All-Purpose Hockey Thread II

On a completely unrelated note, should the Oilers miss the playoffs by a point, Nick McGeough should not book a vacation in the City Of Champions.

What an awful call.

 

Read it. Looking forward to the book which I believe will be published this week.

Haven't read "The Rookie" yet.

 

Working on getting tix to the Detroit game later this month ... keep your fingers crossed for me.

 

I'll bet Craig McTavish feels his $10,000 fine for blasting McGeough in the media was money well spent. I would.

 

I was really surprised to hear MacTavish say that call was "retarded." It was, of course, but I wonder if Joey Moss heard that.

 

"I'm not retarded. I'm a very special boy."

 

I flew Delta this weekend. There was an article on Columbus as a destination in Sky magazine.

In the lede, there was a reference to Columbus' NHL team.

The Columbus Bluehawks.

No kidding. Seriously, how hard would that be to fact-check?

 

OK, stupid question. What are all these small red circular items on the lapels of NHL coaches and TV commentators and what does it represent?

 

It's a poppy. The Royal Canadian Legion sells them to raise money for veterans etc. People wear them from around Oct. 25 or so until Nov. 11.

 

Thanks. I kept waiting for an announcer to explain it and they never did when I was watching.

 

OK, the Penguins have arrived.

They played like dogshit in Anaheim against, arguably (or is it even arguable), the West's best team. And still came away with a point.