1st Period

• Belfour coughs up a rebound on an easy 70 footer. 1-0 Caps. Nothing new.
• 2-0 Caps. He's still in net.
• Antropov from Tucker. 2-1.
• After the early easy goal, the Leafs looked awful, but have dominated the late period, evening up the shots.
• Tucker is hot. Scores. 2-2.

2nd Period

• Harmless play. Belfour finds himself out of the net and it's 3-2.
• Belfour sucks! I would send him to the Marlies and clear up cap room.
• Quinn should be fired for refusing to bench Belfour. Not only is he playing a goalie that is struggling, but he's playing him game-after-game. Eight in a row.
• Basically, anytime anything happens bad in the Leafs end is an automatically goal. 4-2.
• Allison has had a bad game with multiple giveaways in his own zone.
• 5-2 Caps.

3rd Period

• It's really amazing watching how the Brent Johnson makes non-trivial saves. And he's a backup goalie. If the goalies were reversed, then we'd be killing the Caps.
• Quinn must be tired and wanting to get fired, otherwise, why the f--- is Belfour still in net?
• If John Ferguson Jr. doesn't fire Quinn after the game, then I will call for his head too.
• Wow, Kilger is playing great. 5-3. What a shot!

Everybody keeps asking me why Canada didn't win gold at the Olympics. Well, rather than answer that stupid question, I thought I run thru the NHL scoring leaders and list which country each player was born in and which team they played for. Good idea?

What I don't understand is why this DNP country was allowed to dress 8 Canadians of the top 25 scorers of the NHL. What's even stranger is that this DNP country didn't win any games during the Olympics. No other team had more than 3, they had eight of the top 25 scorers in the NHL. With a team like that, you'd figure they were a lock for gold.

The AFC ProBowl team that we actually care about.

The Gazette: Every penny Raymonde raises will go to the Jacques Plante Foundation, which she created six months after her husband's death to assist promising young goalies in Switzerland.

Randy: It would appear that Canada's men's hockey team was foiled at the Olympics from beyond the grave by the greatest Canadian goalie ever, Jacques Plante. Swiss or should I say Jacques Plante defeated Canada 2-0 on a 49-save shutout by Martin Gerber.

AP: Bryan Colangelo resigned Monday as general manager of the Phoenix Suns to become president and GM of the Toronto Raptors. [cut] The Raptors reportedly offered Colangelo a multiyear deal worth $3 million per year.

http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story/?ID=156440

Randy: I guess if the salary cap means we can't sign good NBA players, we might as well sign good managers with the extra money lying around. Everybody is happy today. Talk to me at the end of next season and the next.

HockeyDirt: Based on their Olympic performances, you've got to wonder if NHL GMs might be interested in giving Ville Peltonen and Mika Hannula another look? 

http://www.hockeydirt.com/2006/02/olympians_deser.html

CP: Canada won silver in the men's 5,000-metre short-track speedskating relay at the Olympics.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=156181

Randy: The team consisted of...

• Eric Bedard of Ste-Thecle, Que.,
• Francois-Louis Tremblay of Alma, Que.,
• Charles Hamelin of Sainte-Julie, Que., and
• Mathieu Turcotte of Sherbrooke, Que.

CP: Winnipeg speedskater Clara Hughes won gold in the women's 5,000 metres on Saturday.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=156166

Cindy Klassen claimed bronze, here 5th medal of this Olympics, 6th all-time in the women's 5000m.

CP: Brad Gushue's rink won Canada's first Olympic gold medal in men's curling with a 10-4 victory in eight ends over Finland's Markku Uusipaavalniemi on Friday.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=156058

Randy: Canada cheated. We intentionally played bad all week to confuse the other teams. In the final, even our misses were good. Gushue was a god. Third Mark Nichols, second Russ Howard and lead Jamie Korab were all near perfect.

CP: Canada captured a silver medal in the women's 3,000-metre short-track speedskating relay at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday. Alanna Kraus of Abbotsford, B.C., Anouk Leblanc-Boucher of Prevost, Que., Kalyna Roberge of St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Que., and Tania Vincent of Laval, Que., finished in four minutes 17.336 seconds.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155808

CP: Cindy Klassen became Canada's most decorated female Olympian on Wednesday when she won her fifth career medal - her fourth at the Turin Games.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155790

Randy: Cindy's first gold, fourth medal of this Olympic and fifth overall. She could still win one more in the 5000m on Saturday.

