..., declared a festival to celebrate their victory. And now you know the rest of the story.
Hanukkah
The light of freedom burns bright and hot
at the crossroads of decision.
In the market place at Modin
Mattathias stood in the heat and the light
for only an instant.
He heard the offer of the tyrant:
silver and gold, honor and the king's friendship,
but he, in his freedom, chose ...
Inside jokes ahoy! Anze Kopitar Joffrey Lupul Sergei Gonchar Marty Turco Sergei Zubov Zach Bogosian Mario Lemieux Fredrik Modin I ♥ Kopi a ton. A boatload. Hella much.
...my websites haven't refreshed themselves after tonight's action - and I expect we'll probably know more after the morning skate tomorrow, at which point I will update. :) The Blue Jackets are without Fredrik Modin (knee), Andrew Murray (torn shoulder muscle) and Derek Dorsett (head). Our last game was tonight's 3-1 loss to New Jersey. Columbus is also coming off a loss, 5-3 to Montreal on Tuesday...
... Zetterberg (13) Columbus Rich Nash (22) Plus/Minus Detroit Nicklas Lidstrom (8) Columbus Jan Hejda (9) Injuries Detroit Andreas Lilja, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula Columbus Fredrik Modin, Andrew Murray, Kristian Huselius
Team Comparison
Team G W L OTL Points Standing GF GA Road/Home
Detroit 15 7 5 3 17 3rd, Central 43 48 2-4-2...
... worried about this when I saw their lineup. Ugh. # 21:41 @ Tapeleg - The Wild ran Leclaire in preseason last year, too. Really not good. # 22:13 @ ryanclassic - Chimera got run by Belanger tonight. Last year it was Clutterbuck running leclaire and breaking his ankle. # 01:36 Ugh. Just heard that Modin got hurt, too. WTF, Minnesota?? # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
12:10 Team B doing lots of transition drills # 12:12 Juice just made a beautiful backhand goal. # 12:17 Chimmera scoring on a breakaway!?! # 12:19 Modin-Pahlsson-Chimera actually looked really good. # 12:40 A bit of pushing and jawing between Picard and Plekhanov after getting tripped up in a drill. I don't think they like each other much... # 16:50 @ ...
... Warp 27. Katie being screamed at by Amy H. 26. Going for lunch at Humptys to see Baby Jesse 25. Katie's birthday 24. Songwriting with Katie & Linda (pre-crasher) 23. Going to the Apollo with Miss Modin then to Warp 22. Being kidnapped by Shanny & Ang on River St. 21. My good-bye gettogether 20. Getting Fefe's autograph (thanks Linda!!) 19. Going to see The Notebook with Michelle, Krissy, Shanny, ...
... were still haunted by the tiredness he heard in Anthony's voice. Despite the words he'd read and the picture in front of him...had he succumbed to that same tired feeling? Title quote by Yuri Modin, KGB controller of the Cambridge Spies [Spy musing on the beach. He might even share his scotch if you ask nicely. Might be slow to respond, am dragging a bittonight but was suddenly inspired]
