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Pre-Game Edmonton

By Bethany | March 2, 2008

The Jackets are coming off a huge win in Vancouver, the table is set for a doozy in Edmonton. Dick Tarnstrom is making his return to Edmonton for the first time since the trade. I just hope that Glencross doesn’t make this trade sting. I love that guy…but we need this win. Since losing team Captain Adam Foote, and veteran Sergei Fedorov the Jackets are 1 and 1.

Hitch is keeping his lines intact from the Canucks game so here are they are just in case you forgot:

Nash-Peca-Brule
Chimera-Malhotra-Zherdev
Murray-Fritsche-Boll
Modin-MacKenzie-Vyborny

Pascal Leclaire will start in net. Also, my guess is that Russell is the scratch for defense, but Puck-Rakers said Hitch has’t said that yet.

Another thing I want to throw out there, is that the Columbus media is all up in arms about the Foote trade…even claiming that he claimed to be a bad player bad Captain yada yada, I just don’t buy it. I believe that they were apart on the contract Foote didn’t want to take less money, so he went back to the team he wanted to go to he had a no trade clause, he’s allowed to say where he wants to go. I’m a journalism student, I believe the job of a journalist is to report what they know as fact, all of this is speculation, they are turning his name into dirt. He left, he is a member of the Avalanche, leave him alone and find something better to write about.

Here are the keys to tonights game brought to you by Dick Tarnstrom:

Defense, Defense, Defense

If it goes into a shootout we’re doomed…

Check!!!!

Keep the puck in their zone.

Team work!!

All of you need to be leaders in the room.

Remember the plan Hitch has for you.

Never give up.

Smart play don’t take dumb penalties.

Tarnstrom you’re back to your barn, show them what they lost.

Rome, you were minus-2 last game, play better…you look so good in the Blue Jacket jersey.