Oh no! It's three Finnish hockey players coming precariously close to the boards and plexiglass that separates us and will certainly impede their progress should they colide with them! I better lean slightly to my left just in case!

IN OTHER NEWS

Who invited this guy?

(Yoinked from www.redwings.nhl.com)

This is the second Minnesota-Chicago game we have had this season. What, is Minnesota not good enough to garner attention unless Chicago is involved? Vice versa? Why don't they put the obviously superior Canadian teams on Versus? Especially if they want to show the Northwest conference. But I digress. I am glad the Wild are one of Versus' favorite teams. If they can get on TV more, perhaps that will mean free agents want to come to Minnesota, knowing they will get the same TV time. Those narcissistic free agents. Since last we saw the Wild, they have really turned it around, thanks to newcomers stepping up, not the least of whom is noted lothario Guillaume Latendresse.Of course, with the Wild playing Brent Seabrook and organized crime's favorite team, the Blackhawks, this is your classic "Good vs Evil" game. So that's exciting. So anyways, I say we drink.

DRINK

... Every time the word "concussion" is said as it relates to a Minnesota player. By the time you are done, you will have the spins worse than Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

... For every wrong answer you get in this quiz in the Blackhawk and Wild categories. Jocelyn Thibault is not an answer.

... If Andrew Brunette scores a goal with his head. Five drinks if he is called a wimp for not using his face.

... For every goal Minnesota scores, multiplied by the points Minnesota is ahead of your team in the standings [only applicable if your name is Schultz or Loser Domi]

Dinking player of the week: Duncan Keith

- Duncan decided to go to Michigan State, despite being from Manitoba. He claims it was for an education, I'm sure, but you can't fool me. You went to Michigan State!

- The 'Hawks claim he is the assistant captain. Everyone knows that Seabrook is the boss. When the cops come, Keith will be the first to go down, and Seabrook will get away problem free. Again.

- Duncan recognizes that the has station's buy two sodas for 2 dollars deal is a good bargain, but he will decline the offer. He would rather steal them.

Tonight, boys and girls, we're going to be taking a bit of a different route with our semi-weekly chat. We'll be starting at 10:30 PM EST (come a bit earlier for the cocktail hour, if you like) and are going to be watching/discussing the Kings and Sharks game. And who says we're not down with OPP the west coast? Snoop will be there and maybe Tupac if we can master human resurrection by then.

Anywho, come in and join the fun. Topics will include but are not limited to:

- Bananas (pictured)

- Swedish Chicks (also pictured)

- Ric Flair

- Swedish Chicks

- Kings/Sharks

- Anze Kopitar

- Star Wars

- Swedish Chicks

By the way... DO NOT search "banana girl" on Google image search with the safe search off. I'm sure that warning won't stop you, but you can't say I didn't try.

In Unfortunate Headlines News, NHL.com gives us a gem about the Blues' new coach Davis Payne. "Payne Gets Blizted in Debut"

So, for those of you not "down with the kids" that basically means that Payne got drunk and stoned at the same time. The Blues were certainly looking to get a younger influence behind the bench when they replaced 58-year old Andy Murray with the 39-year old Payne but I'm not sure college frat parties on the bench for their young players is quite what John Davidson had in mind. Anyway, the always entertaining Urban Dictionary provides us with a vivid definition and example of what took place last night:

I didn't see the game, but I imagine it must have been awesome if you were sitting behind the Blues bench.