State of the Union?

Barring a fix of Biblical proportions, this club is cooked. Yes, Jokinen had his expected points. But that's not the issue. We planned on those. Bad has gone to worse. Worse has gone to apparent hopelessness. Tough to be positive... BTW: Coyotes win, 4-1. No contest. Oh, and the Cats led 1-0 in the first. Gets much easier tomorrow, as the Panthers face the Ducks. Worst to first overnight. Sound familiar?

Happy Halloween from TLB!

Loss? What Loss?

See? The sun(s) always rise(s). Okay, yeah, it's a sunset. But whatever. They're feeling the pain on the Outer Rim as well. No amount of midichlorian action was gonna save the night. Gotta move beyond that train wreck of a loss. But hey...we had fun for two periods, right? At least those of us at home could turn it off seconds before the final buzzer. My poor girlfriend had to saunter through the cold hallways and concourses of the BAC, fighting depression and a haunting desire to rush the GM's office along with a number of other slightly dissatisfied season ticket holders. Kudos to the Senators for winning - or was it the Panthers, for losing? On to Nashville.

End of Game: Sens win 2-1

It may be a game of inches, but this one sure stinks on a higher measure. Kinda speechless at this stage, and given that I was up for work at 5 am, and must be back to work at 5 am, I've got little left to discuss.

The Senators earned this one. They found a way to win, which we have yet to do. Let's just play one period, and get it over with. No tease beyond the first two periods. The third rightly belongs to Ottawa.

Not piling on a dead horse here, but this was ugly. Doesn't help that the Cats were called for a penalty - and a dicey one, at best - with less than four minutes to go. It's always that way. We are - based on past performance - predestined to suffer this type of face-slap. How can anyone argue it?

It was fun while the lead lasted. To the Panthers: nice 40 minutes. To the Sens: nice 20 minutes. It's that simple. More to come tomorrow.

To the faithful: a lot of work has yet to be done.