CP: Shannon Kleibrink's team from Calgary won an Olympic bronze medal Thursday by defeating Norway 11-5 in women's curling.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155922

Randy: The entire team...

• Shannon Kleibrink
• Amy Nixon
• Glenys Bakker
• Christine Keshen
• Sandra Jenkins (alternate)

CP: [Chandra Crawford] of Canmore, Alta., won a surprise gold medal in the Olympic women's cross-country ski sprint.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155764

Canada should finish in the top 6 countries with their most medals ever (17).

CP: The Canadian women's hockey team completed a dominating performance at the Winter Olympics by defending its gold medal with a 4-1 win over Sweden on Monday.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155585

CP: Canadians Pierre Lueders and Lascelles Brown sped to silver in the men's two-man bobsled at the Winter Olympics on Sunday.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155510

All games here-on out are about positioning for the playoff round as 7 of 8 positions are decided; Fin, Swiss, Canada, Czech, Slovakia, Russia and Swede. The last remaining position will be the U.S.A. or Latvia. The tie-breaker is goals for. Right now the U.S. is losing 2-1 to Sweden late in the 3rd. That would equal goals for between Latvia and U.S. at 9. Latvia plays Kazahkstan and U.S. plays Russia in the remaining game. If Latvia wins and the U.S. loses, which is likely and Latvia scores more goals in their win than the U.S. in their loss, which is likely, then U.S. is eliminated.

Correction: I just heard that the tie-breaker is goal difference and not goals for. This puts the U.S. in a much stronger position.

Update: U.S. did lose. The goal difference in the Latvia and U.S. games would have to be 18 or more for Latvia to move ahead. For instance, if the U.S. lost 9-0 and Latvia won 9-0. That's no longer a possibility.

In men's curling, Canada's Brad Gushue plays winless New Zealand at 1PM EST. A win will move Canada into the tie-breaking round and maybe even the playoffs. A win against both New Zealand and the U.S. would move Canada into the playoff round and avoid a tie-breaker. Canada could also make the tie-breaking round losing both games, if everybody else fails to get their 5th win (a long shot).

In women's curling, Canada's Shannon Kleinberg has already qualified for the tie-breaker and could move directly to the playoff round with a win in her last game against Denmark (2-5).

In the playoff round, a win in either of two games means a medal, two wins translates to gold.

TSN: Canadian speedskating star Cindy Klassen bagged her third medal of the Torino Games in the women's 1,000 metres.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155530

Randy: Cindy becomes the first Canadian ever to win three medals during one Winter Olympic Games.

CP: Montreal's Dominique Maltais survived a crash-filled final to win a bronze medal in the women's snowboard cross event at the Winter Olympics on Friday.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155245

Calgarian Jeff Pain took silver in the Olympic skeleton race.

CP: Duff Gibson won the gold medal in the Olympic skeleton. Gibson (39 yrs-old) becomes the oldest individual gold medallist in Winter Olympics history.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155258

CP: Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards [cut] managed to stay in the saddle and hung on for a bronze medal in women's skeleton at the Winter Olympic Games on Thursday.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155156

Jeff Buttle: Oh, my God, it's nuts. This is huge for me.

Randy: And huge for Canada, as Canada won bronze in the premier Winter Olympic event.

AP: The car driving Evgeni Plushenko to the Milan airport was involved in an accident hours after the Russian won gold in men's figure skating. No one was hurt in a chain-collision accident.

Just a few updates on Gretzky-gate, known officially as Operation Slapshot.

• Wayne Gretzky's lawyer Ron Fujikawa said that Gretzky will not face criminal charges and is unlike to be asked to testify.
• New Jersey State Police have assured that Janey Gretzky is unlikely to face charges, but may be called as a witness.

TSN: Dale Begg-Smith,a Vancouver native who now skis for Australia, captured the gold.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=154976

CP: Anouk Leblanc-Boucher of Prevost, Que., avoided an illegal move by a Chinese skater to capture a bronze medal in the women's 500-metre short-track speedskating event at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=155013

Randy: Anouk's medal may get bumped to a silver and Kalyna Roberge of Quebec City to a bronze, as it appears the silver medalist lifted her skate at the finish line, which should be a disqualification.

