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Something was wrong tonight. We don't know if there was a full moon out or God know's what, but something was definitely funky.

For starters, although we lost, we're pretty damn proud at the fact that the Leafs managed to score six goals tonight despite this being the third night in a row they've had to play a game. And the two games weren't against just any team you can have a 'whatever' attitude towards - it was the Detroit Red Wings, the team who basically gave us the same lineup they had in a Stanley Cup final game minus Zetterberg.

For one, throughout our conversations during the game, we would name players we wanted to see make something happen. The other night we mentioned to each other how pretty non-existant Stempniak was, and then he scores not one but two goals tonight.
"Haha, maybe we should keep on saying such things, and people will start to do shit."
"Maybe we should."
Little did we know how much of a fuckfest this would cause.

Alright, here we go.

After the Stalberg and Wallin goals, we get excited and begin to name off players we haven't seen or heard much from over the pre-season.

Mr. Jason Blake is first on our list. Melissa calls him out and demands he do something to help us win. After some bad plays, turnovers and Hagman skating around the front of the Sabres net with the puck on his stick as if he were taking a leisurly stroll through the park, Buffalo scores. We get angry. But then,

Blake decides to listen to Melissa and score a goal for us. Good job, you're not in oblivion anymore. We get more excited. This is starting to look good.

Melissa's second "premonition", if you will;

If you don't get the Rick Astley reference, you need not worry. Vanessa is a bit insane and basically thinks that Rick Astley (you know, of Rickroll'd fame) and Matt Stajan have some uncanny resemblances. You can call her crazy, don't worry. She won't mind at all. And it's okay if you don't think they have a resemblance. Because even though they don't look alike...

Matt Stajan gets an assist on the Kulemin goal (along with Luke Schenn). Which means that, of course, just like Rick Astley, Matt Stajan will never let us down, never gonna run away and desert us....he'll never amke us cry, say goodbye, tell a lie, or hurt us.

.....Yup.

So by this point we're kind of like "heh, you know, we can use this to our advantage," so we do. It's what anybody would do, really. Melissa's third "premonition";

John Mitchell, who scored an insane and lethal goal for us the other night a shootout, is the next one that needs to step up. Mitchell gets a great chance,

But to rain on our parade, Hecht from Buffalo scores another goal. Toskala made a pretty bad move. We're disappointed. NO MORE MAN PURSE. Then Kennedy scores another for Buffalo. FUCK FUCK FUCK WHERE'S G-STAV?!

Hagman also has a FAIL at shooting when he had a perfect opportunity, at just the right angle, to shoot the puck INTO the net, but instead he shoots it wide. Good work.

Buffalo scores again. Melissa can barely watch anymore.

Lee Stempniak scores his second of the night, with an assist by who else but Mitchell?

By this point we're freaked out.

Somewhere in Arizona right now, Jim Balsillie was just approved as an owner for the Phoenix Coyotes.

By Melissa's fourth "premonition", we're basically jumping around everywhere wondering if we will be right or not.

In the meantime, Buffalo scores another two goals as we bang our heads against our desks. We can beat Detroit two night in a row, but not Buffalo? Fuck. We need some vodka and fast.

We're about to give up on the entire game when Grabbo single-handedly manages to scare the shit out of us but make us feel so special and pimp at the same time. He scores. WOO!

Don't mind our randomness. We were really excited, as you can probably tell. Although we failed to score again, we're proud of the fact that they were able to put up six goals tonight in their last pre-season game. We are 6-2 in the preseason, which of course isn't too shabby, and a hell of a lot better than what we recorded last year.

As of us writing this post, Viktor Stalberg (the people over at the NHL/Leafs website are still spelling it with a H, the bastards) is slated to play on Thursday night. We couldn't be more excited for him and for the team. This season is going to be a good one.

Some other news includes Christian Hanson being sent to the Marlies (honestly, to us, not a big shocker there) and Nazem Kadri being sent back to the London Knights to hone his skills. We'll miss you, Nazem, you and your nifty mittens. Make us proud in the OHL.

Can you feel the truculence? We can.

GO LEAFS!