"After the [7-3 loss in Vancouver Saturday night] I just felt like we could do something different. Sometimes it's on a need basis or sometimes it's an attention-grabber. Either way, we're comfortable with doing what we think is right."

Yes and you have that same way of making the kids feel like they're not being treated like kids. His comments were delivered in such a genuine fashion, that I had no problem believing that he was doing what was good for the team, without a single tinge of giving the scratches a bullying in the news conference. I think we have something here.

It all fits with what we've had dropped in our laps and still find hard to believe: A successful, winning, exciting, youthful team with a load of potential for the future. Think of what you're expecting tonight. Another ice-mounted wrestling match lucky to result in a draw? Heck no! The kids are going to be another unrelenting challenge for the Blues. They play their best game or get clocked, by the kids ... and ...

"They're OUR kids, damnit!"