Nice work by Wakezilla catching you up to speed on why your fellow Canuckistanians have today off. Brought a tear to mee eye.

There’s very little NFL news today, most likely due to the holiday on both sides of the weekend. So, to compensate, here are today’s NHL free agent signings of note: (as of 5:30 EDT)

• Milan Lucic – to Edmonton – 7 years/$42 million
• Andrew Ladd – to NYI – 7 years/$38.5 million
• Frans Nielsen – to Detroit – 6 years/$31.5 million
• Loui Eriksson – to Vancouver – 6 years/$36 million
• David Backes – vto Boston – 5 years/$30 million
• Kyle Okposo – to Buffalo – 7 years/$42 million
• Troy Brouwer – to Calgary – 4 years/$18 million
• Eric Staal – to Minnesota – 3 years/$10.5 million
• Alexander Radulov – to Montreal – 1 year/$5.75 million
• James Reimer- to Florida – 5 years/$17 million
• Mikkel Boedker – to San Jose – 4 years/$16 million

Tonight’s sports:

• CFL: doubleheader action!
  • BC @ Hamilton – 7:00 – TSN
  • Winnipeg @ Calgary – 10:00 – TSN/ESPN2
• USA: Olympic Qualifying (all on NBC)
  • Swimming – 8:00
  • Track & Field – 9:00

I’m spending most of the weekend surrounded by alcohol, so that’s positive. So, whether today or Monday is your holiday, ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM!