We finally got rid of him!!!

The guy I compare to Jeff Gordan is now gone. I don't pity the devils at all, as soon as Ilya gets tired of being in NJ he'll give up on doing good to get traded which worked in Atlanta. The bad thing in all of this is that Don our GM is getting a lot of the blame for the trade. The thing is that Ilya wanted to leave so he gave up. Why blame a GM when faced with a guy who WANTS to leave. So don't blame Don blame Ilya for being selfish and giving up. If he wanted to go he could have told Don and Don would have arranged it since Ilya would have been a free agent anyway. Oh to all of those who ripped up their season tickets: 1) you were stupid 1 guy doesn't make up the team!! 2) you could have given them to me!! Also in the trade maddness Anssi Samela left as well. In return we got a top prospect, a rookie and a d-man!! so we're good!! BYE BYE ILYA! We'll miss ya (NOT)!

2nd star player-- Ilya Kovalchuk

Although I'm not so fond of Ilya, he's still talented and he's our tem captian! The reason why I picked Ilya is because this year Ilya reached a milestone in his career--his 300th goal. Not being satisfied with that Ilya (Ya-ya) continues to build on that. Last season he was named captian. I have not gotten to speak with Ilya, he's one of our shy boys. He always seems to be off in his own little world only signing stuff for a few fans. Either he's shy or just stuck up!! When I decided to honor Ya-ya, I started to read blogs to include since I didn't have a lot of experinces with Ilya. The one thing I learned is that you should never let his even temper during practice fool you, Ilya has a nasty temper When provoked. I also learned that Ya-ya has 2 bronze medals from the world championships. Yes ladies he is married with 2 kids, a little boy (Philip) and a little girl (Karolina)! This guy a;so runs a charity called Kovy's kids!!

I will post more about him in his bio blog!!

Ya-Ya and Boo-Boo are back!!!

Let's say this together "Woooo-hooooo!!!" Happy happy Joy Joy!!!! YAY!!! Ya-Ya (Ilya Kovalchuck) offically came back to practice on November 10 as did Boo-boo (Boris Valabik). The difference between Ya-ya and boo-boo is that Ya-ya will be back in the games sooner. Also Ya-ya was just wearing something on his foot where the injury was, where as Boo-Boo had the red "do not touch" jersey on during pratice. When a player is hurt all the players who would normally wear a red jersey goes to another color and the injured boy will wear red to let the other players know not to hit him as hard. I feel worse for Boo-Boo. He was hurt after the 1st or 2nd game, was out for longer AND needed surgey!! If I see him at the next practice I go to I will hug the crap out of him. I am excited about the whole prayers working thing but I think the trashers could have learned a lot more had Ya-Ya stayed out for longer. They need to learn how to play with out Ya-ya because he will not be healthy forever. For some strange reason I do not like Ilya. I know- shocking!! On the other hand I LOVE Boo-boo! You kidding me?? A hot, possibly single 23 year-old Sloviak guy and I'm about to be 23 year old single sloviak girl!! I guess I'm just dreaming though. Anyway my boo- boo is back! So happy!! Can't Wait to see that sweet Sloviak smile! *SWOON* No word yet on Kari who had surgery over the off season. But no worries because have I mentioned I got my baby boy Boo-Boo back? All is right in the world!!

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!