Winners and Losers: The "Maybe We Don't Suck That Much," Edition

Alight, so it's been a while, but with the holidays we got a little lazy here at Two For Slashing. Nevertheless, we are back and better than ever-which isn't hard to accomplish when previously god awful. Still, we have almost a month of winners and losers... and, unlike the NHL, there are some ties this time around. Get ready for the ride of your life!


Loser-The Rulebook

So, if you'll recall (which you probably won't) the first "Monday's Moral" blog directly referenced Chris Pronger intentionally dropping his stick in order to draw a penalty. Well, it seems the rest of the league is catching on. Sticks are being dropped left and right and the "automatic slashing penalty for stick-on-stick contact" needs to change. As does the "delay of game" but that's for another time.

Losers-Winter Classic Attendees
The winter classic is approaching with a 70% chance of rain. Two Drexel Students are riding a tandem bike to the Boston. It sure would suck if it rained on their parade. Good news is, no matter what the weather is, the ice will be better than that at Nassau Colloseum

Winners-New York Rangers named Marian Gaborik

What the hell happened to this guy? Currently tied for the NHL lead in goals with some dude named Alex, Gabby has been setting the league on fire. He's always been a "if he stays healthy" type players. Still, this pace is incredible even for a player of his talent. Now, imagine if he had anyone else on that team who could score.

Tie guys-The Fly Guys

Well, most would list the Flyers as "losers" over the past month.... I'm not one of them. Most will say it's becasue I'm a "Flyers Homer" or "wishfully thinking" or "a complete and utter jackass." Tomato-Potato, really

Still, it can't be ignored that the Flyers have recently started putting together good efforts (I cite the Boston game as the turnaround). While, the last 3 wins haven't been against the creme de la creme, it is important to note that they are still NHL teams with NHL talent. No win should be scoffed at and 3 straight to a struggling team does a lot to climbing out of the hole created by lackluster play.

Losers-Columbus Blue Jackets

So much for Steve Mason being the best goalie ever to live. What did I say about blue-chip prospects playing for Ken Hitchcock again? Was it that he ruins them? Yeah, well, it appears he's done it again.

Winner-Me

My last bold prediction (in the 11/17/09 posting) stated that the Blue Jackets would fall... Don't worry, I'll be making more predictions and keeping track

Right now I'm 1-0

Bold Prediction

The Philadelphia Flyers will be comfortably
(by which I mean by at least 6 points)in a playoff playoff position By February 4th

Coming up: New Years Resolutions


Have a good day
--TFS