March 23 blog

March 23 blogLets start with a little nostalgia It was on this day in 1994 that Wayne Gretzky scored NHL goal number 802 to pass Gordie Howe. The Kings that night were playing the Vancouver Canucks an Gretzky got his goal on a power play. If you are wondering who assisted on the goal it was Marty McSorley and Luc Robitaille. The big joke though that always comes up was. Luc was in the crease when Wayne scored. Also for note. The goaltender that game for Vancouver was Kirk McLean. Wild and Crazy the Eastern Conference. There are six teams that have a chance to make the playoffs. Only three of these teams will make it. These six teams are separated by only six points. Lets start with the hottest team the New York Rangers. With the play of Henrik Lundqvist the Rangers have come out of the dark to look like they are on there way to the playoffs. Henrik is playing like a man possessed and he is leading his team. Not to mention the offense is finally there. Rangers currently have 83 points and sitting in 7th. Tampa Bay in 6th place and their biggest problem is goaltending. Johan Homqvist is the current number 1 goaltender and has not been stellar. Of course what has been stellar is the offense for the Lightning. Lecavalier, St. Louis and Richards are offensive power houses. The offense will lead them to the playoffs. Sitting in the final playoff spot as of right now in 8th place are the defending Stanley Cup Champions in the Carolina Hurricanes. Unlike last year with Ward and Gerber the Hurricanes goaltending as not been as strong. Also Eric Staal is not lighting the league up like he did last season. Those two factors have lead the Hurricanes into a tail spin towards the bottom of the playoff race. Montreal is in 9th place and they have been winning with Jaroslav Halak in net. Halak who was called up from Hamilton when Cristobal Huet went down with an injury has saved Montreal. David Aebischer who they acquired last year for Jose Theodore was not getting the job done and Halak was. They still have a large hill to climb in Montreal. Currently they have 82 points. With 81 points and sitting in 11th place are the New York Islanders. Rick Dipietro went down for a couple of games and so did the Isles. This is a make or break time for the Isles who have not looked as good as they had since Chris Simon's two handed slash at Ryan Hollweg. It also did not help them to lose back to back games against the Rangers. The ship is sinking quick and will they be able to get the water out. Toronto is the final team in the equation and they are sitting in 11th with 80 points. Yet they are two points back of tying Carolina and Montreal with 82 points. Toronto is getting Tomas Kaberle back tonight after his run in with Cam Janssen. Adding Tomas back to the point will be huge. For Toronto the question is where will Andrew Raycroft lead them. His goaltending will be the key if Toronto makes it to the post season. If I had to pick three teams I'd say right now: Tampa Bay, NY Rangers, NY Islanders. Avs and Flames going toe to toe. Colorado and Calgary are matching wins making the playoff race even more exciting. Colorado who I wrote off two weeks ago have had a miraculous come back. The goaltending from Peter Budaj has been amazing and Joe Sakic is leading the offense. Calgary is getting through with hard work. They pulled a tough overtime victory over Nashville to keep their lead. Colorado plays Edmonton again which is a likely two points. Speaking of Edmonton. Still winless since trading Ryan Smyth. By far the worst team I've seen this year. Make note. I've watched the Kings all year and I still consider the Edmonton team of the last month to be the worst in the NHL. College Hockey Tournament! Screw those basketball playing fools! Here is the NCAA Hockey Tournament draws http://www.uscho.com/ncaad1/ Now the Hockey tournament is only 16 teams compared to the 64 that play in the NCAA Mens and Womens basketball tournaments. The top two seeds are the Minnesota Golden Gop

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PLAYOFFS? YOU'RE TALKING PLAYOFFS?
Posted: 2007-04-06 19:54:53
First a Little Fun. Clark the Canadian Hockey Goalie! The guy who plays Clark is Nick Vachon. Recognize the last name Vachon, Nick is the son of the G [more...]

