] Lem Barney and Sanders both made it to the Hall of Fame.
] Sims would have been a top candidate had his career not
] been cut short by a knee injury. His career ended in the
] eighth game of the 1984 season, his fifth.

20-20-20

A comparison across markets of NHL ticket prices. No doubt, we have it good in Nashville.

Price of admission

"Curt's a friend of mine," Glanville said. "We used to play video games together. He killed one of my characters one time. I never forgot that."

Revenge is a dish best served cold

] ''I don't want to see the Predators go out, and that's
] probably what's going to happen. The playoffs still gives
] the city more awareness, and that's good for the sport.
] They need the experience.''

Yep. Couldn't have said it better myself. Ironically, there's only one person quoted in this article that I don't know. Mr. Humbles obviously went through the team rosters at Sportsplex.

Preds fans snap up tickets

] For the record, this isn't the first time Bertuzzi has
] showed poor judgment with his use of aggression. He broke
] the nose of defenseman Karlis Skrastins, a non-fighter
] who's yet to crack 50 minutes in penalties in a single
] season, last year. He's been suspended for hitting an
] official, who was breaking up a fight Bertuzzi wouldn't
] back down from. He left the bench to participate in an an
] altercation four games into the 2001-02 season and was
] suspended 10 games, a penalty that arguably cost him the
] scoring title.

I don't like what Kelly is trying to get the reader to conclude. Fighting and other roughing has a place in hockey. If the instigator rule was not present, you would not see cheap shots and hits from behind, because the players would police it better. The argument has always been that removing the instigator rule will just escalate confrontation, but it's done the exact opposite. With no penalty for cheap shots, they have just escalated into cowardly actions like Bertuzzi's. No player should ever have to engage another from behind. Period. But that doesn't mean that fighting needs to be removed.

Blame Canada

] "We will ultimately be judged on our response and
] the message that it sends."

EXACTLY! Which is why anything less than a full 1 year suspension is the WRONG MESSAGE!

...

] It would be one thing if
] Bertuzzi had a history of violence. He doesn't.

This is the most untrue thing I've heard in a long time. This type of behavior IS his game.

NHL levies a just penalty against Bertuzzi for mugging

] ''Both will go to the slot area, create screens and
] battle for pucks, be in the middle of fracases,'' Coach
] Barry Trotz said. ''Some other guys aren't as willing.
] Leggie is probably down to 14 minutes a game. We can't be
] disappointed; the power play is hitting at 25%. It's
] result driven.''

Hmmm... sounds like the whole team is doing fine without Horse Face!

Power play unit doing fine without Legwand

] Brendan O'Connor spends at least a day each week
] trying to skate like the hockey player he and his dog
] Shanny are named after, Red Wing Brendan Shanahan.

Only in Detroit.

Explosion in skating strains rinks

] Burning questions in the wake of Dominik Hasek%u2019s
] announcement that he won't play for the Red Wings
] the rest of the season

I can't exactly say "I told you so", but I told you so. Hasek is flaky. We're talking about a guy who has 'retired' three times already. Is moody and mercurial. And frankly, I think Cujo is better.

Wings knew this might happen

] Colorado Avalanche defenseman Rob Blake has a broken left
] leg and will be out indefinitely.

heh heh heh...

Adam Foote's next...

Broken left leg idles Blake