there all like Holik, DuPuis, Moose and X, I think we will be sitting pretty.

I'm really mad about that fluke goal, like really mad. Don't even talk to me about it, because it's just not even fair.

I keep saying that there's something wrong with Hossa. Not just me, everyone really. A hit in early March may be the source of the problem. Looters Senior seems to think that it caused Hossa to get a leg injury, but he never said anything. He bet me 10 bucks that at the end of the season that Hoss has been hurt since then but never complained. I agree with him, he's just never been the same old Hoss, he's like...not...there. Invisia-Hoss, while Mini-Hossa is trying to steal his brother's once had thunder.

Oh, I guess, I didn't say anything about the powerplay because I just about forgot it was there. That's just me being angry. Seriously though...that powerplay is like a penatly kill...ugh.

Kari's dissapointment.

If I were Kari Lehtonen, I would be dissapointed too. But not because of the game, but because of Hartley. I just read an article on the "Unpredictable" Bob Hartley, and I (as I said before) completely agree with the fact that he's messing with Lehtonen's psyche. Aren't we suppose to be messing with the Rangers minds, not our goalies? But, if MY job was on the line with this series, who knows what I would do.

A Father-Daughter Converstation

I thought you might enjoy this converstation my father and I had viva e-mail. In his first e-mail, he sent me the AJC.com article on Moose being the goalie for tomorrow night

LOOTERS JR.

That is NO GOOD. I have a really bad FEELING. What happens if Moose loses? We go back to Kari? Kari should get another start, END OF STORY. Hartley's pulling some b.s. right there. I said last night I would haveto blame Kari, but no way! He let a soft goal in by Nylander, but look, it's not his fault we only had 24 shots on goal compared to 38. Maybe if Hossa and Kozlov and Kovalchuck played a little harder and stopped handing the puck over that wouldn't have happened. Hartely's made a really bad desicion. This series could cost him his job, so I guess he's trying to step it up. Lehtonen doesn't need to be benched or forgotten at all. KARI is the reason why we are there, really, think about. Kari
is a goalie god, and he was nervous. Lehtonen needs to be in, really, either that or Hartley should have played Moose more during the regular season. This is so stressful!!

LOOTERS:

Don't be so hasty young lady. You might not remember a young goalie named Cam Ward (23)? He played all of last year for Carolina and lost the first game in the playoffs and was benched. Then John Grahame (31) stepped in and took his team to Stanley Cup playoffs and won.

Not saying it is the right play but as the head coach it is your job to know your team and know when to push the right buttons to get them to win. There were a lot of veterans (Mr. Holik and others) that were a little pissed at the maturity level that Kari and Sutton showed. My guess is someone is trying to send a message and has the luxury of having a damn good second goalie that he can play.

Me personally I agreed at least initially that you ride the horse that got you to the party all the way home, but it isn't my job that could be potentially on the line. If it works Hartley is a genius if it doesn't he will probably not have to worry about it in his next job.

Remember the Kovy quote "He is the coach for now."

Don't worry be happy enjoy the ride.

LOOTERS JR.:

It's just sad to see Kari benched. He is an amazing goalie. You're right though, he doesn't realize that he is lucky to have someone as good as Moose to back him up. Though where was Moose with the maturity talk? They all have had to play a "very first" playoff game. I am ashamed of Sutton, he's 35 not 23. Kari's still a boy, he can't even grow a beard yet! Sutton needs to remember that he is an adult, but also that he's going to be a free agent next year. If Sutton plays well, then he might be here, but the way it looks right now, Sutton's on thin ice (no pun intended). I think Holik had every right to be angry with Kari and Sutton, and even Larsen's attempts to tell Kari "Take it down a notch, sparky" didn't work (They showed a clip of Larsen talking to Kari after he launched the puck at Avery. Did they show that at the arena?).

I think you could be right, this might be just what Kari needed, but being a young man in his first playoffs, this could really throw him off. For a long time. That would mess with my psyche...but it could go the other way (which I hope) and it forces Kari to say something along the lines of...Okay, well, I screwed up and now it's time to get back and show the team that I'm not just a boy anymore and can handle the pressure. Moose wouldn't crack because of his previous playoff run with Pittsburgh, however, it really depends on our "stars". I think I talked to mom (I know, strange!) about the sibling rivalry between the Hossas.Take out Marcel! I know he hurt is knee and is back on and their parents are here blah blah blah. Take Him OUT. Marcel almost did, and I saw the hit, but I read on a blog that he kinda wimped out right before hitting Marian. He did get the goal though..

And I hope Hartley knows what he's doing. He did get the cup with my western favorite, the Avs in 2001, and they had a pretty old captain too (Sakic). But let me talk about someone that did have a lot of maturity last night. Can you say Garnet Exelby? He's not scared of anyone, and if Exelby can get a little gritter, he can keep Jagr in check. Who else did well? Holik of course, DuPuis, Hnidy. But what happened with Tkachuk? It's like he lost his grit right about Avery tried to start something with him in the first. He wimped out completely and left us...well, without what CNNSI.com called the best American power forward.

I will enjoy, and I'm ready to go for tomorrow!


I love my dad.