Numbers Don't Lie, Team United As One, Mad Magazine

Cookin' The Numbers
The announced crowd was just over 17,000 tonight at the X.  Do they realize we fans can look around the arena and see the HUGE chunks of empty seats, upper and lower levels as well as the two empty suites?  Please, stop lying to yourselves, Wild.  It only makes you look worse.  Of course nothing looks worse than the product on the ice so who cares if you're fibbing about a thousand empty seats? 

Unanimous Vote?
Once again, the Wild came out smoking hot in the first period.  Once again the Wild took a vote during the 1st intermission to take the rest of the night off.  And Coach Richards seems to have seconded and carried the motion himself.  He didn't look upset or distraught or worked up about the lack of COMPETE out of his players for the 2nd and 3rd period.  Compete implies that the players showed up for all three periods.  Compete infers an honest effort was given by all who took to the ice wearing Wild sweaters.  I got a new word for ya, coach: lallygagging.  Here it is used in the context to which I am referring:



Now, change some words from baseball vernacular to hockey, such as: " you lallygag the puck around the defensive zone" and "you lallygag your way down to the offensive zone" and "you lallygag on and off the bench".  

"This is a simple game: you pass the puck, you get the puck, you shoot the puck."    

24-13: Kings' advantage in shots on goal over Wild during the final two periods & overtime.

What, Me Worry? 
Coach Richards - NOT CONCERNED about the sudden loss of power play capability... we're 0-8.  You're right coach, don't worry about that - worry about cleaning out your desk.   

Koivu - downright pissy at reporters asking about the "alleged" fizzled out power play.  You're right - worry instead about the 7 penalties your team took tonight...oops, you were in the box for two of them.   

For those of you too young to get the What, Me Worry reference: Mad Magazine, scroll down to the Alfred E. Nueman section.  For those of you who got the reference - way to be hip beyond your years!  


My boyfriend comes to town for Thursday's game.  In case some of you aren't familiar with him: