I Said to My Wife

After we went up 3-2 last night after Backstrom’s second goal, ”Wow. We don’t deserve to win tonight.”

I was right. I was unhappy. But I was right.

We looked out of synch. We played “loosey goosey” hockey all across the board and the New York Rangers are a much improved team.

Early season games in the NHL are different than later season games. Everyone is playing with energy; defense hasn’t kicked in; and while talent will usually win out a team that plays hard and digs and wants it more can achieve really terrific results.

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