More News On The Playoffs

Christy at Behind the Jersey celebrates the Wings first round victory over Calgary.

Puck update makes a great point that whatever happens tonight in Vancouver, Dallas fans pretty much have to agree that Stars goalie Marty Turco isn’t the playoff albatross they’ve long complained he is. Three shutouts in the series so far? A lot of Stars fans seemed pretty convinced they’d watch the end of the series with Mike Smith in goal.

The Flames Blog examines the heartbreaking loss.

Sweden’s Peter Forsberg has ruled himself out of the ice hockey world championship in Russia, Swedish newspapers quoted him as saying on Sunday.

Mirtle examines Canada’s World Championship team that includes:
Goal Cam Ward, Dwayne Roloson
Defence Dan Hamhuis, Shea Weber, Eric Brewer, Barret Jackman, Mike Commodore Forwards Jordan Staal, Jay McClement, Justin Williams, Eric Staal, Mike Cammalleri, Shane Doan, Jamal Mayers, Jason Chimera, Rick Nash

The two young Predators defencemen join Jordan Staal on Steve Yzerman’s growing roster for Team Canada, a group that looks pretty green at this point.

The anger radiated off Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault like steam from a boiling kettle Sunday. Vigneault was still fuming over the Canucks lack of effort in a 2-0 loss to the Dallas Stars Saturday night.

Quote of the Day: Wild Puck Banter

I attended a Paul McCartney concert a few years ago in St. Paul; it was a great show with many great performances, but there is one moment that stands out for me. Late in the show (after consuming a few beers) I had to use the men’s room. While I was relieving myself, Paul started to sing “The Long and Winding Road”. What a great moment…I can say with almost complete certainty that I am one of just a handful of people on earth that have urinated to a live version of the song. Not a great story, but a good lead-in to today’s post.