PR: Skating enthusiasts and Leafs fans will have an opportunity to skate on the best ice surface in the National Hockey League on Friday, February 17 when Air Canada Centre holds a free public skate.

http://www.mapleleafs.com/news/news.asp?story_id=1862

1st Period

• Italy look OK to start the game. They were getting away with quite a few hooks and interference.
• Then Italy was called for hooking, but there was no hook. Why do refs allow a bunch of obvious non-calls then make a mis-call?
• Iginla from Bertuzzi and Sakic. PP goal Canada. 1-0.
• Italy is hitting back.
• 3 PPs in-a-row for Canada. Weak calls.
• Italy looked great. Only 1-0 Canada at the end of the 1st.
• BTW, it was great to see the Finish womens team take that 3-2 lead on the U.S. (eventually losing 7-3). Maybe by next Olympics they'll have caught up to the North Americans.

Gotta get ready for work!

2nd Period

• 4-1 Canada.

Off to work!

Reporter: Yes, over here, n'hey, n'hey. The Newark Star-Ledger is now reporting that your wife bet $5000 on the Super Bowl coin flip, and tens of thousands on the game itself. How did this happen without you knowing anything?
Gretzky: Ah, yeah, well, whenever you wonder about something that seems to contradict my direct statement, 5 minutes ago, that I didn't know anything, a wizard did it.
Reporter: I see, all right, yes, but now the Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that...
Gretzky: Wizard!
Reporter: [under breath] Aw, for glaven out loud.

http://battleofalberta.blogspot.com/2006/02/life-imitates-simpsons.html

CBC: Canadian cross-country skiers Beckie Scott and Sara Renner won a silver medal in the women's team sprint Tuesday at the Torino Olympics. Renner was able to recover from a broken pole on the third lap of the six-lap race on the Pragelato Plan course.

http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca_scott20060214.html

TMC: The Japanese Olympic Committee is telling athletes competing at the Turin Winter Olympic Games not to open web logs because the Olympic Charter bans athletes' journalist activities when the games are on, and violators will be disqualified.

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/01/29/1323487.htm

CBC: Favoured to win Sunday's 3,000 metres, Canadian speed skater Cindy Klassen tired down the stretch and settled for the bronze medal in her first of five events at the Torino Olympic Winter Games.

Randy: Cindy won bronze in 2002 and is likely to win more this Olympic. What a national treasure she is.

I watched the Leaf game at Crabby Joe's restaurant. Once again, the opposition's goalie made great save after great save 28 in total and Belfour made 18 saves on 22 shots and in fact, one of the shots was from well behind the net, which Belfour kicked into his own goal. Where's Tellqvist?

With goalies with at least 10 games players, Belfour's GAA ranks 45th, Save % ranks 37th. Tellqvist is 22nd and 18th. Belfour also ranks 3rd in losses, trailing only Luongo and Kolzig. Both Luongo and Kolzig average 30 saves per game, because the team in front of them really suck defensively. Belfour averages 27 saves per game, because the team in front of him is that much better. And let me suggest that the quality of shots handled by Belfour is very low, because most teams are now shooting from well out on Belfour, knowing that he is struggling such.

Just look at the 8 goals allowed against the Rangers; slapshot from 29 ft thru the leg (1st Friday), wristshot from 22 ft (2nd Friday), wristshot from bottom of the faceoff circle (4th Friday), form behind the net (1st Saturday), 37 ft slap (2nd Saturday), 28 ft snap (3rd Saturday), 40 ft slap (4th Saturday). Other than Poti's goal, none were very good scoring chances. I'm not saying he should have stopped them all, but he's not stopping anywhere near enough.

CP: The Washington Capitals signed goaltender Olaf Kolzig to a $10.9 million US, two-year contract extension Saturday.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Washington/2006/02/11/1437584-cp.html

Randy: I was really hoping the Leafs would trade Belfour and something for Kolzig. Oh well, maybe Theodore is the cheaper prize now.

