Collective sigh of relief: Coyotes 4, Thrashers 3

WHEW! We needed that win big time. The Coyotes faithful were even starting to turn on eachother. Here's hoping that beauty of a game winning shootout goal by Carcillo gives the boys the momentum needed to take it to the Kings tomorrow. THANK YOU DANNY!!!!

Every dog has its day... right???

Whew... its hard to be a Coyotes blogger (& fan) right now & try to find positive things to say when your team has lost 9 of the 10 games they've played since returning from the All Star Break. I even listened to the Xtra Sports 910 post-game radio show on the way home from the game last night for some inspiration. I got nothin'. But what I can say is that losing to the Oilers last night was not for lack of effort, or for bad goal-tending on the part of the Coyotes. Telly = Monster. If you could win a hockey game without scoring any goals, the Coyotes would be SET. Because we've got the "give it a lot of effort" thing down, its that pesky goal scoring that gets us. We just can't seem to bring it all together. When we're scoring, our goal-tending sucks. When the goal-tending is stellar, we can't score. And don't get me started on the power plays...

But on a good note- Kurt Sauer is back after his lower body injury that has kept him out far too long. It was good to see him out there protecting our blue line again. It makes me feel safer. As I mentioned before, Telly was awesome. He had his first start last night since January 6th. Having only won 1 of the past 10 games, you'd think that Telly would've seen a little more time in the net than has. Steven Goertzen continues to impress since he was called up from San Antonio. Joakin Lindstrom is quickly winning himself a place in my heart. He's a playmaker and isn't afraid to get out there and do what needs to be done. He was even chirping at a few Oilers last night. Way to go Lindy.

I realized two things when I woke up this morning...

1) We lost last night.

2) Losing is a lot easier to bear when you drink. A LOT. (Thank you Saddle Ranch happy hour.... Thank you Alex the beer guy.)

Two periods were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. The third period, we lost it. Overall however, the "real" Coyotes are making a comeback.

That is all for now. I know I've been neglecting my posts here but a losing streak will do that to ya...

Coyotes take a ginormous dump on home ice; stink up entire city of Glendale.

Oh sure, the Coyotes came out in the first period tonight with a fire under their asses. Hits, fights, roughing, penalties, penalties, penalties! We all thought we were in for one helluva hockey game. Boy, were we ever wrong. This all ended after the first period. They just did that to toy with us. Dan Carcillo also left after the first period, after getting into a fight then an attempt at another fight with 2 different Sabres. He got a 10 minute penalty and did not return to the game afterwards. From there it was a sure and steady descent into suckitude.

Now we've been shut out two games in a row. This means that we have gone 120 full minutes of play with NO FUCKING GOALS. Hey guys... you have to score goals to win a hockey game. You can't win it with your good looks. And don't give me that "Oh! But they battled so hard!" bullshit. Did it escape your relm of consciousness that we haven't scored a goal in TWO WHOLE GAMES??? And did anyone notice the amount of power play opportunities we had??? OMG This is not battling people, this is just plain, old fashioned sucking. I want to know who these people are out on the ice and what they've done with my Coyotes. No more All Star breaks for YOU Coyotes. I am convinced that they want their season to end early. That's like... >month more golf they get to play than everyone else. pfffft. Maybe you should all just become professional GOLFERS!



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The Diva