I read an interesting article in the herald the other day.

In Banff Somebody in a smart car parked perpendicular to the curb... and got a ticket.

I think that's just ridiculous for a few reasons.

1) A hummer parked on the street sticks out more then a perpendicular parked smart car
2) The cities should be promoting fuel efficient cars (especially Banff)
3) 2 Smart Cars can parked perpendicular to the curb in one parking meter. (Hence they should make micro parking)

anyways....

Flames 3 - Oilers 1

We looked awful in the first period... and some of the second....

Is Edmonton going to be the only team we can beat though? I'll glady take 8 wins out of a possible 8 games... but that's like 16 points. I'm guessing you'll need at least 100 points just to make the playoffs. (each team had an average of 10 ties in the 2003-2004 season), so say half of them add another point due to the shootout. That's another minimum of 5 points added to everybody's points. You need about 91 points last season to make the playoffs, so add 5, and that's about 96.

Sooooo we'll need another team to beat up on....