Spezza signs a four-year, $30 million extension with Dallas

Wow. Sad story

 

http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/11/20/blue-jackets-jack-johnson-is-broke

 

  

Romantic Canadian Husband. 

  

Man said to his wife "Alright you sexy thing, upstairs now" 

  

She looked at him and said "Ooh, you devil" 

  

He said "No, seriously, hockey is starting,....... bugger off” 

  

  

 

  

next thing you know, he'll have a jingle like "Tounces that driving cat".

 

It's a miracle that this guy not only remains an NHL official but that the league regards him as one of the best by giving him the cup finals games too

Not exactly another team but an article on Russell's favorite ref:

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/continuing-adventures-of-tim-peel--terrible-nhl-referee-150413270.html

If they are smart and get themselves some good accountants,they don't pay nearly that much. 

Now that CBC HNiC is gone (although weirdly enough it was on Sportsnet and Don Cherry was back?) I had almost lost hope but then I saw Glen Healy covering games and heard the miraculous voice of Bob Cole covering the Senators. Then I knew all was still right in the hockey world.

 

Also, some hilarity from some games I watched. Apparently Colorado has yet to score a goal, (They might have tonight I'm not sure but it was a hilarious stat) Nashville was booing Spezza on Saturday because apparently they're sore that he signed with Dallas and not with them. New Jersey is *somehow* scoring like crazy and Vancouver had to beat Edmonton in a shoot-out. Also I'm kind of disappointed that the Jets home opener is against Nashville and two weeks after the season started. I guess some teams had to start on the road, but still.

-- Edited by Spezzial-Delivery on Wednesday 15th of October 2014 12:54:59 AM

They didn't fire Carlyle as they said publicly that Shanny was brought in to "fix things" so if they were suddenly firing the coach it would look like Shanny wasn't good enough for the job.   Also, they thought that the year-end collapse was all Reimer's fault, but then they re-signed him.   Then they hired an analytics guy who's showing them that all their decisions were wrong.  Then they bargained with mid-level players to sign for less money on bridge contracts because their top 5F & 1D (by salary) all have NTC/NMCs and they are screwed by the cap, and signed a 37 year old blueliner to a 3 year contract and gave him a NTC.   After all this, the CEO of MLSE said what he thought in private out loud and in public, and said he wants to leave when a successor can be found.   I think he's going to be in the job for another 3 years.

 

I swear this team is being run by a parody Twitter account.