Off-Day Thread and Link Dump: Crosby Skates
by Casey Richey on Mar 14, 2011 11:23 AM CDT
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PrintAs the headline indicates, the hockey world is buzzing with the news that Sidney Crosby skated for the first time since suffering a concussion against Tampa Bay on January 5. Despite missing 29 games, Crosby still leads the Penguins in goals (32) and points (66). It will still be a while before he returns to the line-up and Detroit fans that followed Andreas Lilja's recovery know exactly how long and frustrating it is for a player battling concussion problems. Head over to Pensburgh for a quick post on Crosby.
As for the REST of the League we'll take a quick little tour around the league as well as a printable bracket for the NCAA tourney.
- A look at the scoring chances from the Red Wings' game against the Kings on Wednesday. [THE COPPER & BLUE]
- Ansar Khan of mlive.com reports that Brian Rafalski will be back on Wednesday against the Capitals. [MLIVE]
- Gustav Nyquist, a very highly skilled Red Wings prospect, is trying to decide about staying at Maine or signing a pro contract with the Wings. If he signs the pro contract, he'd head to Grand Rapids. [FREEP]
- NHL GMs meet again to discuss head hits. Gary Bettman said in a statement during a US Congressional hearing that the majority of concussions this year were NOT from the illegal head hits outlawed by Rule 48. Do you buy it? [NHL.com]
- Did Joe Thornton and Ben Eager hint that the Bruins' players don't get suspended because Colin Campbell's kid is on the team? Yes, yes they did. And it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case either. [SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS]
- Former French Connection winger Rick Martin passed away at age 59 from an apparent heart attack. [BUFFALO NEWS]
- Mike Chen looks at the potential TV contract suitors for the NHL. Two of the names might surprise you [SB NATION HOCKEY]
- Mike also has a post up on the President's Trophy and postseason success. 2005-2006--DO NOT LOOK! [SB NATION HOCKEY]
- A look at the cost of a shot from the point on the power play [BEHIND THE NET]
- Happy National Nap Day! Haha(s)!
- You want a printable NCAA Bracket? Here you go, courtesy of SB Nation.
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http://www.nhlwheelofjustice.com/
linked on puck daddy…because something this awesome has to be posted
Hope it stays up
I’d get rid of the official logo. Can’t imagine Bettman, Campbell and company will allow something like that to stay up with their shield on it and will have a C&D letter in the mail accordingly.
Fan of the Detroit Tigers, Lions and Red Wings.
It's hilarious
You gotta look out for those season-ending obscene gestures though.
Fan of the Detroit Tigers, Lions and Red Wings.
Put in
“Sidney Crosby cross-check to the head of Henrik Zetterberg” and watch what comes up. So sad, but so true.
The Nyquist kid is good.
I’ve been watching him out here in Hockey East land a lot the last two years.
Also, Brendan Smith score a goal.
Linkage: http://griffinshockey.com/news/releases/index.html?article_id=1841
Brendan Smith fan
So is Rafalski coming back for real?
Or am I just going to be asking myself again why he’s not on IR?
No Limits.
Everything I’ve heard so far is that he’ll be back mid-week.
Who do you think should sit in favor of him?
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 14, 2011 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
there is only one choice
the infamous rigatoni shitboxxus….GTFO
From Khan (!) via Malik
“Defenseman Ruslan Salei returned to southern California after Saturday’s game to be with his wife, who is expecting their third child this week. Salei is expected to miss games against Washington (Wednesday at home) and Columbus (Thursday away).”
Brendan Smith fan
by JeffHancock41 on Mar 14, 2011 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
that's only temproary though
permanently, rig needs a view from the press box
Third child this week?
Salei has some powerful little swimmers there.
We’ve decided that Salei is using his “wife’s” pregnancy as a cover for his operations. Somebody should warn him to be on the lookout for well-dressed men who enjoy vodka martinis (shaken, not stirred, of course) and who have extremely helpful wristwear.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 14, 2011 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Man, I love a lot of FX’s programming, but I do not want to go through the growing pains of another network having to build sports programming. I know they have Fox Sports to steal from and build around, but I do not want to see FX get this deal.
Also, if the NHL ends up on ESPN, I’m still not coming back to Sportscenter.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 14, 2011 11:31 AM CDT reply actions
My interests are personal
Can they please go back to a channel that’s available at basic cable? I’m not very happy having to pay top tier levels just to get damn VS (on Dish Network, it’s actually on a price level ABOVE the NHL network!)
I can understand that
I’ve never had a problem receiving Versus – I got it back when it was OLN and have never had to pay extra for having it as part of my cable package.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 14, 2011 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions
What sports news show is there other than SC though?
by Apocalyptic0n3 on Mar 14, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
To be honest
I don’t do a very good job keeping up with a lot of the sports I don’t particularly care about. I watch NHL On the Fly every night to get all the hockey stuff, but for my NFL fix, blogs take care of most of that. When I want to know what’s going on with the NCAA tournament or any bowl games, Twitter is a surprisingly good resource. If I want to see highlights, those are always available someplace on line.
I just don’t like the way ESPN does business, and I still have a bitter taste about the way they basically promised to bury hockey once the post-lockout TV deal fell through.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 14, 2011 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Also,
FSNDetroit is reporting that Ozzie has been activated. Bye-bye JoeyMac
correction
Red Wings’ official Facebook was my source, not FSND
and Khan(!) story here:
I think you mean....
Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen
I’m so glad to see that the economy is better, the housing markets have recovered and all stimulus money has been paid back to the tax payers.
Huh? None of that has happened?
Well then why the hell are they talking to Gary Freakin Bettman?
Dancing Datsyuk Decidedly Dazzles Dainty Defensemen
Because, apparently
the NHL Commissioner’s job is too big to fail; ergo, since Bettman has so grandly failed at it, he needs a bailout.
Think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! --George Carlin
San Jose vs Chicago on Versus tonight
This game needs to end in regulation. Don’t really care who wins, but just a 2-point game please
yep lose lose situation
but glad there was no OT and if you go by who is closer this was a good result
LETS GO RED WINGS!
2011 will be the year....better be....
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 14, 2011 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions
gonna be good in the coming years
LETS GO RED WINGS!
2011 will be the year....better be....
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 14, 2011 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Anybody have an Insider account?
ESPN’s got a rumour up “Whispers of Weber to the Wings in 2012”. I don’t have access to the whole story, though.
Think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! --George Carlin
That would cut the GDT comments in half
I swear most of the comments in every GDT are curses directed towards some idiot defenseman.
Fan of the Detroit Tigers, Lions and Red Wings.
Hey now
I’m just as satisfied to yell creepy and/or erotic things at stud defensemen.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 15, 2011 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Insider’s not worth it. They often link to rumors from blogs, which that’s not to say is a bad thing but sometimes they refer to comments from blogs. Most of it is very high in the unlikely to happen department, which I just made up.
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by Casey Richey on Mar 16, 2011 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
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