First a Little Fun. Clark the Canadian Hockey Goalie! The guy who plays Clark is Nick Vachon. Recognize the last name Vachon, Nick is the son of the Great(And should be in the Hall of Fame) Rogie Vachon. Well it was a fun night last night in the NHL so lets go over it. Colorado Hanging Around Peter Budaj had a great night and Hedjuk had a Hat Trick in a 3-1 win for the Avs. Calgary lost 4-3 after a late Jarome Iginla rush did not get them ahead of San Jose. So Colorado is still alive and they still need to win against Nashville and Calgary and for Calgary to lose against Edmonton and Colorado. It is nothing short of amazing what they are doing to stay alive. Eastern Conference Dubie Dubie Do Wade Dubielewicz is keeping the Islanders alive. Now in order for the Islanders to make it they need first off Toronto to win in regulation against Montreal on Saturday. That is one and the other is they need to win their remaining two games against Philadelphia and New Jersey. Dubielewicz has won his last two in outstanding fashion to keep the Islanders alive. If the snowball's chance in hell comes true we all need to raise a glass to Dubie. Toronto and Montreal Both teams lost last night and neither team looked particularly good in losing. So this brings it all down to game 82 on Hockey Night in Canada this Saturday. Montreal clinches with a win in this game. Now if they lose in OT they will have the tiebreaker over the Leafs but their 91 points could still be beaten by the Islanders who can finish the season with 92 points. Toronto can clinch with a win in regulation along with an Islanders lose. Even if the Leafs and Islanders end with 91 points Toronto clinches on a tie breaker. Should be a great weekend in the NHL. Datsyuk gets Paid! Well if you are a Detroit Red Wings fan you should be happy to hear that Pavel Datsyuk has been resigned by the club today for an additional seven years. TSN.ca has the deal in around the $6 to $7 Million dollar range per season. An expensive raise but he is going to be the catalyst for this Red Wings team for years to come. Get your Datsyuk "13" jerseys next year when you get the chance. You know it has a good shelf life. TSN Link- http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=203000&hubname= London In My Sites. I plan on putting the deposit down today for the Kings package to head out to London, England and the O2 Arena for the opening night of the NHL between Anaheim and Los Angeles. The package is kind of expensive but I really wanted to do this and I am doing it. Here is what the package includes for $1,545(USD) Accommodations – Five (5) days and four (4) nights at the 4-plus star “Hilton Canary Wharf” (www.hilton.co.uk/canarywharf ) Transportation – to and from airport and to both games at the O2 Two (2) Lower Bowl Tickets to the NHL Premiere games on Sept. 29 & 30 Half-day Private London TourDaily breakfast at the Hilton Canary WharfExclusive VIP reception with Los Angeles Kings front office and players Watch a Kings practice at the O2 followed by a private tour of the facility Limited Edition Los Angles Kings NHL Premiere merchandise package Personal travel hosts and services also includedThe only thing not included with the package is Airfare as they want $1,000 more for the Air and Land package and my friend and I believe we can get it for less. This is the way I think of it. The tickets are $200 so that makes it around $1,300 plus we get to watch some exclusive stuff. Also I am a lazy bastard hence booking the package and having the Kings do everything for me. Now I need to go get my Passport ASAP to make sure I'll be let into London. Here is the Tentative Schedule from LAKINGS.com Wednesday , Sept. 26 – Depart LA for London Thursday, Sept. 27 – Arrive in London – VIP Check in Free Day Friday, Sept. 28 - London Tour in the morning with an Exclusive VIP reception in the evening. Saturday, Sept. 29 - Open Practice in the morning with the Kings Game that evening. Sunday, Sept. 30 - Free day in the mor
March 23 blog
Posted: 2007-03-23 13:18:11
Lets start with a little nostalgia It was on this day in 1994 that Wayne Gretzky scored NHL goal number 802 to pass Gordie Howe. The Kings that night [more...]