CP: Freestyle skier Jennifer Heil kicked off Canada's march to the medal podium at the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning the women's moguls Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060211/ca_pr_on_sp/oly_cdn_rdp_1

CP: Canadian Manuel Osborne-Paradis was second fastest Saturday in the final training run for Sunday's Olympic downhill. Francois Bourque of New Richmond, Que., finished 22nd, John Kucera of Calgary was 27th and Ryan Semple of Mont-Tremblant, Que., 36th.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=154460

CP: [Jennifer] Heil is sitting pretty heading into the freestyle moguls final. The native of Spruce Grove, Alta., won the preliminary event. [cut] Three other Canadians also reached the final. Kristi Richards of Summerland, B.C., was eighth at 23.76, Audrey Robichaud of Val Belair, Que., was 12th at 22.73 and Stephanie St-Pierre of Victoriaville, Que., was 17th with 22.15.

http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/news_story/?ID=154350

1st Period

• Kilger got the early lead.
• Again, this game isn't on TV. Maybe I should go to a bar.

2nd Period

• The first 3 PPs of the game went for the Rangers, against the Leafs. Lot's of non-calls. If there's lot's of non-calls you can't have the PP 3-0. But this led to 2 PP goals early in the 2nd, separate by Tuckers goal. 2-2 now.
• Looks like Belfour is struggling, both goal were from 20-30 feet, both Jagr.
• 3-2 Rangers. This was a break-away, so it's not entirely Belfour's fault, but it seems if the Leafs play well in the 1st period, Belfour goes to sleep and let's in a bunch in the 2nd.
• Leafs get 2-man 2-full minutes penalties. 4-2 Rangers. Stupid McCabe!
• I seems every game on LeafTV, the Leafs get massive out penaltied and I can't see it.

3rd Period

• Rangers sat back and played good D. The Leafs couldn't score.
• I just saw the goals on TheScore. 3 of the 4 goals were weak.
• I'm listening to Ralph the color radio guy and he's basically saying the refs are idiots. Can't wait to see the replays.

Steve Simmons: His wife's name -- and his, by association -- is implicated in the gambling scandal that now rocks professional hockey. He should stay home, not as a favour to the Canadian team, but to protect it.

Randy: So Gretzky should step aside because his wife bet on the Super Bowl. I have to wonder, if everybody who bet on the Super Bowl, or whose wife bet on the Super Bowl stepped aside, then could Team Canada field a hockey team? Well, I'm sure we could. We have 30 million people to choose from. But could that team score a goal, never mind win a game or a medal. Steve Simmons is the idiot of the day. Which is nothing new. He's been the idiot of the day too many times. In fact, I bet 10-1 every morning that he'll be the idiot of the day by the end of the day.

CanWest: Theodore flunked a doping test conducted last Dec. 12, part of a pre-Olympic screening, when the substance finasteride was found in his urine. Finasteride is the active ingredient in the popular hair-loss treatment Propecia, and is known to be a masking agent for a certain class of steroids. [cut] At a press conference Thursday at the Bell Centre, team physician Dr. David Mulder said Theodore had been taking the medication, a daily one-milligram dose in pill form, for the last eight or nine years on the advice of a dermatologist.

Randy: I knew it. No goalie could have that much hair without medical help. End of story.

TSN: NHL legend and current Phoenix Coyotes head coach and managing partner Wayne Gretzky has reportedly been caught on state wiretaps talking about Coyotes associate coach Rick Tocchet's alleged gambling ring. [cut] Gretzky's wife, Janet Jones, is allegedly [to have] placed bets [cut] that exceeded a total of $1.7 million [cut] during a 40-day period.

Randy: 2004-5 will forever be known as the year of the strike. 2005-6 seems to be acquiring it's own identity and it's not good either.

The Professional Cheerleader Blog: The NFL has posted headshots of this year's pro bowl cheerleaders on their Pro Bowl website. Click here to see your AFC representatives, and click here to see the ladies from the NFC.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/NflCheerleaderBlog?m=1019

hockeydirt.com: Rick Tocchet gets pulled in to a blockbuster gambling case.  The latest reports indicate that Janet Gretzky and "about a half dozen NHL players" are among those alleged to have placed bets through an organization financed by Tocchet.  The ring is said to be tied to the Bruno-Scarfo mob family.

http://www.hockeydirt.com/2006/02/tocchet_accused.html

Missed the 1st period. Tae Kwan Do practice for the kids.

2nd Period

• Belfour has looked great. The best he's looked in a long time. He's making really solid saves. The kind I remember him making 2 years ago.
• Exelby nailed Sundin, Kilger came to the rescue, but De vries intercepted.
• Poniko break-away. Scores! 1-0 Leafs. The Thrashers had dominated the 2nd period until the Poniko goal.
• Tucker on the PP from Allison. 2-0 Leafs.

