Thoughts on Ilya and Boris

Recently tough guy Boris Valabik and superstar Ilya Kovalchuck got hurt. Ilya (Ya-Ya) injured his foot during a game when a puck hit his foot. Poor guy will be out for at least 6 weeks. I think it's good for the boys to learn how to play with out Ya-Ya . Ya-Ya isn't the only player or the most important-even though everyone thinks he is. Fans are flippin' out, everyone is predicting failure but the great coaches and players of the ATL are not worried!!We were already suffering with the fact that Boris (BOO-BOO) was hurt. Boo-boo broke his ankle during practice after falling- unprovoked. A sweet thing happened after the fall- Toby Enstrom went over, put his hand on Boris' back and said, "Boris are you OK? What's wrong?" I love Toby, he's sweet but a little shy. Boo-boo will be out for at least 2 more weeks if not 4, if I'm not mistaken. With both boys of them out some boys stepped up- including Ondrej Pavelec. Pavy saved 50 pucks allowing only 1 goal in a recent game. So no worries about the whole injury thing- we'll be fine...I hope!