
Looks like Chris Neil has his costume picked out for tonight......

That would be Igor from Young Frankenstein.


















Is it just me, or does it seem like there are a lot more young hockey players dying than there used to be. First there was Mickey Renaud who mysteriously died after collapsing (which is a lot what the Cherepanov death looks like at this point, and then Bourdon, and Alexei. From what I've read so far, it appears Jagr bumped into him on a line change, he sat down on the bench, passed out, and never woke up. It will be interesting to see how this one shapes up. Either way, it's sad to see someone with so much promise die so young.
So if you have the NHL Center Ice package, or live in Canada, you were lucky enough to witness the bombs Rick Rypien was dropping on Brandon Prust's face last night. The fight started off a little bit average, than Rick decided to switch his arm with RoboCop's arm, and sent Brandon's face back a few centuries. You gotta love a guy like Rick Rypien. He is an undrafted, 165 Pound, son of a championship boxer that has managed to make his way to from the ECHL to the bigs, simply by attacking people that are around 10,000 light years out of his weight class. He's like a filthy little swamp rat. Probably. I'm not entirely sure I didn't just make "swamp rats" up.

Kyle McLaren (SJ)And the HockeyBuzz Vs. HockeyDump Trade Rumors of the day are..
Boyd Devereaux (Tor)
Staffan Kronwall (Tor)
Matt Pettinger (Van)
Jason Krog (Van)
Peter Schaefer (Bos)
Aaron Downey (Det)
Cory Murphy (Fla)



In talk of where the NHL should expand or move to, no one mentions Seattle, though their fans are wild, diverse and in need of a pro sports franchiseWow...thanks for showing up to that party Hockey News. I wonder if the Hockey News is based in the East? Too perfect. The West has been screaming to give Seattle or Portland a team for 20 years. We keep hearing all the crying and moaning about Winnipeg, and Hamilton, but their are two great hockey cities without a team just sitting there on the coast that constantly go without mention. Also, Paul Allen has mentioned more than once that he would be interested in owning an NHL franchise there. But I guess it's better too have a dude named "Boots" have a franchise first.