Thursday Caterwaul - Open Forum

- What was with Adam Foote last night? I kept waiting for him to get ejected from the game. I can’t believe he only got a roughing double minor after hitting the linesman.

- There was speculation in the bitter and cynical section as to whether Pete would start Keith and subject him to possible booing, and then we found out he was being honored as defensive player of the month. I’m sure he felt a little better when he was cheered.

- My money’s on Clemmensen starting, although it probably should be Salak. Clemmensen is still looking shaky. I think Vokoun would have had at least one of those goals last night.

How did Jeff Taffe look in limited time last night? I didn’t catch any of the game and saw he only played a little less than 6 minutes. I liked him when he played for the Coyotes. Just never played consistently.

… I’m sort of shocked he was still in the game by the time OT rolled around. Twice I saw him punch a linesman during last night’s game; apparently Ballard is not the only one with “anger management issues”.

Clemmensen wasn’t that impressive last night – there were 2 weak goals.

Impressed by the really strong play by the Jekyll and Hyde like Weiss/Horton/Frolik line last night – hopefully we’ll see that level of play consistently.

Ballard – Totally unintentional. I can understand the Avs getting mad at seeing their goaltender injured but Ballard really did nothing wrong. I’ve seen Ovie go down before close to goaltenders, we’ve just been lucky in never having to see that 230 lbs tank crush a goalie. Close but never happened. Vokoun’s injury was negligence and anger thus totally his fault. This one, not so much.

Btw, looking forward to the game tonight, just don’t take out our goalie :P

Re. Anderson, that’s not anything to get wound up about. Ballard went hard to the net, which is a good hockey play. He got taken down and slid into the G. It happens. They’re big guys who are moving fast. Just one of those things.

The Vokoun thing….well, anyone can make a mistake. No reason to tar and feather the guy. He’s apologized, time to move on.

Hoping for a good one tonight. Come kick it in the GDT at Japers if you are looking for a change of scenery – I can pretty much guarantee you that you won’t get flamed or abused.

If I have a moment, I’ll pop in and say hi in your GDT, if it won’t ruffle too many feathers. I do like to get the view from the opposing side during a game.

“I didn’t look too smart saving him for the fifth shooter,” DeBoer said with a chuckle.
—sentinel today.

at least he knows it….

losing confidence in DeBoer or is it too soon?

Had they lost, especially after blowing the game like a cheap whore, I shudder to imagine at how many people would show up at any of the next few home games. 75 cent tickets or otherwise. BTW, can we just assume that the 75 cent promotion will be in play for Monday’s match with the Oilers?

Hey gang. I was not only at the game, but the town hall meeting. Very interesting session, but we’ve heard alot of that stuff before.

As for the game, I think that the Panthers are lucky they ended up winning. Still a major problem holding leads and DeBoer would have lloked like a real ding dong if Weiss hadn’t scored the winner. Also by him admitting that he wasn’t one of the top three shooters puzzles me.
Tonight will be another test.