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.
• Congratulations to the AHL Adirondack Phantoms, the Philadelphia Flyers' affiliate, whose new mascot appears to be some type of mentally challenged Fraggle with a case of gangrene on its hands. [Broad Street Hockey and Crossing Broad]
• Via Dan Near of the NHL, an All-Star game sand castle at Crabtree Mall in Raleigh. Sadly, no Chris Pronger at the event this year, or else this would have already had a football thrown through it. [@NHLDan]
• Jersey Fouls on the 'morrow, as Leahy and I settle in down at Raleigh. And by "settle in" we mean "eat BBQ until it hurts."
• From the Anaheim Ducks comes word on Ryan Getzlaf: "Ducks C Ryan Getzlaf had a follow-up CT scan yesterday (nasal sinus fractures). The scan showed the fractures are healing well and remain stable. Getzlaf has been cleared to skate with the team beginning Monday, Jan. 31 (3 p.m. at Honda Center). As a precaution, Getzlaf will be held out of game action for the next two contests, Feb. 2 vs. SJ and Feb. 5 @ COL. He will likely return to the lineup during the Ducks' Western Canada swing (Feb. 9 @ VAN, Feb. 11 @ CGY, Feb. 13 @ EDM)."
• Via Bob McKenzie, Matt Walker (PHI) and Ales Kotalik (CGY) on waivers Thursday. [TSNBob McKenzie; and Broad Street Bull sees this as the first step to a potential Erik Cole trade for the Flyers.]
• New York Islanders GM Garth Snow on the Evgeni Nabokov suspension: "We had to go [through] with the suspension. I feel it was going to be a good addition to our locker room, with his track record, his winning percentage, his save percentage." [NHL]
• Gary Bettman on 'HBO 24/7': "It was a great experience for everybody and I would anticipate that we would do it again." [ESPN]
• Fifteen years ago Thursday, the Los Angeles Kings debuted their Burger King alternate jerseys. The Royal Half offers its tribute with an awesome, awesome story that details how they came about. [The Royal Half]
• If anyone has a spare $600,000 around, Sean Burke could use it. [Globe & Mail]
• Also from the Globe, David Shoalts on the latest twist, turn, report and denial in the Phoenix Coyotes ownership sale saga. [G&M]
• Adam Proteau on what's likely the end of Calgary Flames center Craig Conroy's NHL career: "Conroy refused to let his circumstances dictate his outlook and approach to life -- and that is the biggest gift he gave to hockey fans and co-workers during his career. As Alex Ovechkin is finding out this year, ebullience is easy to project when the world is your oyster -- and not so easy when you've been shucked to the side." [THN]
• Although he doesn't endorse it, Lowetide thinks it's high time there's at least some consideration of moving Sam Gagner from the Edmonton Oilers. [Lowetide]
• The Checking Line presents the unofficial Brian Burke Flow Chart. "Leafs Winning?" "No." "Are Fans Mad?" "Throwing Waffles." [The Checking Line]
• "A Stanley Cup Champion, Norris Trophy winner and one of the best defensemen to ever play the game, Rob Blake, will join the NHL's Hockey Operations Department as a manager, the National Hockey League announced today." The NHL plans to put him in charge of saying, "Hey, what about the West Coast teams?" during internal conversations. (Joke shamelessly stolen from Helene Elliott.)
• Sobering news about Ilya Kovalchuk's season with the New Jersey Devils: "Ilya Kovalchuk has a line of 14-15-29 -29 in 48 GP. This would make him 4th in rookie scoring. His -29 is worst in the NHL, 44.8% of his points have come on the powerplay." [Puck Sage]
• Seriously, if the entire Internet suddenly became a collection of Olli Jokinen Photoshops, we'd be fine with that. [Tumblr, via Joe Ching]
• More hockey humor: Tauntr presents an All-Star game dance-off between Marc Andre Fleury and Carey Price. Nice boxers. [Tauntr]
• Oh, but there's more hockey humor: The latest Bloge Salming video has some R-rated jokes that are sure to offend you in some way ... but will make you laugh more. Scenes from the Wayne Gretzky birthday party. [HOTH]
• The Optimus Reim shirts from Pucking Hilarious are rather inspired. [Pucking Hilarious]
• Incredibly story from Katie Baker and a must-read for any of us that cut our teeth on the wild world of the USENET message boards. [Deadspin]
• Finally, you've likely seen this; if not, here's Chris Rooney's voice crack/crotch grab from Wednesday night during the New York Islanders' game (via reader Leif Thøgersen last night):
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