NHL 2009 Trade Bits & Bites #1

Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you’ll more than likely know already that the NHL trade deadline is fast approaching.  Here’s some food for thought that weve been chewing on of late:

• The Pittsburgh Penguins need a Scoring Left Winger Badly.  Ever since Ruslan Fedotenko went down with an injury they’ve had ziltch for scoring from that position.
• The Vancouver Canucks are looking at having a lot of UFA’s leaving their roster come the summer.  Look to see a couple of moves made.
• The Ottawa Senators still need a number 1 goalie.  If they can trade Spezza for one on at least a 2 year deal, jump on it!
• Yes Virginia, Dominic Moore (unless he signs a long term deal) and Nik Antropov’s days as Maple Leafs are numbered.

More Trade Talk to come!

Sens vs. Canucks Recap

We got to see this one in person.  Here’s a quick recap:

• Burrows looks great with the Twins
• Sundin did nothing all nite
• Pyatt, Bernier and Wellwood was a good combo
• Shane O’Brien was solid.
• Bobby Lou looked calm & collected
• The Ottawa Senators are not on the same page.  Way too many broken plays.
• 2 guys from Vancouver flew in, sat in our area & got throw out of the arena at the start of the 2nd period 4 being too drunk=hilarious!
• crowd 2/3 sens fans, 1/3 canuck fans
• “looooouuuuuuuu” was great after every save.
• Still can’t cheer for Sundin.  Wellwood was more speedy than he was a Leaf.
• Lee on the D for the Sens made some good plays
• Spezza was a no show.  Should be traded while he’s still worth some returns…

Sundin makes his return to Toronto 2nite.  Maybe he was thinking too much of this one on Thursday.  Will see.

Happy Hockey Day in CANADA EVERY1!!!

On Nucks vs. Sens Eve

Not a creature was stirring, not even a moose.
OK. We’ll save that poem for another day. Woodpeck is very excited! Tomorrow the Sens and Canucks play and we’ve got great seats behind the net! We’ll be sitting beside the hottie in the Ottawa Jersey sporting a BRIGHT YELLOW CANUCKS JERSEY!
It marks the 2 year return for the Canucks to Ottawa since the sked did not allow them to play here last season. Watch for a preview post tomorrow morning and a review post on Friday.

CBJ vs. Sens Recrap

We sat down and watched the Ottawa Senators vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets last night.  OK, don’t ask us why.  We just did ok?

What a snoozer of a match!  Auld got the start for the Sens and was ok.  He didn’t play bad which we think is a good thing if you are a Sens Fan.  Auld needs to be the number One Goalie in Ottawa for his confidence’s sake but he also can’t play every night.  He’s never been the best goalie endurance wise so giving him 60-70% of the starts is the perfect way to go.  Lets hope Hartsburg keeps him fresh.  At the other end, Steve Mason made some key saves late but was otherwise untested in this 1-0 shutout.  His surprising 7th of the season.  Whether it was Ottawa’s sputtering offence or the Hitchock inspired defensive plan that made this game so boring is up for debate.  It took the Sens half the first period to muster a shot on net and the most exciting thing to happen was Chris Neil got sent off with a game match penalty for being the 3rd man in during a silly scrum.  The following PP resulted in what was the only goal of the night. Onwards to 2nite’s games that feature the Pens vs. Leafs and Minny vs. Nucks! We predict 4-3 Pens and 5-3 Minny. AV’s last game as coach? We’ll keep hoping!

When you put the Puck on the Net, Good Things are Going to Happen

Breakfast is being served, here’s what’s on the proverbial table:

• The Toronto Classic Table Hockey Championship is celebrating its 10th anniversary in March 2009 and we’re happy to be involved with the promotion of the event!  Mark Saturday March 21st 2009 down on your calendars for a puck-tacular time!  We’ll be competing for the 4th straight year so we’ll hope to see you there.  Its a great time no matter your skill level or experience.  Trust us, we’re no pros either!  More on that in the weeks ahead!
• Rumours ran rampant this past weekend that we’ve now joined a running group that will see us competing at various GTA running events starting in December.  The catch is the communication and organizing of the group is not up to us.  We’ll see if those who took that ball will pick it up and run with it or not.  More news as it comes available!
• As HUGE CANUCKS fans, we are efforting to take a road trip with the team as they embark on a long awaited central Canada road trip in February 2009.  Over 6 days, they take on Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.  We are working out the finer details but it looks as though this is a done deal and of course, we’ll blog the entire adventure.  Can’t wait!