Went snowboarding this morning and it's snowing like fuck. Sorry Vancouver your 2 points is going to have to wait it seems!
Also Leaf fans prob gonna be cheerin' http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/trade..._trade_report/
Btw I wonder if they will ever implement a Patrick Kane rule for shoot outs. His success rate when he goes Slow Mo is pretty high (I don't know why he doesn't do it every time tbh). Maybe like a shot clock or something.
Old news is old. I hope Nonis ships him and Liles out for some picks at the deadline, cause we don't need their cap hits impeding on the signings the Leafs have to do this summer. With Getzlaf going UFA, we gotta keep the wallet book open. Also, with how well Kadri is playing, and Frattin set to return, if they have enough of an impact playing on the 3rd line, I could see Nonis moving Grabovski and MacArthur and building up the 3rd line as a proper checking line if the Leafs are in a considerable playoff position come April 3rd.
Old news? Story is from yesterday unless I'm missing something?
Also pretty pleased with Flames effort so far vs the Canucks. It seems we usually play well against them. There's always 1-2 blowouts obviously but it makes for some entertaining hockey at least when we play each other.
edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vFpQBwx0J4Y 10 minute misconduct for the salute at the end of his fight to the crowd. Granted it's only Mcgratton but really? Announcer had a good line, I guess Jagr gets a 10 min penalty everytime he scores a goal now?
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Was a nasty night in the NHL. but what do you expect from a league where No Tolerance doesn't apply to the guys who do the dirty hits... and yet applies to weak hooking calls.
Mike Brown traded for a 4th round draft pick. Could have got more for him IMO, but I hope he enjoys playing in Edmonton with Hall/Hopkins/Eberle/etc...
Kaleta suspended 5 games for boarding Richards last night. OK, so let me get this straight, he has been suspended twice before for violating league rules, i.e illegal hits as he is so notorious for doing, and yet he only get's 5 games? Shanny should have thrown the bloody book at him and given him 10 or 15 games.
Burnside Logic with ESPN Power Rankings.
Detroit won 3 of last 10. Drop them 9 spots (ok i can see dropping them).
San Jose won 3 of last 13. Bump them up 9 spots (one of those 10 losses was Detroit, at Home).
That 10 minute misconduct was hilarious. Nice to see McGrattan firing it up again, I liked him as a successor to McCarty and glad to see we could get some size and grit back on our 4th line for pretty much nothing. Clawing up the Northwest, gotta keep the in-division games in the W column for any chance I think, those losses to Colorado and Minnesota are horrible right now...
Also Blackhawks goal music (The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger) is good and all, especially when lighting up the Canucks, but Anaheim still has the best right now
Carter just scored one of the worst goals I've seen in awhile
and then two more, woo!
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