| Random hockey thoughts...
Best save % in the league? Mike Smith of Tampa. Because he's had to. Save percentage cellar-dwellers (all are ranked out of 37); Biron (36th), Turco (35th), Budaj (33rd), Nabokov (32nd), Leclair (31st), Kipper (30th), Osbad (28th). Even Luongo (22nd) is toiling away at .890 and has looked pretty "meh" in the games I've seen. Timmy is at .918 and Theodore is at .897. Kolzig is at .920 but hasn't actually made enough saves to qualify for the NHL leader-board.
Other stats of note; Rod Brind'Amour has managed to compile a plus/minus of -6 in just six games. Which would put him on pace for... -82. Vanek leads in goals with 8, with One-Ball Kessel not to far off at 6 and UVM alum Patrick Sharp at 5. The Flyers are still waiting for a win. Ouch. Lightning have one win. One win in twelve games for the two participants in the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals. Wonder how long Melrose will last.
Kessel had 30 goals in his previous 152 games, so 6 in 7 is a nice step up. There had been some in the Boston scene (some media and fans) who had already given up on Kessel's potential and were already making noise to ship him out. Kid just turned 21 at the beginning of the month. How 'bout dialing back those expectations just a shade? If a kid isn't Crosby or Ovechkin by the time he's 20 these days, people start to jump ship. Marty St. Louis had his first 30 goal season at what, 28? Won the scoring title and MVP the next year? Patience, people.
-Ricardo
"2 minutes by yourself and...you feel shame, you know...and then you get free" | 
