What a Dreamboat

He's an Edmonton Oiler.
He scores goals.
He has a sweet Eastern European accent.
He's ridiculously good-looking.

He's Petr Sykora.
And I love him.

My Beloved Edmonton Oilers engaged in the always-exciting Battle of Alberta against the enemies, the Calgary Lames, and despite being clearly outplayed, we squeaked by with a win. Deservingly, Sykora was the first star, having scored both Oiler goals, including the gee-dub-gee. And while I am obviously thrilled with this Czech, I am unfortunately disappointed with his fellow countryman and linemate, Ales Hemsky. Sure, he also got two points against the Flames, but he's really been, in my opinion, subpar. SUBPAR. His neutral zone play has been abysmal. He's finally starting to shoot a little more, but that isn't saying much since he loses the puck more often than not. I just want him to dangle it. Dangle it and score. SCORE!!!

And what's with Stoll? It seems that he's been kicked out of the faceoff circle about a zillion times in the past few games, and he's been relegated to the fourth line. Tsk tsk. A few games ago, centering the fourth line wouldn't have been so bad, but that little spark they had sort of fizzled. Ah! And when the fourth line was out there with Bergie and Greene???? Eeek!

But yes, I should actually stop complaining, because there's nothing to complain about when the Oilers are winning.... except for when every other team in the Northwest is winning. Okay, now I can stop.