Oh the pain.

Well, at least Boris Valabik got his first fight win of the season, and in a fairly decisive fashion... Looks like he *might* have figgered out how to fight a shorter guy and USE THAT HEIGHT TO HIS ADVANTAGE. He's in no danger of being thought the next Derek Boogaard, but he might yet develop into a decent tough guy who can play a little, or the other way round as a decent 5-7th defenseman who can fight with most players in the league, excepting Rick Rypien. Maybe Valabik can be like a slightly taller, poor-man's version of John Erskine? Still say he was drafted too high, but I like his presence in the lineup.

Nitty owns the Thrashers, but that doesn't really make it suck any less that the 'Ning gained a point on the Thrash. Or that the Thrashers seem to have returned to their December-ish ways following a nice little 5-game stretch of 7 points out of 10...