It’s All About The Hockey, Isn’t It? A Monday Night Open Thread

Well, personally it’s all about Manchester City (barely) taking care of business as well. And some other things but we’ll get to that. Horatio is giving me a break from this relentless posting schedule this coming Thursday with his annual mock draft and I’m looking forward to it.

Can I throw some news bits at you? Thanks.

Johnny Handsome Done?:

Jimmy G is talking about retirement but no one of any consequence is listening. He got quite a bit of attention for a fella that maxed out at 27 TD’s as a starter. He was a starter for a wee bit but just seemed like a system QB with good cheekbones. $156,000,000 later he’s thinking of submitting some glossies to the Ford Modeling Agency because…he was The Elephant Man in a previous life and the karma wheel has spoken?

OBJ Looking For A Gig?: Always. But maybe this time he isn’t ridiculously over-stating his abilities. And what better team to audition for than one that always looks backwards (the Giants) and not forward. He was last a Pro Bowler a mere 10 seasons ago. He’s no better than 4th on any roster now so I hope he doesn’t come on board. I will say that he made a great contribution to the game in that he expanded the parameters of what a catch radius can be. He’ll always have that TD vs the Cowboys.

HAWKEY BABY!:

Want to watch a game of contrasting styles? Then don’t bother with Carolina/Ottawa-they are mirror images of each other. They’re both very disciplined defensively, can counter-attack effectively, limit the other team’s high goal chances, have trouble scoring themselves at times, run four lines deep and are overly-reliant on their goalies.

Detroit Red Wings Update:

[belly laugh lasts for more than a minute] Oh, Jesus, that was hilarious! Why would there be an update of a team that melted away when they ran into the meat of the schedule?

Take it home, monkeys!