Back In Action.

- I've been away from bloggin' for a while due to a crazy busy work schedule but you can always count on a Ron Artest arrest to get my juices flowing again. I would give anything to have Artest, Pacman Jones (dropping 81K at a peelers is the stuff that dreams are made of), and Terrell Owens all playing in the same city and hanging out together. I wouldn't actually visit that city for fear of my life though.

- Another constant source of material is Alex Kovalev, who denies ripping his team and coach. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he did make these comments which is funny coming from a guy who is more responsible for the Habs decline this year than anyone. He is the single biggest waste of talent I have ever seen in the NHL. No guts, no interest in using his awesome abilities and absolutely no pride.

- The Edmonton Oilers trade of Ryan Smyth last week shows what an absolute waste of time the lockout was for the NHL. The whole point of the lockout was so that teams like the Oilers didn't need to trade their best players. And trading Smyth shows that the Oilers are the most hypocritical team in the "new" NHL. The Oilers didn't have to trade Smyth they chose to. Which means they have probably been bullshitting their fans for 20 years and simply just refused to pay their players all along. And oh by the way, the Oiler payroll is higher today than it was pre-lockout. The lockout that was supposed to reduce the payroll of small market teams. This is way I think the NHL is such a disgrace. Don't get me wrong I love watching hockey and the NHL, but the league itself as a business entity is a farce.

- What would impress me is if the NHL is smart enough to try to introduce the Las Vegas Penguins. Having an elite team, which the Pens are at least from a marketing point of view, in that market would be invaluable to the league.