the flames suit up in the gateway city tonight to face a blues team that's been decimated by injury this season. some call it the calendar curse, some call it the palin curse, either way you look at it the 08/09 season has not been kind to the st. louis team. my buddy jason, a long-time blues fan, threw in the proverbial towel on his team in horror and disgust when fan-favorite lee stempniak was shipped off to the leafs a few weeks back. it's GOTTA be hard when the best thing going about your team is the third jersey...
the calendar curse is one that i find fascinating. the last month of the blues' 07/08 calendar (september) was erik johnson, and the first month of the 08/09 version (october) was manny legace. both ended up injured in freak accidents well before the page was turned.... current posterboy injuries/trades include andy mcdonald (jan'09), paul kariya (may'09), erik johnson (june'09), and lee stempniak (july'09). november'08 player, jay mckee, should be thanking the jinx fairies for sparing him, and december '08 guy, keith tkachuk, should be watching his back...
on the other hand, it's blogger meet-up night here in calgary, and the history of these gatherings is not kind to the calgary flames. with any luck we can break that run tonight as we tip a few pints over at schanks crowfoot....
the blues look better on paper than their record suggests, and with the return of rookie tj oshie tonight, i would expect some extra spark. that coupled with the heartless outing the flames iced against dallas the other night, i would not put this in the win column just yet....
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based on all those curses, and MY luck...the blues win tonight. then i will be cursing at the tv.
guess what ?!?
the POWER OF THE JERSEY overpowered the power of all the curses !!!!
it's 4-0.
but it's gotta lose before i get it numbered.... :)
And here I thought it was the power of Sacamano... ;)
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