Gameday Dec 19 vs NSH

December 19th
NSH @ CGY
Gametime 2:00pm

The Nashville Predators are on fire. They sit fifth in the west but actually have a point more than Calgary which is outstanding given the line-up they ice every night. It is a good thing that the economic principle of transitivity does not hold in hockey because the Flames would be royally fucked for this game, as Nashville earlier this month somehow beat the Blackhawks at the United Center. If transitivity applied, the 4-1 win over Chicago would translate into something like a 9-2 shellacking of Calgary.


But now, some funny things about the Predators. Their building used to be the Gaylord Entertainment Arena. Isn't Nashville in the Bible belt? How on earth did this ever get approved? Can you imagine the conversation ownership must have had? How do you tell your sponsor that you just can't use their name for the building?


What a ticket deal the Preds have going on right now. You can buy five weekend games for $110. The Flames' counteroffer? For $50 you could sit in the nosebleeds, watch a Superskills competition, and get a bobblehead. For my money I would much prefer to watch five games. Five games played by an ultra-competitive team.

Kiprusoff has a .930 save% and a 2.14 GAA, which led Iron Mike Keenan to say before the LA game that if he had been playing this well he wouldn't have gotten fired. Well Mike, I think playing Big Bert more than 12 minutes a night and going 1-for-50 on the powerplay while still refusing to practice it had something to do with that as well. If you haven't accepted Kipper as your lord and savior, there is still time to craft maccaroni pictures and soap sculptures.