Running 2007 NHL regular season thread

Pretty cool way to spend 10 grand. That's a lot of shoes.

 

Wonder if he got the tickets from scalpers....

 

He's got a web site out to chronicle the event and even BLOGS! about it daily.


30 Games In 30 Days

 

Too much time on an airplane, if you ask me.

 

Based on the schedule, you could drive parts of it.

Like three games starting last night: Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Boston.

And earlier in October: New York, Montreal, New Jersey, New York.

Edit: Just checked his notes to the schedule. He did, in fact, drive parts of it.

 

Yeah, but once you get out of there, there's a lot of Air Miles to be logged ...

 

Bye bye, Eric Lindros ...

BC-HKN--Lindros-Retirement, 1st Ld-Writethru,0278
Report: Former NHL MVP Eric Lindros expected to retire
Eds: SUBS 4th graf to DELETE reference to average games played.
TORONTO (AP) — Eric Lindros is expected to announce his retirement Thursday after 13 seasons in the NHL, according to a report.
The 34-year-old forward played for the Dallas Stars last season and became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He had 372 goals and 493 assists in 760 games for Philadelphia, Toronto, the New York Rangers and Dallas.
Lindros is expected to announce his decision at a press conference in his hometown of London, Ontario, according to The Canadian Press wire service, which cited an anonymous source.
Lindros won the Hart Trophy in 1995 and was part of the Canadian Olympic team that won gold in 2002, but he also battled injuries throughout his career.
Lindros was regarded as the NHL's next big star when he entered the league but he got off to a rough start after he refused to play for the Quebec Nordiques, the team that drafted him first overall in the 1991 draft.
The Nordiques traded his rights to Philadelphia a year later and Lindros flourished with the Flyers, winning the MVP award in 1995 and scoring 40-plus goals in three of his first four years.
He was traded to the Rangers in 2001 after clashing with Philadelphia general manager Bob Clarke and other Flyers officials, largely because he questioned the medical treatment he received while with Philadelphia.

 

Sportschick would still hit it ...

 

Too bad about Eric. I see him as a bit of a tragic character: a victim of his parents' ambition and inabililty to let go and a player whose potential was never fully realised--lot of it due to injuries.

Great hockey player in his prime which was, unfortunately too short.

I wonder if he'll come clean about the Elvis Stojko alleged dust-up.

 

Please enlighten me on this dustup

 

Rumour is Stojko kicked his ass in a scrap. But Urban Legends maintains the story is false:

http://www.snopes.com/sports/hockey/lindros.asp

 

The story is false. I was in the bar the night that fight didn't happen.