Well That Sucked


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Well That Sucked.  Apparently someone replaced the Kings gear with lead lined gear.  In addition, the new "experimental" breakout they've been working on, simply banging the puck out of the zone along the boards, has yet to be perfected. 

Fine (sigh).  I will set my sarcasm aside, but really, I hope that Tuesday night was the low point of the season, at least where the skaters are concerned.  The score really should have been 7-0 as the Jets beat the Kings up one side of the ice and down the other.  I kept looking to see if LaDue had a step dad in the arena that was going to go Chuck Norris on him, it was so bad. 

Though not the best part of the night, the first positive to take away from the game was that Kavalchuck scored.  Hopefully this will continue.  Three points in three games doesn't exactly remind us of Super Mario or the Great One, but in today's NHL, it aint bad, and it surely equates to earning his pay.  I know I will still be looking for improvement in the defensive role, but I am optimistic about how things will play out.

That being said, even Negative Nancy could have found the real positive in last nights game, Jack Campbell.  Holy smokes did he play out of his gourd.  For the most part, he earned the right to have the team wait on him hand and foot today.  He was one save shy of facing accusations of being born on the planet Krypton.  As it is, the rumors of his body being invaded by a symbiotic being, and/or Kreiger-esque bionic alterations are running rampant.  I hope that someone bought that man dinner, Winnipegs version of a spa treatment, or more appropriately a new Ferrari as a thank you. 

Thank you Mr. Campbell, and hopefully the boys out in front of you will step up a bit in Montreal.


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