Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Sad day in hockeyville

After 20 years of NHL service, Quoteless Joe is hangin' 'em up. Joe Sakic by all accounts was a really wonderful guy to be around and one hell of a player. He always reminded me of Steve Yzerman with his style and class. Joe, you'll be missed.

In other news, the Iowa Chops have been "involuntarily suspended for the 2009-10 season by the league’s Board of Governors, effective July 6, 2009." I find this more than odd. What will the players do? There isn't a lot of information out there regarding what actually happened other than by laws violations. Hmm...

Lot of signings lately - some don't make a lot of sense and some are just down funny. Pronger for 7 years with the Bullies? He'll fit in nicely. I think he just missed the orange. At least he managed to wear a tie (*coughCartercough*)

From the Puck Daddy files - in talking about NHL 10:

That said, the "after the whistle" function is pretty much the greatest thing to happen to video gaming since the invention of giant apes throwing barrels at Italian plumbers. Face washes, cheap shots, putting the puck on the goalie after the whistle ... so, Claude Lemieux Mode then?

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Still no word on the Patrick Kane mouthpiece ripping feature. Maybe it's hidden ...


I love gamers with a sense of humor. Also watching PKane get his mouth guard swatted from his mouth will never get old.

I know we'll eventually get around to posting the free agent grades, but we probably should talk about them first right?

Until next time,
only a handful of weeks until Olympic training camps!

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