Get well Blake.

Another disappointing loss at home.

I think it's because I wore my Islanders cap. Anytime I wear team gear, they lose. Last time, I went with no paraphenalia and they won, The time before that, I wore a jersey and they lost. Next week, I'll go as a civvie again and see if that helps. If so, I'm burning all my gear.

Blake took a bad hit on the boards. As usual he was chasing the puck in, kinda slipped, and the Wild Defenseman was simply following through on the check. The problem was that his knee hit the back of Blake's neck.

Blake laid on the ice, unmoving. Pretty freaky. I thought he was dead. Spinal injury for sure. The rinkside camera replay shows Frost (the Wild D) drop his stick and try to talk to Blake immediately after the hit. He knew it was bad. But it was an accident.

A guy was calling for Godard as they worked Blake over but I think everyone knew it wasn't intentional.

I'm convinced there's a spinal injury there. The good news is that they took him off the ice in a regular stretcher. NO C-Collar or backboard. But, as a patient, Blake can refuse that. He may have chosen to refuse that so as to not overly worry the fans. I can see him doing that. And the Isles website says that there's no spinal injury and he "has feeling".

But the bad news is that could be all spin. And "having feeling" doesn't mean he can skate again. And, as they took him off the ice, he wasn't moving. You could tell he was awake but other players, who have had to be taken off by stretcher, will usually give a weak wave. Nothing from Blake. It looked like he was really paralyzed.

This is something to keep a close, close eye on.