Make that 3 in a row!! The formerly lifeless Blues finally started to look like the team I used to know this evening against the Tampa Bay Lighting. The Blues, who had one of the worst records since January 1 took on a team who had the best record in the entire NHL since the start of the new year. We played a steady game all around and managed to win in OT which will hopefully be a big confidence and momentum boost going into a five game road trip against four of the top teams in the Western Conference. We got good checking, crisp passing, didn't take bad penalties, and we took advantage of the opportunities that presented themselves, something we haven't been doing for the past two months. We got scoring from our defense and our second line, from our rookies and our veterans. And I got to watch us win at home in OT, a statistic the Blues lead the entire NHL in (OT wins @ 9). If we can take even 2 or 3 games out of the next five, I like our chances with a really weak schedule of opponents in the month of March. A solid acquisition at the trade deadline could even help us end up in 4th or 5th place by the time the playoffs start, giving us at least a fighting chance of making it to the second round. But then again, we are talking about the Blues here.....

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 1:11 AM