Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• "It was when Misters Julien, Lemieux, Lapointe, Noel and Vilgrain rushed over to her seat holding engagement rings that Stephanie began to understand the flaw in her 'proposing at a hockey game' plan ..."
• Rookie Jeff Skinner has replaced Jussi Jokinen on Eric Staal's line with Chad LaRose. Say, who's that Eric Staal drafted in the 13th round of his fantasy draft again? [Ice Chips]
• Darren Dreger said Dion Phaneuf's laceration against the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night will cost the Toronto Maple Leafs captain up to a month out of the lineup. Brian Burke has placed him on the UTBB list. (Unable To Be Booed.) [Dreger and Y! Sports]
• The Globe & Mail's hockey mavens chime in on whether Brian Burke should have called his paying customers' behavior "disgraceful." Writes Allan Maki: "But really, Brian Burke can't be calling the fans' booing of Toronto Maple Leafs' defenceman Dion Phaneuf disgraceful. That's a big step over the line. If Phaneuf is playing poorly and the Leafs are losing, he should be booed. He was in Calgary in his days with the Flames. For the money NHLers make, for the way they're coddled and protected from the media, they need to be held accountable. And who better to do that then the folks paying the bills?" [Globe & Mail]
• Cam Fowler of the Anaheim Ducks is doing the Sidney Crosby/Mario's basement thing with Scott Niedermayer. [Ducks via Arthur from Anaheim Calling]
• Gary Bettman on the potential work stoppages for the NFL and NBA next year, and what it means for the NHL: "I don't think a work stoppage in any sport represents an opportunity, it's not good for sports when the leagues miss games. It's unfortunate for the fans, players, everybody with the business aspect of the games. Anything that anybody would even focus on doing would be short term and I don't think is appropriate." [ESPN 1040]
• No Ryan Miller Wednesday night for the Buffalo Sabres, as he's got a lower body injury; Tim Thomas expected to play for the Bruins. [NESN]
• A St. Louis Blues tattoo that really goes the extra mile by literally making one look as if they're bleeding blue. Yikes. [Joe Sports Fan]
• If things weren't bad enough for Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils, they're now being ridiculed in "children's" art. [Collecting Dust, via Puck Buddy Eric]
• Pretty amazing offer for Philadelphia fans on Saturday: "From 9 a.m. to noon, Comcast-Spectacor is holding a 'If You Can Carry It, You Can Keep It' event in which fans can pay $25 to get into the Spectrum and walk away with anything they can carry out of the building." Dibs on Kjell Samuelsson. [Philly Sports Daily, via Puck Buddy Emily]
• Solid post on the amount of extra responsibility John Carlson's had to take on for the Washington Capitals early in his rookie season. [Japers' Rink]
• Awesome piece by The 'Hat on Mike Green of the Washington Capitals and his defense: "I'm just going to do my job. Whatever's asked of me by the coaches, that's what I'm going to do. If they ask me to put up numbers and get up in the play, then that's what I'll do. I'm not worried about the outcome at the end of the season -- how many points or goals I have. I'm worried about doing my job and helping my team win." [Globe & Mail]
• An in-depth look at the Chicago Blackhawks' depth. [Commit 2 The Indian]
• The Good Point on the Atlanta Thrashers' logo: "When glancing quickly or viewing from afar, the emblem can only be described as a hockey stick being whisked away by a tornado, or an inverted ladle stirring a bowl of soup. In reality, what we're actually looking at is a bird -- a feeblish attempt at a ferocious fowl, who evidently goes to the same hairdresser as Sonic the Hedgehog, holding a hockey stick in its hand... err... wing." [TGP]
• Dangerous Hockey is attempting to begin a "move the Columbus Blue Jackets to Cleveland" campaign, and is ambushing Jackets fans to kick-start it. [Dangerous Hockey]
• Speaking of which: Are the Jackets in trouble? [Habs Inside/Out]
• Look, a lot of crazy stuff has gone down with the Devils this season. But we're simply not willing to believe you, NY Post, that Lou Lamoriello used the phrase "omigod" to describe Zach Parise's injury. Not unless he included an "LOL" and "J/K" somewhere else in the interview.
• Dallas Stars bloggers take a certain amount of joy in the fact that Marty Turco is still Marty Turco with the Chicago Blackhawks. [Defending Big D]
• No Pascal Dupuis for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Dallas Stars; he's on his way back to Pittsburgh for the birth of his fourth child. [Penguins]
• Higgy with a good look at the state of the Leafs. [HFI]
• You too can bid on the Spooky Ryane Clowe Halloween jersey! [NHL Auctions]
• We don't know where it's going, but we know we're going to keep our eyes on it: HOCKEY JOBU! [Hockey Jobu]
• Finally, we all agree with the first comment on this YouTube: Nothing like fighting with cages on (sigh). Silly kids.
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