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Breaking it Down
NO PUN INTENDED — These late games are killing me. As a lot of you know, I work super early mornings - usually I have to get up around 4 am and be coherent enough to count a lot of money by 5, so staying up and watching games that start at 10 pm are out of the question. While I was able to watch the last two games despite their late starts thank to days off, I still find myself nearly falling asleep during them (and subsequently sleeping late enough that my "breakfast" this morning consisted of a toaster strudel and some Andy Capp's hot fries at 2 pm), so my comments about the particular games may not be quite as astute as in the past (...as if they ever were). ...

Canucks Wings duke it out at GM Place tonight
Waiting For Stanley — The Canucks return home for 6 games, but tonight they will be without the services of Jannik Hansen, who suffered a groin injury against the Ducks. That's quite unfortunate, as he was clicking well with Kesler and Burrows, scoring 3 goals and 7 points in 7 games. Jason Krog will take Hansen's spot on the 3rd line. Maybe there will be some chemistry there. We'll need it. While the Canucks are now 4th in the NHL in goals for, Detroit is second. Are we going to see a goalfest again? Probably not. You would have to think that they will tighten up and play Detroit very hard as they always do. Why, on October 16th of this ...