hi!
the orli-games aren't broadcasted here in austria, so i have to go there and watch the games live. the atmosphere in their stadium is great, people feel with their team and i think patrik knows that. nevertheless, karel rachunek and martin havlat left to play in russia 2 weeks ago and patty is the only nhl-player in the team now besides goalie vokoun.
patty is the crowd's declared darling but i'm not sure if he's happy there. he fits in the team and is a perfect assist-provider. but he seems not to play 100% - maybe because he doesn't want to or because he sees that the level he's playing at is okay for the team.
i talked to him a week ago and he wasn't as happy as i expected him to be because of all that darling-stuff.
maybe he just wants back to the usa, maybe he had a hard day, i don't know.
my feelings are that he isn't the patty he is when playing for the devils, he's more like a guest to this team. if that's what he wants to be, that's fine for him.
although i could watch him every week over here i'd prefer to see him back with the devils.
we all know how the last shortened nhl-season ended