Lets start with a little nostalgia It was on this day in 1994 that Wayne Gretzky scored NHL goal number 802 to pass Gordie Howe. The Kings that night were playing the Vancouver Canucks an Gretzky got his goal on a power play. If you are wondering who assisted on the goal it was Marty McSorley and Luc Robitaille. The big joke though that always comes up was. Luc was in the crease when Wayne scored. Also for note. The goaltender that game for Vancouver was Kirk McLean. Wild and Crazy the Eastern Conference. There are six teams that have a chance to make the playoffs. Only three of these teams will make it. These six teams are separated by only six points. Lets start with the hottest team the New York Rangers. With the play of Henrik Lundqvist the Rangers have come out of the dark to look like they are on there way to the playoffs. Henrik is playing like a man possessed and he is leading his team. Not to mention the offense is finally there. Rangers currently have 83 points and sitting in 7th. Tampa Bay in 6th place and their biggest problem is goaltending. Johan Homqvist is the current number 1 goaltender and has not been stellar. Of course what has been stellar is the offense for the Lightning. Lecavalier, St. Louis and Richards are offensive power houses. The offense will lead them to the playoffs. Sitting in the final playoff spot as of right now in 8th place are the defending Stanley Cup Champions in the Carolina Hurricanes. Unlike last year with Ward and Gerber the Hurricanes goaltending as not been as strong. Also Eric Staal is not lighting the league up like he did last season. Those two factors have lead the Hurricanes into a tail spin towards the bottom of the playoff race. Montreal is in 9th place and they have been winning with Jaroslav Halak in net. Halak who was called up from Hamilton when Cristobal Huet went down with an injury has saved Montreal. David Aebischer who they acquired last year for Jose Theodore was not getting the job done and Halak was. They still have a large hill to climb in Montreal. Currently they have 82 points. With 81 points and sitting in 11th place are the New York Islanders. Rick Dipietro went down for a couple of games and so did the Isles. This is a make or break time for the Isles who have not looked as good as they had since Chris Simon's two handed slash at Ryan Hollweg. It also did not help them to lose back to back games against the Rangers. The ship is sinking quick and will they be able to get the water out. Toronto is the final team in the equation and they are sitting in 11th with 80 points. Yet they are two points back of tying Carolina and Montreal with 82 points. Toronto is getting Tomas Kaberle back tonight after his run in with Cam Janssen. Adding Tomas back to the point will be huge. For Toronto the question is where will Andrew Raycroft lead them. His goaltending will be the key if Toronto makes it to the post season. If I had to pick three teams I'd say right now: Tampa Bay, NY Rangers, NY Islanders. Avs and Flames going toe to toe. Colorado and Calgary are matching wins making the playoff race even more exciting. Colorado who I wrote off two weeks ago have had a miraculous come back. The goaltending from Peter Budaj has been amazing and Joe Sakic is leading the offense. Calgary is getting through with hard work. They pulled a tough overtime victory over Nashville to keep their lead. Colorado plays Edmonton again which is a likely two points. Speaking of Edmonton. Still winless since trading Ryan Smyth. By far the worst team I've seen this year. Make note. I've watched the Kings all year and I still consider the Edmonton team of the last month to be the worst in the NHL. College Hockey Tournament! Screw those basketball playing fools! Here is the NCAA Hockey Tournament draws http://www.uscho.com/ncaad1/ Now the Hockey tournament is only 16 teams compared to the 64 that play in the NCAA Mens and Womens basketball tournaments. The top two seeds are the Minnesota Golden Gop
Wednesday!
Posted: 2007-03-21 12:40:39
Well today is Wednesday and here are a couple of updates. Dave is on Spring Break and is in Las Vegas. So we'll have to see what kind of condition he [more...]

