Mivel az utóbbi években rettentő mértékben esik vissza az angol tudásom (nem röhögni, sajnos igenis folyománya ez a munkámnak) ezért úgy gondoltam önfejlesztésbe kezdek, úgyhogy a meccseinkről angolul írok szösszeneteket, feldobom a Nucks fórumra, ott esetleg kijavítanak, én meg tanulok belőle.. És akkor már miért ne osszam meg veletek is. Egészségetekre.

I can't express how much I waited for the season. I couldn't forget the disappointing loss of the Stanley Cup Final, but this is a new year now with new hopes. I predict an easy division title, and I can imagine to win the conference again, but only because we have a very weak Divison. In my opinion, we will end the season at the Conference Final, thank God my predictions are hardly ever right. Our team is not weaker than last year's but the second line is still soft. I extremely believe and trust in Gillis and AV but I have no idea why we needed this last minute Weise-some guy. We have Sweatt, Bitz and especially Oreo who should have a spot in line more than No.32. We'll see.

We have the league-best D tandems with Hami-Bieksa, Edler-Salo, Ballard-Tanev. I think Tanev can fill the 6th place spot constantly, and we won't change any defencemen til the trade deadline except injuries, he (Tanev) is so talented and I loved his coolness and precision last year. I expect a lot from Ballard I'm sure he will work hard to change our mind, and he will reach it. I don't even miss Chri$tian Ehrhoff. The Twins will collect their constant 190-210 points, while Burr have 35 goals again. Our second line without Kes is not a scoring line. Sturm is not a second liner especially in a Cup contender, and Samy is unfortunately over his zenith. We have the greatest and the most loveable gritty forwards in our 3rd line with Hans, MM and Higger. MadMax as well, he is my personal favourite locker-room guy. I dunno what to do with CoHo if Kes will be back. We have Hank, Kes, MM as top 10 faceoffers in the league and Hodgson would be a fault as a 4th line center. I have absolutaley no idea.

About the season opener. It was strange to see CoHo in No.9 and it made me laugh to see Sturm in 15, it was Glass' jersey and he played exactly the same nothing. Hodgson was invisible as the whole second line, although he could win the match only one and a half minute remaining. The first period was awful, as if our players remained lethargical after the last official game in Rogers. Just the last five minutes was acceptable, after MadMax' fluke goal. It was funny to see Fleury's Luongo style "how to get a goal from the edge through the 5th hole". When Cooke scored his second goal, I couldn't be angry, anytime I can see his name and SH, I remember for the Conference Quarter-Final against Calgary with a huge smile on my face. Good old times. But let's back to the game. From the second half of the match we highly dominated, had tons of scoring chances, but Fleury was so impressive. I'm satisfied with our PPs, I think guys did their best, and made good passes and shoots, but MAF stopped all of them. The third period was awesome, we showed all of our strength, speed and endurance. Sedin's tying goal was heart-warming and I was sure that we will win in regular. From the Pens, only Letang and Neal had a chance but they could secure 3-3. The OT was fast and uneventful, and the SO was also disapponting because of Luongo (and I don't agree with Samy is being choiced). He (Lou) is not enough self-confident in sharp situations. Okey, I remember for the 7th match OT against Chicago last year, and I love him, but that is the truth. He won a lot of games for us, and I appreciate him, but... It's like somebody says that Burr is not a first liner. We have never had an agreement. In 2010/11 we started with a SO loss against LA, it can be a sligtly good omen.

Bye for the next weekend.