At this point, I wonder if ol' Theo is even serious about the game, or if he's just become hockey's professional wrestler -- he KNOWS the fans are expecting him to lose it, he needs the spotlight almost as badly as Roenick does, and so he does stuff like this.

Or, perhaps, he's legitimately insane.
 

bad spot to make a check on the park play. it was typical nhl checking from behind/boarding call. many of which are the player getting hit's fault to start with. not really a bad call per se, the lying on the ice upped its time/effect though.

the bad call? todd "braindead" bertha elbowing dallas drake on a fly by check after the game was decided. at least kt dropped the gloves in a non fight (4 minute penalty for kt, instead of the insane thing that would have happened had they gave him the instigator penalty he likely should have gotten). after all that (and THAT was an attempt to injure. PERIOD) the blues end up short manned!

can't say much good about the canucks obviously lol, i have seen them beat people once or twice this year, but i'm telling you this, that team I saw last night is near death.

Not cos they can't beat the blues.. but because their d is so exploitable in the canuck's end (the blues not only out worked many canucks, the blues' forward kids schooled the canucks d-kids and if not for solid goaltending it would have been a laugher.)

BUT MORE THAN THAT. those nhl reject quality d-men are killing the canucks offense. the canucks top players probably have what? 6 goals or so in 10 games? no break out, no transition, no support, forwards being forced to come and stay further back in the d-zone.

and then there is todd. ouch. i'm not sure i'd trade danton for him..

anyway the canucks need a body in net and 2 top 4 quality d-men. its going to get ugly up there :)

i suggest them picking up sanford. no st louis fan is in love with him (he is most often compared to vinny reindeau) however the blues brain trust is so insane (they think bryce salvadore is - or at least was- a franchise quality d-man) they may lamont is the next luongo :)

sanford is cheap in salary, should be cheap in acquasition price, is a warm body, and can be trusted not only to start occasionally, but effectively start for longer periods should the need arise.

i dont think there is any way the canuks can now afford to bid on a real goalie and still fix the suddenly more important d-line problems..
 

Hello,

Thanks to the above poster on the thoughts on the Park check from behind.

I understand that the NHL wants to discourage checking from behind, and with very good reason, too.

However, does it warrant a 5-minute major and a game misconduct? I didn't see any sort of injury on Park's "victim," so I figured a minor or a double minor would be an appropriate punishment. If there was any sort of injury, however, I would welcome the 5-minute major plus the misconduct.

Duc
 

Yaaah Blues! Now, my 5th favourite team in the NHL. I have a blog too but its about Canadian politics, not hockey. Though they are kind of the same thing if you think about it...

Later, Sweeden haters.
 

I honestly think Theo's just letting the UK get to him. Fans here in any sport can be brutal, and pro athletes can essentially get away with murder (though if accused of infidelity or somesuch, they're hounded by press for weeks). Obviously, he's not the biggest star in the British press, but it's not such a hot environment, you know? You would not beleive the crap that gets yelled at players here etc etc.
 

Don't have to tell me a thing about the Blues owning the 'Nucks...I've about given up on thinking the Blues are a given when choosing which goalies to bench on my Fantasy Hockey teams.

Auld's overall been good to me, but certainly not against the Blues...