MVP! MVP! MVP!

I'm not sure if anyone stayed long enough after the game to see the locker room interviews, but Bobby decided the best course of action for the team captain would be to cry like a bitch. Actually, to tell you the truth, I would cry too if I completely folded in the biggest game of my NHL career.

Go back to Long Island.

UPDATE: I went over to YouTube to see if I could find a clip of Luongo crying, and I found a clip of him crying after the last time he was eliminated from the playoffs. Smoooooth.

So long Canucks, have a nice Entry Draft.

So it would appear that Bob Luongo has had his groin pulled on, and in turn has flushed the Canucks hopes and dreams down the poop shoot with it. I just can't wait for the pundits to come out and say this is a great opportunity for Curtty Sanford to show what he is made of. I will tell you right now what he is made of, flesh, bone and 500 hockey. That should be good for that perfect middle where you don't make the playoffs, but you also don't get a great draft pick. I like to call it the Maple Leaf Zone.



But then again, Roberto could be back by Monday, in which case you should just disregard this post and concentrate on this instead.

Luongo No "C" Captaincy

Looks like the Canucks have given Mr. Luongo the "C" this year and a good choice it is, except the league won't "officially" let him wear it. Why? Short answer: The NHL is run by a bunch of robots that resemble a waking-coma patient.

Hockeytard and myself have argued over this before and I think in a drunken stupor we came to this conclusion: why in hell can't a goalie be a captain? Let the goalie argue with refs over shitty calls at center-ice. Let the goalie take ceremonial face-offs (are we afraid the Queen will be confused next time she drops a puck at GM Place?). Wouldn't you love to see Brodeur and Luongo chewing up Don Koharski's ear at the red-line? I would.

Since the NHL won't let him wear a "C" on his sweater (instead they make the team give out 3 "A"'s to skaters) I think Luongo should just get a new helmet painted with "CAPTAIN" right on the forehead. Just a thought.

NOTE: In his first practice as "captain" Luongo suffered a minor groin injury......shit, does that make Sanford the second in command? Yikes.

The HockeyDump NHL Award Forecast

So it's that time of year where all the hockey blogs start making their forecasts of the upcoming year, and we are no different. except, we aren't picking the exact same players.

Art Ross -Joe Thornton

Hart - Roberto Luongo

Vezina - Roberto Luongo

Norris - Sergei Zubov

Calder - Jakub Voracek

Rocket - Dany Heatley

Jennings - Who cares.

Jack Adams - Andy Murray

Presidents - San Jose Sharks

The Cup - Coming Soon

NHL Concept Logos: Los Angeles Kings Edition

It's time to look at the woulda, coulda, shoulda in the world of Pro Hockey Marketing. This time we fly away to the star studded paradise that is Southern California, in particular, Los Angeles County. Here are my top picks for better or worse (above). For more head over to the Icethetics blogspot.



Here we have some sort of solar eclipse or star of David or something. I like the simplicity of it, but I don't think that a 4th set of colors for the franchise is a good idea though.



I am all for bringing back the original crown, but the colors here are fucking horrible.



This would be better if it was Bruce McNalls face under the crown. And whats with the giant LOS ANGELES? it looks like it belongs on a roller-hockey jersey.




I always liked the Gretzky era jerseys. Why not just go back to them?




And this is apparently shows Roberto Luongo as a King for some reason.


For more go to icethetics.blogspot.com