Sometimes I just hate hockey. Leafs lead 2-0 for 57.30. Then they suddenly let in two goals, the last one with less than 30 seconds to go. Then they lose in overtime to top it all off!

 

It could be worse.

 

You could be a Habs fan...

 

 

I gots one thing to say....

 

LONG LIVE THE KING!

I gots one thing to say....

 

LONG LIVE THE KING!

 

Thank you.

So Chris Simon gets 30 games for trying to amputate Jarkko Ruutus' ankle with his skate. Personally, I think the league is doing a good thing, for if they banned Simon entirely he'd just end up maiming everyday people on the street. And besides, hasn't every player in the NHL wanted to inflict a serious wound on Ruutu at one point or another?

I'm impressed with the way the Islanders organization is handling the incident. They are basically sending him to counseling and making it very clear how against his actions they are. It's supportive of the player and stern at the same time.

Yeah, you can tell Mike Milbury isn't in the Isles front office anymore. He would have patted Simon on the back and then told him the next time to go beat up some fans in their seats instead.

Ruutu is funny.

SECOND GAME IN A ROW THEY LOSE IN THE FINAL SECONDS! ****

 

I read about it earlier, but it was a good show by Crosby. He definitely fights better than Gretzky. He got one real solid shot in.

I.. I think we won one!

Last night I was at the hockey rink and they were doing a radio show with Jamie Baker (the one who scored the upset goal for the Sharks against Detroit so many years ago.) The Sharks had just lost 4-2 to Anaheim, and I asked him on the air who I think they will replace Ron Wilson with as coach. He gave a pretty good answer, basically stating that who has more experience that doesn't have a job right now?

Heh, Jamie Baker and San Jose 1994...

 

That guy and that team had Bowman yelling ******* prima-donna to Yzerman and was the start of two years of hell for Stevie Y.

No Christmas presents from the Leafs..

Ouch. When did Ottawa pick up Lalime again?

Apparently we won one again! Not that I noticed since my system was probably full of alcohol when the game was on.

The Open Ice Classic was incredibly good. It snowed pretty much the entire time. I hope they never stop doing this type of game. Anything that gets 70,000 people out to watch it is never a bad thing, especially for the NHL which is struggling to gain attention.

 

Crosby is awesome. He'll be a good ambassador for the game, possibly as good as Gretzky, and that's more important than anything he does on the ice. Although I think Ryan Miller deserved the win, he played awesome.

The shootout was pretty impressive especially when you consider that nearly all of them lost the puck when it went through a pile of snow.

I didn't watch the game, but I saw the Sabres wore there purdy retro jerseys. Much nicer than those baby blue Penguin things.

 

Also, Edmonton wins for the first time in seven games!! Thank gawd!

Midseason Awards:

 

Hart/Pearson:

1. Vincent Lecavalier

2. Henrik Zetterberg

3. Daniel Alfredsson

 

Norris:

1. Sergei Zubov

2. Nicklas Lidstrom

3. toss up

 

Vezina:

1. Evgeni Nabokov

2. Roberto Luongo

3. Chris Osgood

 

Selke:

depends if the voters vote for best defensive forward, or the two way guy with a good offensive year

 

Calder:

1. Patrick Kane

2. Jonathan Toews

3. Nicklas Backstrom

 

Adams:

1. Mike Bab****

2. Andy Murray

3. Ted Nolan

 

edit: haha they edit out Mike's name :D

Edited January 4, 200818 yr by Qwerty the Sir

 

One win in eight games and ownership drama. It's tough to be an Oiler fan right now.

OMG! Ryder scored! Twice!

Following the Leafs is like chewing glass every night.

Swedish juniors lost to the defending champions Canada in sudden death. But I must say they played well above expected! Great tournament by the Swedish youngsters! It's been a pleasure watching the games. And it's not often that a Swedish junior team outmuscles a Canadian team It was fun to see.

 

Remember the name Victor Hedman (even if he had one crappy game tonight..). You'll be seeing a lot more of him in the NHL in 4-5 years.

Swedish juniors lost to the defending champions Canada in sudden death. But I must say they played well above expected! Great tournament by the Swedish youngsters! It's been a pleasure watching the games. And it's not often that a Swedish junior team outmuscles a Canadian team It was fun to see.

 

Remember the name Victor Hedman (even if he had one crappy game tonight..). You'll be seeing a lot more of him in the NHL in 4-5 years.

 

Nice to see that you guys came back and took it to overtime. Wouldn't want to beat you guys too badly. I only managed to catch the first two periods.