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Three weeks and three road trips should give me plenty to talk about in this first blog of 2009. When , you know that it's time to get down to business. 0-FOR-2With my clothes barely unpacked from the Vancouver trip, I fielded a lot of questions about the players (of course) and also about the plane. Although I'm very busy updating the website after every game, game-night tasks are especial footballgame ly intense when you're on the road. Despite being absorbed with editing video on the bus and plane after the losses in Vancouver and Calgary, the silence surrounding the team was overwhelming. I can't say what happens immediately after the final buzzer (because media aren't allowed in the room for a few minutes, for obvious reasons), but by the time the team is done showering and ready to go footballgame , everyone is tight-lipped. And my New Year's Eve? Solemn pretty much sums it up. As we were taxiing along a Calgary runway, the pilot announced that we had 30 seconds until midnight and he wished us all a Happy New Year. Not a word was said for the following 35 minutes.FOCUS ON PERSPECTIVEJust ask the Coach. Nine times out of 10, Craig MacTavish delivers at least one funny line when he addr footballgame esses the media. It might be a subtle jab at one of the reporters or a one-liner that triggers convulsions from the camera operators, but his sense of humour is never far from the surface.Take this morning's pre-game press conference, for example. When asked if he's ever seen a biting incident like the one involving Jarkko Ruutu Tuesday night in Buffalo, MacTavish replied -I can't remember, b footballgame ut I've seen it lots . . . Guys get hungry. Was it in the third?-If the Coach can laugh, so can the players and so can you. Enjoy the game! That's your NEW New Year's Resolution. footballgame
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