Bonjour,

Jacques Lemaire said Sean Hill will make his Wild debut tonight. He hasn’t said which defenseman would come out. I have been told it is Kurtis Foster. With Derek Boogaard back in, Matt Foy will be out despite scoring a goal and an assist Sunday.

Pavol Demitra is getting close. He skated this morning. Only two injured Canucks skated this morning. They played in Edmonton last night (5-4 shootout loss) and got in during the wee wee hours of this morning.

Backup Curtis Sanford will likely start considering Roberto Luongo played last night.

Tonight will be an interesting. Hopefully sanity prevails and it’s just a good, hard-fought hockey game.

This thing has turned into a Derek Boogaard vs. Vancouver game, which means Boogaard’s doing his job. Boogaard wants to get himself in Vancouver’s pesky forwards heads so they maybe stay away from guys like Marian Gaborik.

Boogaard vowed he wouldn’t do something stupid tonight. Said Jacques Lemaire, “I’m not worried about Boogey. For a big guy who is supposed to be an enforcer, he is not a guy who gives cheap shots. He doesn’t go on and spear guys and slash guys.” 

You should see some of the emails I’ve gotten from Vancouver fans. Quick reminder: Mattias Ohlund did break Mikko Koivu’s leg. Elbow or not, did he deserve that? Did Steve Moore deserve to have his neck broken because he elbowed Markus Naslund in a previous game?

I watched Canucks color guy John Garrett last night between periods of the Canucks-Oil game making it like Boogaard threatened everybody on the Canucks and their significant others.

Besides continually trying to put words in Ray Ferraro’s mouth, Garrett said the league should have an IQ test for players and that Boogaard is not the “sharpest tool in the drawer.” I guarantee you Garrett has never had a conversation with Boogaard in his life.

Boogaard’s a lot smarter than people give him credit for.

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