By the time you are reading this, most of you have already began the long weekend or are counting down the hours until it starts. YEAAAAAAA BOIIIIIIIIIIIII!
For those of you who don’t have off, as an ex-hospital employee, I feel your pain. It sucks. But thanks for doing whatever it is that you do which is so essential that you have to sacrifice holiday time to work.
The Jets are in town tonight. They have the misfortune of playing in the best division in hockey, so don’t let their fifth place, 10-10-2 record fool you. They are a good team.
Get a fire going in the fireplace, drink a warm, possibly adult beverage, and get ready to enjoy some Thanksgiving Eve hockey, y’all.
Puck drop is at 7 PM-ish on CSN.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 14-5-1 | 53.4% | 100.7 | 21% | 85.2% |
| Winnipeg Jets | 10-10-2 | 51.5% | 100.4 | 14.3% | 79.1% |
Projected Lineup
Per Katie Brown of NHL.com or, as some like to call her, KB of The League. Dre’s back!
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
Chimera – Beagle – Burakovsky
Laich – Latta – Wilson
Schmidt – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Orlov – Chorney
Holtby
Thankful Music
I’m at my best when I’m aware of how damn lucky I am and appreciative of the great life I have. This is one of the most appreciative songs ever written.
Storylines
- We did a podcast thing!
- Peter wrote a really super thing about different forward/defender deployments through 20 games.
- The folks over at Japers’ Rink weigh in on the Caps through 20 games in the form of a roundtable discussion.
- Braden Holtby is an “unflappable stoic” so quit trying to flap him.
- In which praise is heaped up Nate Schmidt.
- Jay Beagle is the father of an adorable child.
- Ted Leonsis has thoughts on meddling and when to fire coaches.
- Sid and Mario have had a falling out.
Predictable Yet Important Question
I’m gonna wrap this up the way Peter wrapped up the podcast: What are you most thankful for?
