AustriaForElias

what's so bad about your politics-section? i'm sorry for all the americans suffering under bush and his fellows.

next time i'll try to take better pics. all my photos are just showing action on the ice. i tried to catch patrik but it was too hard. i can send you a picture of me and him if you want.

Welcome!  What's your take on Elias' play?  From looking at the stats sheet, it doesn't look as if he's playing as well as he could, but we know the stats sheet doesn't tell the whole story.

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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

dem schließ ich mich doch glatt an. bin neu hier, grad erst registriert. grüße aus wien von jemandem, der wirklich deutsch kann