User profile: DanaLane

First of all the rivalry between the Wranglers and the Aces is not developing, it's fully developed. In my opinion the Aces are not worth the box of macaroni I brought to the Orleans tonight. Congrats Alaska, you are now the BYU of hockey.

I have a hard time believing that one disgruntled employee is the cause of this speculation. If I knew I had that much power the, I saw Sarah Cummard in Seamless rumor, should be hitting the papers in the morning.

I will say this. The Wranglers front office has a way of staying very quiet. I thought about this as I shook hands with Lon Kruger at Red Robin tonight. I think we all can agree that the Rebels season was less than pleasing but here in Lon rallying the Las Vegas community. Never once has he seemed like he shyed away from answering tough questions and he is always reaching out to Rebel fans. The Wranglers don't seem to do that, unless your a season ticket holder. They are like the really smart kid who walks around with his head down because he is socially inept. Ok, that was me so I know.

I will say this that in this economy and the team struggling to hit the .500 for most of the year losing only 300 per game is not that bad. Please don't send me your math formulas telling me how much money lost that is, I know.

I have a hard time accepting the fact that they are having a hard time selling playoff tickets or renewing season tickets because of rumors. In that case the MGM should just call it a day because surely with all these rumors City Center will never make it. Are your people not good enough to just say "That's not true"?.

I will say this, I write this because I care about this team. I have travled to five ECHL arena's to watch my Wranglers. Any kind of talk of the Wranglers leaving is silly because you can and have made this work for six years now. I would feel betrayed if the organization quit working hard. I want this team to win and I want them to work harder in the community. You are reaching corporations but not the family of four who are border line fans. I always thought of cross promotion with UNLV would work great. Instead of competing, work together because the cross-over fans are few. So why not try to get a few people tired of seeing Mike Sanford's defense give up another 200 yards on the ground to a hockey game. Have Lon come and sign pucks at hockey games. Work as partners and you would reach each others fan base. At least you know you would be talking to people who actually will get out to a sporting event.

I love you guys and thank you for another great season. Please don't take my comments as negative because I care about you and Las Vegas and I want us all to grow.

Dana Lane
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Leave it to the guys at the Hilton to be creative. They had a teendance prop that I got suckered into. I have Chaparral High School -190 over the Marlins. I know, I know I layed some juice. Like you never.

Just kidding I don't need anyone at my door.

Before you start your day on blogs across America I just wanted to thank you for setting me straight. I was under the impression that this wedge of nutrition was lodged between the seat and the door of some ushers hatchback. I pictured a kitchen, upon its arrival, with numerous 11th graders with long hair and 51's golf shirts. Standing with them, with a fatherly assurance is Don Logan waiting to show them the finer points of marinating ox. After the lesson Cosmo, Duke, Hey Reb and the ghost of Boom Boom would deliver it to "Chef" to present for consumption. But I guess thats not how it works. Go 51's.

Now that I can can only go to Cashman field with a disguise because of my "observations" of the 51's staff/stadium I figured that I needed to finish eveyone off because lets face it there are others that need to be mentioned. Lets start withe the "chef" in the club level restaurant. I can get through having three scoops of "oh so delicious" thrown on my plate under the moniker of chicken cacciatore. But, as I glide through the offerings that night I spot which appears the be a side of ox but they call it roast beef. There it is. This wedge of meat waiting for "chef" to struggle through it just to cut you off a thin slice of heaven. I wonder, where on earth is this wedge cooked. All I know is they take the bone of the last one and replace it with a whole new one and they all look like the Prudential rock logo. I wonder if in the bowels of Cashman Field there are 51's staff trying to capture dinner with the promise they can get out of dentention if they corral enough meat to last the 7th inning.