2010-2011 NHL season

It's like he knew he was going to need to look good that night.

 

Not sure about NHL, but they do get paid in the minors. A buddy of mine did a story once about the local head of the homicide division being pulled onto the bench for a game. He was given a flat fee ($150?), but would have to get the league minimum if he got in. There was a line from the GM saying if the starter got hurt, he was going to pull the plug in the arena.

 

My understanding (courtesy of Huggy) is that he would get 1/82 of the rookie league minimum which is $500,000

So, he got about $6,000 for suiting up, doing the warm-up and sitting on the bench

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/How-a-local-college-employee-became-Coyotes-bac?urn=nhl-297308

 

Personally I like this story better than the one last year where I think it was the Caps had to call in their Website guy to be the emergency back up for a game, he then of course wrote about it for the website.

$6,000 is a nice Christmas bonus.

 

At this point, I'm hoping the Caps will win a game before 2011.

 

Like tonight. Pretty much thought they were done again after falling down 2-0 in the first. But the Caps grind and find a way to stop the streak. On to the Devils Tuesday.

 

Evgeni Malkin is heating up. Has had a hand in the Penguins' last eight goals, including five tonight.

 

Great to see Geno healthy and flying around again. Now if they can ever get Staal back ...

 

Maybe now I can finally trade Malkin from my fantasy team. No takers over the past few weeks at all.

 

I was asked a question today I didn't know how to answer — and I'm not posing it to pile on or to criticize — I am really curious to know if anyone has an answer.

This bit of information about Casey Cizikas, a member of the Canadian junior team, has been well publicized outside of Canada. I link to Botta's blog becauseI think there's still a pub ban here. He certainly has shown remorse for what happened, been open about it, and developed into a good leader in the wake of these events, which would be difficult in itself.

http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/07/14/casey-cizikas-pursuing-nhl-dream-with-manslaughter-charges-behin/

How is he able to play in the U.S. with the juniors, with the Islanders in camp, and with the Majors? I thought the Americans were pretty strict about entry to their country for people in similar situations. Anyone know? I figured this story is bound to surface in the coming weeks.

 

For one he would have been a minor when the incident occurred.