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.
• Puck Buddy Scott Davey reminded us that we've yet to post this Sidney Crosby commercial for Dempster's, in which the Pittsburgh Penguins captain pimps WholeGrain and somehow avoids being the face of white bread, which is his birthright. Incidentally, Ovechkin has a commercial running in Washington for a loaf of rye made entirely of vodka and Russian models.
• Derrick Brassard of the Columbus Blue Jackets is in hot water after doing a French-language interview with a Montreal radio station in which he made candid comments about the lack of fan enthusiasm and his lack of faith in the hockey dedication of the team's new owner were somewhat misinterpreted. Brassard has apologized for the comments. [Puck-Rakers]
• Yahoo! Sports power rankings! [Y! Sports]
• Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos, Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas and Colorado Avalanche right wing Chris Stewart have been named the NHL 'Three Stars' for the month of October. [NHL]
• The New Jersey Devils become the first pro sports team to get their own license plate in New Jersey. Now, does it read "KOVALOL" or "LOU$ERS"? [Devils]
• Michel Neuvirth of the Washington Capitals was named NHL rookie of the month for October. Here's a great comparison between his first 29 NHL games and those of rival and teammate Semyon Varlamov. [Japers Rink]
• When the jokes are too obvious: "ISLANDERS NAME OFFICIAL MOVING COMPANY." [Islanders]
• Bob Murray gets the back of Anaheim Ducks coach Randy Carlyle: "I've got total faith in Randy. ... He's won a Stanley Cup. That's not an issue here. It's up to the players. Enough excuses. Talking about coaches and things gives them an excuse when they have no excuses in my eye." Oh, totally. Winning a Stanley Cup means never having to be fired; right, every coach that won a Stanley Cup and then was fired? [Ducks Blog]
• The Minnesota Wild are already getting into the Movember spirit; Cal Clutterbuck looks like he has sideburns on his chin. [Star Tribune]
• The Vancouver Canucks will enter Kirk McLean into their Ring of Honor next; who should follow in this new tradition? TEAM JYRKI LUMME. [Kurtenblog]
• Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that left wing Jeff Tambellini has been reassigned to the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. This is as Alex Burrows returns to the lineup. [Canucks]
• The Nashville Predators reveal which players are most likely to forget their hotel room numbers, which is to say "Colin Wilson." Good stuff from Joel Ward: "That is a no-brainer (Anders) Lindback. He's just clumsy and out to lunch sometimes. Lindback actually forgot his room the other day in Tampa. He came up to the floor and had no idea what room he was in. He had to have the housekeeping lady call down to the front desk to make sure he got to the right room. That was pretty embarrassing." [Examiner]
• Damien Cox writes about Alex Ovechkin's performance this season as an excuse to mention the Washington Capitals take revenue sharing money. Again. [Toronto Star]
• NHL vets Andrew Peters and Nathan Paetsch were on loan from the Vancouver Canucks to the Rochester Americans. Alas, both players broke curfew last week and were dropped by the Amerks, and the Manitoba Moose say they have no home there either. [Winnipeg Free Press]
• Feast your eyes on the RK17 line from FIRSTAR Sports, which is "Ryan Kesler-inspired" apparel. It can be found on the shelf directly below Pavel Datsyuk's clothing line until further notice. [Canucks Hockey Blog]
• The ESPN power rankings have the St. Louis Blues on top. [ESPN]
• Good piece by Matt Reitz on Tyler Myers of the Buffalo Sabres: "Until Myers turns things around, we're going to be privileged to a multitude of sophomore slump articles. But when you hear those things getting thrown about, think about the pieces to his game that are causing the slump. Remember, it's not like he woke up one day in the off-season and thought it would be a great idea to screw with Sabres fans and suck." [View From The Cheap Seats]
• Nerd-gasm: Can the first month's standings predict the final standings in the NHL? [From the Rink]
• Bloggity post, but a real funny one from Scott Lewis on various members of the hockey blogosphere offering their help to EA Sports with its "roster fiasco" for NHL 11. [Houses of the Hockey]
• Down Goes Brown at the NHL Halloween party. [DGB]
• Finally, here's Curtis Joseph, "Battle of the Blades" guest judge, on whether or not goalies can be effective figure skaters and which NHL goalie would make a good one.
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