Darkstone42
Oh.
The Colonel in the Dining Room with the Wrench.
How the hell is Tom Poti going to win the Calder?
... or did you mean the happy guy in the stands?
and find a bigger photo next time.. it was really hard to see.
I saw some mention of the 'Yotes making some noise, but I don't see it. I don't think they've improved at all so far.
I think it's safe to call the Devils the darkhorses out of the East. There seem to be a lot of people overlooking those guys.
Rangers/Red Wings
Book it
There will be a strongly worded internal memo from Melnyk hinting that Murray may, in fact, be fired for complete negligence "To the point of the most epic fail ever recorded" leaked to a hockey message board. This will upset Daniel Alfredsson who will make an unprecedented march into the locker room and, you know, speak.
The team will respond with such emotion that the unthinkable becomes normal. Alex Kovalex doesn't mention Montreal for a week. Jason Spezza scores in bunches. Pascal LeClaire hits his head on his car door and misses NO TIME. Even Sergei Gonchar HITS SOMEONE!
The Ottawa media, refreshed and on Prozac, starts writing articles daily about how awesome each of the players is and are at the forefront of having the Queensway Hospital Children's wing named after Jason Spezza because "He's a nice kid. Works hard. We like him".
The Sens finish the season undefeated including the first ever 3-0 playoff series win against Buffalo after Lindy Ruff says "%@& I give up". They win the cup, Sweep the major awards and Daniel Alfredsson puts the Baltimore Orioles in post season contention after a brilliant run as Designated Hitter.
We have a lot to look forward to this year.
I don't think Jesus himself could get the Pirates into contention.