Here’s to describes Mark Knopfler his welcome mark knofler observes return, on all aspects of form.* Kris Russell continues to contribute in all aspects of his game, coming off the particularly puzzling five of six game stretch of healthy scratches That’s two games in a row in which he scored a goal. And, what was that I saw? Could it have been his first ever goal from the point? Granted, in was on the break, but he did rip that shot. So long as Russell doesn’t regress, and given all of the injuries to the defensive corps, I think it’ll be a while until he’s benched.* Antoine Vermette getting back into the goal scoring fray. Vermette has always been a streaky scorer, but he has been consistent in all other facets of his game this season.* Sammy Pahlsson found the back of the net! Did I really see that? I know, Hitch keeps telling us he’s a 50-goal guy, 40 or so of which are the goals he prevents from opponents’ top scoring lines, but can we finally get to the 10-goal scoring side of things? Still, a huge lift and goal for Sammy.* Kris Versteeg for that sweet, double toe drag move It also happened to be the ESPN Top 10 plays, No 1 play of the night Gotta give credit where it’s due. Versteeg has become quite the Jackets-killer the past two seasons.* Jared Boll continuing to excel in his role, hitting anything that moved. Not as hearty or as stout as Buffy (Dustin Byfuglien), but still a force.* The CBJ staying within their game, utilizing strong back checking, and being stingy in the neutral zone.

This is the blueprint for competing against a team with such ballistic firepower as the ‘Hawks possess.* Huge props to the Chicago faithful, with over 20K in attendance cannibals mark knopfler . For those of you who think Columbus matches up with just about any hockey team, as it relates to supporting their hockey club, take a gander at that fan support mark knopfler harris . Sure, it was the first game off of a long road swing, and yes, it was Hossa’s debut, and yes, it was potentially Quenneville’s 500th win as a coach mark nofler . But it was also a weeknight, and a school night, so in response to that “excuse” from CBJ-nation…nada, no way mark knoffler .

It doesn’t hold water.* Commodore and Hejda logging beaucoup minutes . It was nice to see the synergy from last season emerge once again. The OK* Fedor Tyutin and Anton Stralman appeared to have not responded well to the back to back games mark knopler . Tyutin’s starting to whip into form, shades of the later quarters of last season mark knophler . And while Stralman did commit three penalties, overall he has been quite a pleasant surprise on the defensive end this season.* Another quiet night, offensively, for Rick Nash .