Thanks, New York!

Thrashers fans need to thank the state of New York and two of their hockey teams for having a great past weekend of hockey. The wins against the Rangers and Sabres have all but locked in our chances for being in the playoffs.

Now, as you know, Sabres fans come out in drove. They are notorious for being some of the worst, most obnoxious group of fans anywhere. We've played the Sabres obviously in years past and they've NEVER come out in droves like this or never been as obnoxious as they are this season. Do you think they'd come out in these kinds of numbers if they weren't in first place? No way. Would they come out and support their team if, say, they were like the Flyers this season and sucked and were in last place? Hell no! They are are so bandwagon it's not even funny. There were a bunch of 'em sitting a few rows in front of us today in 310 and they kept standing up and wouldn't sit down. Apparently their mama's just don't raise those Sabres fans right. I dunno what it is. But I do know that as soon as we won, they left QUIETLY... as quietly as a church mouse... they made no noise, no cheers, and they just left. They can dish it out, but oh they couldn't take the heat or the loss and just left as fast as possible. They can dish it out but they can't take some of their own medicine. If they were REALLY hardcore was they say they are, even though they lost, they'd still be yelling and cheering for their team, but no, they were as quiet as could be leaving Blueland. They were so quiet you barely knew they were there... and that was a GOOD thing!

Now, of course Tampa JUST had to go and win in OT last night against the Islanders. They are on home ice for the next three games I believe. I hope now is not the time they start to get hot. I hope it was just a fluke, especially with all of their goaltender issues.

I'm excited about Thursday... I'm not quite sure why we are playing a Western conference team this late in the season... we all know the problems we had with Western confernece teams when we went out there, but that was before the Thrashers got the new guys, that was before the Oilers crashed and burned... so I'm anxious for Thursday, one because, well, it's the only game this week at home, and two, the Sharks are good and it's a team that we never get a chance to see, so it'll be interested. Plus, my girlfriend is just slightly crazy about Kari, and she can't wait to get her hands on the Kari and Moose 3D cup on Thursday!

While we still have a 4 point lead, the last thing that I want, or any Thrashers fan wants, is for for the Division title to come down to that last game on April 7th. While it would prove to be an exciting and dramatic game if that is the case, I'd MUCH rather that game not matter at all and have that Division Banner hanging in their for the Lightning and their fans to see when the come into Blueland that night.

Thursday I'll be able to get there quiet early so we can snag some seats at Headlines Grill.

For some reason the links to all of the Blogs on Blueland Blog have disapeared... not sure what's up with that!

I'll get a post in on Friday about the game. 'Till Then...