Well today is Wednesday and here are a couple of updates. Dave is on Spring Break and is in Las Vegas. So we'll have to see what kind of condition he comes back in. Considering he was cheap enough that he decided to stay at a Motel 6. Come on! You need to at least stay at a crappy place on the strip. Just don't do what I had to do which was get stuck going to Denny's because you're friend is a moron and his cousin is even stupider than dirt. The man got lost looking for the spa and he was right in front of it. So with Dave drinking the days away it means one thing. No show until he comes back. Now the greatest thing is I have no clue when he comes back. I imagine it's no more then three days as more then three days in Vegas starts to wear on you. Or well you wear yourself out. Tootoo gets five games. Jordan Tootoo got only five games for his round house sucker punch on Stephane Robidas. It was disappointing to see him get such a little suspension. His first game back is against Dallas in a week or two. Wonder who finishes that tilt for Dallas. I think they'll call someone up because I believe Barnaby and Ott are still out of the line up. Should be a good tilt. Belak finishes the play. Wade Belak had a job last night to do against the New Jersey Devils. It was a simple job, take on Cam Janssen. This is of course the retaliation fight for the hit on Tomas Kaberle. It was a good tilt but no one really got the upper hand in my opinion. Remember when watching a hockey fight a lot of punches do not land. So when Belak is swinging watch the punches miss. It doesn't count if you smack the guy in the shoulder pad. Calling 50 Coming into our final weeks of the season we have a couple of players looking at the 50 Goal Mark. The first one that should hit the mark is Lightning forward Vincent Lecavalier. Vinny is sitting first in the NHL with 49 goals. Vinny would be a first time member to this category. He is also only 3 points away from 100 on the season. There are four other players who have a chance. Teemu Selanne has 44 goals so he needs to find the back of the net six more times. Dany Heatley has 42 goals, Marian Hossa and Alexander Ovechkin both have 41. Time to start lighting the lamp if they want to hit 50. That is all for now just a couple of notes. If you're reading this from England send us an e-mail. Feedback@lthpodcast.com letting me know about the area in the O2 Arena vicinity. Hotels and so forth. Hell even good pubs. I want to know! Hit me up guys as I'm still planning this. Thats it SC
March 19th, Tootoo and More
Posted: 2007-03-19 12:44:14
Hope everyone had a good weekend. I think we're going to do a show soon but not sure. Haven't talked to Dave in a while. Well after the Chris Simon in [more...]

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I think we're going to do a show soon but not sure. Haven't talked to Dave in a while. Well after the Chris Simon incident the last thing the NHL needed was the Jordan Tootoo sucker punch on Stephane Robidas. Tootoo who is starting to gain a reputation that may be worse then the Sean Avery reputation. So Saturday night he went and hit Mike Modano. It was a clean hit and it was a solid hit. Of course Dallas is not going to let their Star Player get hit at any time so Stephane stepped in but before he could Tootoo swung around with a round house punch which landed directly to Robidas jaw. Here is the video you can form your own opinion Now in my opinion after the Simon incident Tootoo is going to get a heavy suspension. After hitting Modano in my opinion Tootoo needs to realize he has two options. Square up and or turtle. You're going to get hit as you hit Mike Modano do not throw a cheap shot because you cannot handle the up coming fight. There is no place for that in hockey. Of course now the Pro-Tootoo people have to mention that Modano swung his stick. Making a mountain out of a mole hill. Suspend Mike for a game and it's over with. He swung it with one hand and at Tootoo's back. If you're going to complain about that then every slashing penalty in the NHL becomes a suspend able offense. In the end I think Tootoo's going to get it handed to him one day. He's a dirty player and one day he's going to get caught like McCarthy caught Claude Lemieux. Avs Red Hot The Avs keep winning and they are making the West race a lot closer than anyone thought they would. They are 4 points out now with 10 games to play. Calgary also has 10 games left. Calgary's magic number is 17 points. Now the 17 points is lost points by Colorado and points gained by Calgary. It will be an interesting race but to be honest. Calgary is getting into the playoffs. Thats all for now SC