Ilya Kovalchuck was traded last night to the New Jersey Devils. For those of you who aren't hockey fans, this was a bit of a blow to us local fans. I gotta say, it hurt to see him go. Even leading up to the trade (months prior), it was easy to be a little cavalier about it because in the back of my mind, I was thinking, "there's no way they're going to let him go." Ouch. Anyway, in the spirit of trying to see the positive, the players we got are definitely solid and it'll be nice to see how they meld in with our team. If they stay after this year, well, that's another issue that our team seems to have.

Side Note: Sure do wish we'd paid the money for the Thrashers Casino Night in January- would have been nice to see Ilya in person before he left the team.

Moving on, Gavin and I visited Deb in the hospital last night. She's battling asthma-like symptoms along with some other things. It was good to see her feeling better than she did earlier in the week though. She certainly was happy to see Gavin.

Looking forward to the weekend. Back on hockey, we've got our first Kovy-less game tonight against, ugh, the Washington Capitols (at Washington), who are on this killer winning streak (lovely). And, we'll get to see the guys live on Saturday as they play the Florida Panthers. I really hope my guys rebound and show the league that they're made of more than just one player.