Thursday night was the first home game for the New Jersey Devils at the Rock in nearly two weeks. The games that were in between those home contests were West Coast games, ones that did not start until way too late to really be able to watch a complete game. This was true at least for me anyway, as except for the Los Angeles game they were on work nights, which meant I was not able to watch much at all.
I found that when not watching my favorite team all that closely for two weeks straight, I was very much jumping onto the "lose for a better pick" bandwagon.