If you have been paying attention at all to the Phoenix Coyotes situation, which I haven’t really – they’ve again been discussing selling and potential relocation versus Gelndale, AZ fronting the money for the NHL to maintain the team in Arizona – you may have heard that there is speculation that the Yotes could find themselves back in Winnipeg.
Well, my prediction from the last post was highly inaccurate. I pretty much guaranteed that the Calgary Flames would lose to the Washington Capitals. I’m also pretty sure that most everyone thought that would happen. I mean, the Caps are #1 in the NHL, #1 in the East. The Flames? They’re sitting under the Avalanche in 9th place, 14th overall. My prediction was wrong. The Flames beat the Caps 5-3. Who saw that coming?
Twas a warm night in Arizona as the Avalanche took on the Coyotes. With Calgary’s loss last night, it guaranteed the Yotes a playoff spot. The Avs, however, still have some fighting to do. They need to win 5 of the next 9 games to solidify a playoff spot for the 2009-2010 season. Seeing how well they’ve done, it’s possible. But they’re still plagued with injuries, Peter Mueller being the most recent Avalanche player to join the list with a mysterious hip injury.
Avalanche beat reporter Adrian Dater has just posted an article on his blog stating that the Avalanche have sent Ryan Stoa back down to their AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. Seems that Kevin Porter played well enough to stay for the time being. But the interesting bit seemed a little matter of fact and that was the Avs’ ability to make it to the Playoffs.
What a game by the Avalanche! We saw seven goals by four different Avalanche and hats fell to the ice for fan favorite Chris Stewart. Though the steam seemed to run out in the 3rd period, the Avs held on long enough to win the game with a four goal lead to stop the St. Louis Blues winning streak at five.
I don’t think any of us saw that coming. In typical ironic fashion, the Avalanche fell to the Coyotes off a shot from Wojtek Wolski, a guy who’s had a problem shooting the puck and before this game had two goals in the last twenty-five. One of those was a mercy goal empty netter given by Chris Stewart. It was a little strange to see, honestly.
The Avalanche pulled a win last night against the Coyotes out of their collective rear ends. It seems that Lady Luck didn’t bless the Boys tonight in Los Angeles against the Kings. With Adam Foote and Kyle Cumiskey out of commission, John Michael Liles and Ruslan Salei were in the lineup. I thought Salei did a pretty good job, but I found myself face-palming over Liles.
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