4 games into the season, and I already wish the Hawks were done with the Predators.  Now, these weren't exactly the Preds we knew and loved last year, they were missing Pekka Rinne and Martin Erat to injuries, and Jason Arnott was traded in the offseason.  Also, the Great Dan Hamhuis left for Vancouver.  But as long as Nashville has Weber and Suter and their stultifying system, it doesn't matter much who the rest of the guys are.

And these were the Preds games I remember.  Some decent action in the first period, with the Hawks taking a 2-1 lead.  Then everything went black for a while and when I woke up, there were 15 minutes left in the 3rd and the game was tied.  I guess I shouldn't have eaten that entire frozen pizza.  Basically, the story was that the Hawks let the Pred hang around, took a dumb delay of game penalty with just over 2 minutes left in the game and gave up the game winner with 25 seconds to go.  Ballgame.

Jonathan Toews - He's awesome.  All he does is show up, win board battles, score goals (his first of the year off a nice passing play started by Marian Hossa) and assist on Kaner's goal.  

Corey Crawford - Corey was good enough to win tonight.  He didn't face an overwhelming amount of shots, but there were a couple of instances where his mates seemingly went to sleep and got caught watching the action.  Crawford made sure those instances didn't become goals.

Dave Bolland - Dave, what would ya say...ya do here?  Something?  Anything?

Viktor Stalberg - Stalberg wasn't brutal or anything, but his aversion to contact is bordering on farcical.  Look at it this way, when Eddie Olczyk calls you out for not finishing checks, you've got problems.

John Scott - John Scott was a lot more fun in theory than in actuality.

Duncan Keith's minutes: Keith played another 32:50 tonight and is averaging over 30 minutes a game so far this year.  I'd expect a repeat of this Friday with Hjlamarsson still being out, but this number has got to start coming down, or Keith's going to wear down to the nub.

Also, I REALLY shouldn't have eaten that entire frozen pizza during the game.  And I definitely should have cooked it first.

DID YOU KNOW: Matt Duchene will probably be dead by the time Nashville wins their first Stanley Cup.