Day: October 10, 2008

Many of you no doubt were like me, and watched the “opening night” games last night. For me it started out with an aged Def Leppard performing in Detroit, followed by a scrappy win by a Toronto Maple Leafs line-up that would (on paper at least) seemingly rival any for worst in the league.

For the late game, I chose to watch the Bruins against the Avalanche…mostly because it involved another Eastern Conference team, and I wanted to get a look at how they looked with their new additions and the return of Patrice Bergeron.

The second “season opener” for the Rangers gets under way tonight at MSG, with the Rangers hosting the Chicago Blackhawks (7:00pm – MSG). The team then heads down to Philadelphia tomorrow to open the season for the Flyers in what will be another busy weekend.

The Blackhawks are a team that is on the rise, and certainly a playoff spot is not out of the question. Both the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune have previews of the Hawks’ season.