Randomness...
Every year NJ plays Brodeur into the ground, starts him for 70+ games and he's got nothing left by the time the playoffs roll around. Every year they say they will cut back on his workload. Every year they don't. Looks like they are going to have to now, with that 3-4 month break. If Weekes can keep them in playoff contention, I'll be interested to see what a fresh Brodeur in the playoffs can do.
Glen Murray is finding a way to come back to haunt the Bruins. They bought his sorry over-the-hill ass out this summer. He spent the summer/fall working out to shop himself for other teams and declared himself to be fully healed from last season's ankle injury. Then he injured the same ankle again. In the immediate aftermath, his agent characterized it as a new/different injury, and really bad timing. Now they've changed their tune and claim the original injury never really healed, this is a pre-existing condition, and since the NHL prohibits buying out the contract of an injured player, the Bruins should still have to pay him his full salary. He's doing a pretty good job of wiping out many years of hard-earned good-will with Bruins fans.
Timmy was an all-star last year, and currently has the best save % in the NHL and the second best GAA. So naturally, when the NHL was deciding what goalies to put on the Eastern Conference all-star ballot, he was not among the
ten goalies listed. What a joke. Looks like time for a write-in campaign. The goalies the NHL listed on the Eastern Conference ballot:
Martin Biron, Philadelphia Flyers
(currently rocking a .874/3.79 line)
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
(timely!)
Rick DiPietro, New York Islanders
(really?)
Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
Kari Lehtonen, Atlanta Thrashers
Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres
Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Vesa Toskala, Toronto Maple Leafs
(how did ANY Leaf end up here?)
Tomas Vokoun, Florida Panthers
Hawks new third jersey is the same black one they wore pre-Rbk Edge. Meh, inoffensive enough, but never seemed necessary.
Canes third jersey is okay, at least it doesn't have the swirling toilet logo, the hockey stick/flag logo is better. Only problem there is the team name is "the Hurricanes", but the
signal for a hurricane is TWO red flags with a black square. One red flag with a black square just means "storm warning" (generally a tropical storm). So does this mean they are the Carolina Tropical Storms?
Both Habs goalies are breaking in brown "retro" style pads for wearing with the fifty-nine bazillion different throwback jerseys they are wearing this season;
Bruins third jersey:
Pretty basic. At least it doesn't have all the usual Rbk piping and underarm panels and all that crap.
Can't wait to see the Kings third jersey. They've got an awesome tradition of hideous jerseys, they've got a high standard to live up (down) to...
-Ricardo
