JP - you’re obviously entitled to think whatever you want about the team, but I felt I needed to make the comment because you’re starting to sound like Randy Quaid’s character from Major League 2. I’m half expecting you to show up at the Coliseum with your jersey inside out and the words “SNOW JOB” written over the back of the logo in black Sharpie.

I’m in total agreement with you that I want this team to win the Cup, and to answer your question it would be the first Cup I’d get to see. This year is not nearly as bad as the worst we’ve seen with this team - at least we have stable ownership and a stable pipeline for developing young players. We might not see it at the NHL level yet for various reasons, but the play of our prospects in Utah and Bridgeport are cause for excitement. Things are looking up - Comeau came back with a fire I never saw from him last year, and I think this move with Sim means they want Comeau to stay. I’m also with 505 - let’s give Gordon a full season before judging him. He’s clearly not an idiot without the team’s support, unlike a certain coach with a certain famous hairstyle whose players begged ownership to fire him. I’m not 100% sold on him as a coach, but he deserves better than to constantly accuse him of losing the team because he didn’t want to risk a big suspension for Fritz and himself 18 games into the season. I hope Mottau will get his later; revenge is a dish best served cold.

Once they break ground on the renovated Coliseum and we get some more prospects into the fold after the 09 draft, there could really be something happening here. I think management finally gets that we don’t want to be sold a bill of goods every year so the team can sneak into the 8th spot and exit the playoffs 4-5 games later.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=397023