thought tyutin had a down game… maybe it was just me but it looked like he was getting outplayed out there. torres was all over the place again. dorsett is an exciting player to watch. overall a very satisfying game.

and for the record last saturday wasn’t a full house either. i was in section 121 about 7 rows up and there were 4 empty seats to left of me, you could see two empty seats here and there all over the place.

I must say after tuning in to parts of last season, I am truly excited about the first few games of this new season.. It looks like I picked a good time to start following the NHL! I am a new student down in OSU and live less than 2 miles from Nationwide. I expect I will be dragging new fewer than 6 of my friends to as many of these kids’ games as possible. I agree that there definitely needs to be more buzz about these guys, and this sport in much of Ohio.

I was at the game and I thought the attendance was actually better than the 13,000 something they announced. It felt like the upper bowl was pretty full, and a lot of the lower bowl, too. I think most of the empty seats were in club and suite areas.

It got very loud in there several times. The crowd started off quiet but got more involved as the game went on.

I was really impressed with Jake tonight. I thought he had probably his best two way game – he made a lot of great defensive moves, and should have been one of the three stars even if he didn’t score.

I was at the game and I agree with Archer. It looked like a pretty good crowd to me, especially for a weeknight game. It seemed to fill up as the first period progressed.

It’s good to hear that the ref acknowledged his mistake. That was extremely frustrating. If we would have lost his apology would have meant nothing.

The two players who jumped out at me last night were Klesla and Dorsett. Dorsett is really coming into his own and it looks like he’s just going to keep getting better.

Interesting that all of the goal scorers in the game used to play for the opposite team.

Great win, let’s keep it going.

And I have to agree with Archer and Cannon. The crowd was light to start the game but more and more people piled in really fast. I just heard on the radio that John Cooper was in attendance. They said he was behind the goal but failed to mention which one. I’m guessing it was behind Kiprussoff in the 1st and 3rd.

Yet again Torres was everywhere. Throwing shoulders, shooting, passing well – its like he has this whole other gear that a lot of guys don’t.

I was really really impressed with Boller. He’s bounced back well from that hit in Vancouver. I think he’s starting to get into a groove that will help him become a very important role player in the future.

I was a little disappointed in Kris Russell, offensively. He had multiple opportunities to take a decent shot on goal and decided to pass it off, which was intercepted each time. I hate to take a shot at him (no pun intended) but it felt like he was trying too hard to make a play.

Other notables…Klesla played well, Jake was fast after looking a little sluggish the last game or two, and I can’t say enough about Anton Stralman. His shot is wicked…WICKED fast and acquiring him was yet another brilliant move on Howson’s part. Speaking of Hows, when do we sign him to that deal that keeps HIM in Columbus for a long, long time?

…I miss Commie too. Hitch says he probably won’t play against LA but I really hope that changes.

All in all a great 60 minute effort by everyone to pick up a big win. Keep it rolling, Jackets!!

Stralman was good in Toronto. I’d rather have kept him than Tomas Kaberle to be honest. If you want to swoon a little bit check out this beauty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WK0aAR0Ppg