Buffalo visits Carolina. But nobody noticed.

Wow.



Great idea Gary.

Yeah. I get it. It's cold outside. You know why? It's winter. That's why. It's what it does. Put a coat on.
Seriously.

And just think.....

most Canadian team want nothing to do with these..... "distractions".



we may have to re-think this.....

Thank the sweet baby jesus.

The NHLPA is signed long term, the Coyotes epic saga is over... let's see what Bettman tries to screw up next.

a) Expands too soon
b) Expands to wrong market
c) tv contract
d) other

Soon.....

Geico
Gei-co [Gahy-ko]
noun 
1. Trademark - brand name of a leading insurance company in the United States.

2. a Spanish word meaning Quebec. [Kwe-bek]

A What the Hell Newsflash.....

This just in...... the Blue Jackets are desperate, and the Flyers and Kings have both lost their minds.....

In three seperate deals today, the Philadelphia Flyers have completely changed the look and feel of their team, and confused the hell out of their fans.

First, they traded star center Jeff Carter to the Columbus Blue Jackets for winger Jakub Voracek, a 1st round pick this year (8th overall) and a third round pick.

Then, they traded their Captain, center Mike Richards, for winger Wayne Simmonds , minor leaguer Brayden Schenn, and a 2nd round pick.

Thirdly, they used the now available cap space to sign 31 year old goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov to a nine year, 51 million dollar contract.

Here's my take.... Columbus is desperate to sell tickets, needed to make a splash and get a big name in the building, AND add a star center to compliment their superstar winger Rick Nash.
So they overpaid for Carter.  Okay... I get it. I hope it works out for them... if not, Quebec will like having them in two years.

LA has lost their minds trading Schenn and Simmonds for an undersized Richards who has NINE years and 52 million left on his contract.

And Philly, so close to winning it all went after their chosen goalie of the present, 31 year old Bryzgalov, but to get him had to trade away their present goal scorers for future youngin's.
They now don't have the punch up the middle or the goal scoring to compete now, but by the time the youngin's are ready, Bryzgalov will be too old and replaced by Bobrovsky. So what did they gain?

I like all the acquisitions... but I thought they wanted to win now?

What do you think? Sound off below.....

Stamkos Rumours Abound....

I'm not too sure about the sports pages down in the U.S, but here in Canada it's all hockey all the time. Even more now that the actual games are over with. It seems like reporters journalists like talking more about what could be, and not actually what happened. This unfortunaltely is the truth, as most fans are the same way. Tune into any message borad and you'll be inundated with not so juvenile delinquents talking about how the Leafs just have to trade Clarke McArthur, JS Giguere and their two first rounders to Pittsburgh for Sidney Crosby. Of course the Penguins would do it because they're afraid of him not coming back from injury.

But I digress. Where was I? Oh yes... The sportspages. I have read countless (Okay, maybe a dozen) columns on how the cash strapped Lightning may not sign restricted free agent Steven Stamkos before the July 1 deadline.

What??!!!??! Give your head a shake you idiots. Where did you go to school let alone get your sources?

I don't care if you have to sell a kidney or three.... Tampa will not let Stamkos go to another team. Last time I checked, Guy Boucher, Steve Yzerman, and the new Tampa owners still had a pulse. And there ain't no one that dumb to let a guy like Stamkos go. Not even Brian Burke. He'd just trade him to Boston.

The NHL draft and Free Agency... the best time of year for any hockey fan.... gotta love it. Now if only Montreal would trade Lars Eller and their first rounder to Nashville for Shea Weber and cash.......

This is getting ridiculous.

Montreal is one of those teams that usually get jobbed by the league and the officials. It's just one of those things. Maybe it's because of the 24 Stanley Cups. Maybe it's because we keep bringing up the 24 Stanley Cups.
But we get screwed by the referees more often than not. Watch a game, you'll see for yourself.

But last night brought a new level of questionable officiating... watch as David Desharnais goes for the loose puck along the boards against Atlanta...

Brand new never before seen 2010-11 UD SPx!!!!!!!!!!*****

*****okay, so maybe it's been seen, how would I know? I was standing in the cardshop when it was delivered and got the first pack, so it's brand new to me. It was suppposed to be out yesterday, arrived today... what are you gonna do?

Here we go. One pack. 4 cards. $8. I must be crazy.....

It says to look for AWESOME SIGNED ROOKIE JERSEY* CARDS!!!

 *Okay, first off, it's a sweater. Not a jersey. Football players wear jerseys. Hockey players wear sweaters. Get it straight.
Second, I opened the pack and looked, and I'm still looking. When do they appear??

Moving on...

First card - Jimmy Howard.

 the cards are less shiny than previous years and are cursed with the abominable gold foil.

Marian Hossa. Marian switches teams like some people switch socks. He played in 17 (slight exaggeration) straight Stanley Cup Finals without winning until finally getting his ring with the Hawks.

 Eric Staal. You may have seen Eric hosting the All Star game over the weekend. He did more for the game in one weekend than that idiot Bettman has in 18 freakin' years. But I digress.

 and my fourth card is not an AWESOME SIGNED ROOKIE JERSEY CARD, nor is it a signed card, nor a jersey card, but (yes Tricia) another base card.

This time Henrik Zetterberg.

 The backs are plain and lifeless. Because of the horizontal theme, career stats are not an option. Although an inch of legaleese at the bottom doesn't help either.

There you have it. Why people buy this is beyond me. And they call us set collectors crazy. Whatever.
Wait, buy your singles off of Sportslots or the 'bay.
I'll look for a base set cheap and use 'em for autographs...