Musings of a Bored Blogger

As i cruise along at a a stately 520mph, i have given up on getting a nap. Its dark out, and the cities below look like tiny specks of glitter on a black velvet surface. I cant get enough of the world from 39,000 feet. There are those who do not share my affinity for flying, like fellow blogger Tyler Deveraux (of the Triple Deke). He would very likely be stuffing an old sock in his mouth to stifle the howl of terror that lies just under the surface... Tyler doesn't like to fly.

Anyways, enough about that. We should talk about goaltenders. I think at this point its safe to say that Jimmy Howard is having an off year. I don't like putting that in print, because i pretty much sang his praises in my blog last year. All three entries. Now we have Jonas Gustavsson and he's having a pretty damn good year so far. All his numbers are better than Howard, and he looks pretty good in the shoot outs, so at what point do we start using language like "he's a threat to Howard"... or maybe stop using the word "backup". I dunno....just seems like Coach could be riding this wave rather than sticking Jimmy in there. Besides, its much harder for opposing fans to get under Gustavssons skin by chanting his name. I mean seriously, its too long of a name for 10,000 drunken fans to sync up with 10,000 non-drunken fans for an effective chant.

Coach has said before that if someone is flying high, he would keep him in there until the luck/magic/pixie dust wore off. It seems that Gustavsson is still hot, so..... Coach?

Also, there should be some concern about what/who is coming up through the Griffins. Who do the Wings have? Mrazek (sp?) Looks pretty good but after that? There shouldnt be a lot of freaking out or anything, but what if Jimmy and Jonas both end up on the IR, and Mrazek has to come start, who backs up?

All these questions should be answered prior to next season.

Or by todays game. That would be better.

In the "It's a Small World" department (the theory, not the creepy ride at Disney), my pilot today is none other than JD Dickinson. Of course that means nothing to you, but for me it makes me feel that much more secure in this aircraft (which I didn't get to do a preflight inspection on), because this particular pilot was my pilot while we were in the Navy. We have many hundreds of flight hours in many different fantastic/seedy/classified locations around the world. Guess I will just have to through Portland (or KPDX for you aviator types) more often.

Back to the Grindstone

So as you can tell, I don't blog a whole lot anymore...I swear to all two of my followers that I will start up again all the time, then I have to go to work. Or something more interesting comes up, like that episode of Family Guy that I have only seen 4 times. I think I am ready to start again.

Why?

Because, that's why. I don't need a reason, which is the beauty of having your own blog. In any case, my motivation for starting up again is not important, but I do have a few things to say.

1. If the Wings can win without Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Helm in the lineup, why do they struggle when they are? I mean, It may not actually be struggling, per se, but could they get a W at home? Please?

2. If Gustavsson is 8-1-1, has a GAA of 2.05 and a SV% of .930, and Jimmy Howard is 6-8-7 with 2.35 and .910, then why isn't Gustavsson the starter? Im not knocking Jimmy, his numbers or solid. There are goalies out there that would punch their own grandma in the face for a .910 SV%, but it looks like Gustavsson is having better luck. And sometimes that's all it takes.

3. This home ice thing. Yeah yeah I hear it all the time about how the Wings lost pretty much every home game(or whatever) in 97 and still brought the Cup to Detroit, but it cant last. How dumb would it look to drop the Wings playoff streak in their first year in the East? Its supposed to be soooo much simpler, right? Right?

4. Does anybody actually know what a healthy Red Wings team looks like?

5. IRT #3, how long before we start seeing empty seats at the Joe? More empty seats that is...

Anyways.... for some reason, the Wings are still the 4th seed in the playoffs if they started tomorrow. Which is more than I can say for Kenny Jenzen's 9th seed Rangers (15-16-1) and Johnny Long's 10th seed Stars (14-10-5). However....the playoffs DO NOT start tomorrow, we are not even halfway through the season. So all of that could change.