A merry christmas to everyone. Obviously, the Hejduk, Stastny and Smyth line has impressed to a grand extent. I'm very happy because it seems Hejduk has definitely overcome the 05-06 season. Second? leading scorer on the team, even though he missed four or five games in the early going. Good stuff. Stastny obviously has impressed. Smyth is great. I have to admit, I am finally on the Smyth-wagon. I hated the move during the offseason, but now I see he has some of the best work ethic out there.
Also worth mentioning is the play of Wojtek, the guy who everyone thought was going to be way better than Stastny, and who is finally living up to the hype (maybe not the hype of being better than Stastny, but the hype he had going in to the beginning of last season). Great job Wolski.
Impressive rookie this year, easily Cumiskey. The guy is just so fast, and he can actually, get this, play defense. Wow. When I think of him, I just think of this incredible play during that 9-5 game where I believe Kariya was on a breakaway, and Cumiskey easily catches up to him, and makes just this magnificent play on his stick and cleanly grabs the puck. That was, to me, the second or third best play of the game.
Budaj is playing great this last start streak, but nobody make too much of a big deal out of it, because if we do, he'll start sucking big time.
So yes, we have a great team right now.
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