THE RISING

Ok so bruce springsteen isn't from Philly, but close enough.

These last few weeks have had me bolted to my desk frantically trying to cram MEANINGLESS mathematical/scientific facts into my brain (personally I believe a Habs game is more meaningful)... and I have therefore neglected this blog.

MY APOLOGIES.

However, our BELOVED habbies are still sitting pretty at the top of the NE division, 4 points ahead of Ottawa, 6 ahead of Boston (though they still have 3 games in hand). This past week has been an emotional rollercoaster. Euphoria reigned on saturday night until we hit the 14 min mark of the 3rd period, where we saw Markov go down in pain........ Anyone who's watched enough hockey to see that it looked bad. Rumors suggest 3 months... I'm praying it'll be less but on verra.

Ups:

-Price haters can shut the f*ck up now that he's proven himself. Granted, I was never a hater, just a realist that could see this season start at either end of the spectrum (I don't see Price as an average goalie--he's either brilliant or he can't stop a beach ball). I'm proud to see he has become quicker, more agile, and more concentrated on his game. Definitely a whole different Carey than who we knew last year.

-Are Gio and Gomer finally coming out of their slump????? This remains to be seen, but it was nice to have a blow-out go our way for once and have that many different guys score.

-Pleks is the MAN.... not to mention a steal at his salary and with the way he's been playing.

-Garfield (Spacek) has finally picked up his game and is no longer making blunders that would make a AA midget team look good.

-The checking lines (ie: young up-and-comers) have really been an amazing supporting cast thus far, some nights even casting a shadow over our "stars".

-The PP has FINALLY started to click... though with the loss of Markov it'll remain to be seen if we can keep it up. going 3-6 on saturday was a RELIEF!!!!

-The PK is still f*cking AWESOME.

-I can't get enough of Halpern. haha i want his babies.

-Laps' goal and Price's save on saturday are definitely highlight reel material. Price could potentially make the final reel of the year.

Downs:

-Markov's injury. This guy's just snakebit but that hit was just awkward, nothing dirty just bad luck.

-Gomer STILL being under-productive (even given his recent play)... this stemming mostly from his GROSSLY overrated salary.

-TSN's commentary on games.... seriously?

Either way, I'm GOING to the game tmrw night (good thing this isn't in Philly--last time I was there I got tossed) HA.

GHG!!!!!!!