I Have Been Slacking

And I apologize. Between holiday goodness and NaNoWriMo (more Finny's than mine, really), I've been busy and haven't had a chance to blog about anything. It's sad, really, because in between my being a slacker, I've missed some of the best news we've gotten all season. Settle in kiddies, we've got some news to be had.

First, and most important, we claimed Ilya Bryzgalov off of waivers... my favorite saying, however, is that we stole him from Finny, Cassie and the rest of the Quackers. They don't really appreciate that much so let's try to stick to the facts, yes?

We claimed Bryz off of waivers on Saturday the 17th of November and less than an hour later he was in a car on his way to KMS2 and LA to hop in net vs. the Kings. Hop in net, he did, my dears. He managed to get his first shutout as a Coyote in his first game as a Coyote. That may have been enough to endear him in the minds of some Coyotes fans but the majority were still holding their breath to see how he would pan out with us.

Next game, we turned around and played the Kings again, here in Phoenix, and managed to beat them again. It was getting a little harder to ignore this new "Breeze" in the desert, but wait, this epic has only just begun. 4 games, 4 wins. The Kings twice, then the Ducks and top it off with the Leafs. Bryz, you're going to fit in just fine.



Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and the Coyotes fell to the Minnesota Wild last night, 3-1. My boys tried, god love em, but those stinkin' Wild were all over the place. I don't remember them being so fast paced earlier this year. I'm actually not that worried about it. We gave it the old NHL try and I can't fault them for that.

Since everything involving the Coyotes has centered around Ilya Bryzgalov lately, I think it's time to move on and talk about someone else from the team.

Keith Ballard will soon have himself a matching Freddie scar... he was apparently hit with a puck in practice and has something outrageous like 12 stitches in his chin. Also, goalie Alex Auld was sent to San Antonio where he replaced David Aebischer who was loaned to HC Lugano of Switzerland. The Rampage don't seem to be getting any closer to paring down their 3-headed goaldog, but I'm sure sooner or later something will happen there. After all, Lenny, Tordjy and Auld can't keep BSing all year... or maybe they can but it seems rather pointless to me.