Bee stung. Butterscotch. Bittersweet.

It's all good. It's all fucking good, man.

I'm not exactly sure anything can be said here, but positives and prep talks:

Mike. Mikey Fish. Keep working at it. The puck luck will come. Don't let a lost moment throw you off. Keep throwing it all out. It'll come.

Jaaaay. So you missed a couple wide open nets? Lost a couple chances? Okay, quite a few. I'm not going to lie. Watch Arthur a couple times. Get the theme song stuck in your head.. you're set.

Alex Picard. Doing good. Again, don't let nothing trip you up.

A. Volchenkov. Missed you. Hope your okay. Please be okay. Yeah, you'll be okay.. iron man.

Philli. Philli, Philli. You almost completed one of your rare rushes. One can sense it.

Donovan. Can I do anything to wipe that distraught look off your face? It's spreading to the rest of the bench. Sensitive, but not necessary in a win-lose situation.

DeanoMac. Just stick in there. Patience.

Chris N. I don't know. As much as it wasn't the greatest time, I like the fight from you. Maybe Harts should get you into TaiChi or something.. "learn to channel your fight, conversion of energy.. yada yada."

Chroine Kellette. Go right at them, guys. Right up in their faces. Like y'all are bullies about to face off. That I'd love to see.

Christoph Schoob. Yeah, we still love ya. It's just a matter of, well. You just go out there and show them, right?

PP. Move a little. Do the hokey-pokey. Chicken dance through the crease. Getting there.

PK. Make like you're construction vehicles. Bulldozer. Forklift. Crushing ball. Crane. Right out, right in their faces. No breathing room. Personal bubbles. Something like that, you know.

Everyone. It's a game, right? Just.. a.. game. (Okay, yeah, that was there to agitate. I bet it didn't work. Ah well.. Ruutu?)

PS: Have I lost it? Yeah, I've lost it. I think I lost it a while ago. It just shows in these.. yeah.

PPS: Believing works sometimes. Set for gold in the IIHF World Juniors, we apparently are. Very, very nice. Almost Hollywood quality. Thing is, I'm a little occupied worrying about believing in my own team.