3rd Period

• Hossa scores to start the period. 2-1. Stupid penalty by Domi from the end of the 2nd.
• Wellwood bats it out of the air. 3-1 Leafs.
• Belfour is really focused. Hossa is the best player on the ice, other than Belfour.
• The worst rule in the books is where the play is considered dead when the ref goes to blow the whistle, then the puck trickles into the net. One for the Leafs.
• McCabe can opener. Dumb play, ya know it's a penalty.
• McCabe scores on a Domi-Steen rush. 4-1 Leafs. Yes!!!
• Leading 4-1 a bad pinch by Berg. Kronwall recovered for him.

LeafsSuck.org is a Maple Leafs hatred forum. Pretty funny!

http://www.leafssuck.org/

yOOnew offers futures contracts on sports tickets.

http://www.yoonew.com

CP: Players are contemplating possible changes to the method in which the salary cap is determined in order to pay less in escrow in future years. [cut] According to current revenue projections, the team-by-team salary cap for next season is slated to be $46 million US, a jump from the current $39 million. But the proposed changes would see the cap rise to a minimum of $42 million instead, and cut the percentage in escrow players would pay out of their paycheques next season anywhere from 2.5 per cent to five per cent.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=153659&hubname=nhl

Randy: The question arises, "Where's the upside for the NHLPA?"  The answer is, the escrow money started at about $120 million this year. Let's assume the reduced escrow is half or $60 million. They are forfeiting about $90 million in potential salary for $60 in garanteed salary. It's a trade-off, albeit, a stupid one, IMHO. Obviously players already under contact for next year would win and free-agents would lose. All these numbers are guesses and calculated by multiplying the assumed per team number by 30 (yes, I know there's only 28 teams).

Google Video has all the Super Bowl commercials on one page.

http://video.google.com/superbowl.html

MLB: Terms and Conditions:

• Good for all 2006 regular season home games
• Redeemable for one ticket - 500 Level Seating
• Only redeemable on game day at the Gate 9 Box Office
• Seats subject to availability
• To be guaranteed a ticket, you must present your pass no later than 45 minutes before game time
• Passes not transferable
• Applicable service charges will apply

https://secure.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/tor/ticketing/star_season_pass_form.jsp

Randy: Plus $24 for $105 season ticket.

1st Quarter

• A defensive struggle dominated by the Seahawks, but only a FG to show. 3-0 Hawks.
• Steelers have not been able to move the ball at all.
• Seahawks have moved the ball, but all their big plays have been called back on penalties.

2nd Quarter

• Randle El got upsided then nailed in the back. That might the game for him.
• Steelers got to the Seahawk 22. Penalty. Sack. Oops. 40. Followed by a 37 yard completion. Bad coverage.
• Bettis-time. 1st down to the 1. 2nd down to the 1. The next play is gonna be big.
• Rothlistberger takes the ball himself on the 3rd down, follows the RBs and is nailed at the goalline. It's called a TD, but the replay indicates it was so close that any call is pretty much going to create a lot of talk. Touchdown on review!!! 7-3 Steelers.
• The Seahawk receivers have caught three passes out-of-bounds that could've been caught in bounds. That's the difference. They are ruled incompletions. Remember that when you look at Hasselbeck's stats.

3rd Quarter

• Parker blows the 2nd play of the half for 70+ yards. 14-3 Steelers.
• As much as I hate Bell, their CDNian Super Bowl commercial was awesome! Beavers. Canada.
• Two 50-yrd misses today by the Seahawk kicker.
• Steelers inside the Seahawk 10, interception turned the other way. Big play. That's the play of the game, if the Seahawks win.
• Seahawks have looked confused this quarter.
• TD Seahawks. 14-10. Seahawks elected not to go for 2-pts and make it a 3 pt game.

4th Quarter

• There have been a lot of big plays by the Seahawks called back by penalties. Some of them have been disputable. You can call a penalty on almost play. Or every play that one team makes.
• Wow! They just called a penalty on Hasselbeck. I don't see it. Anywhere. This reffing is big-time one sided for the Steelers. The announcers agreed. A horrible call.
• A few plays later, Steelers score 21-10. This is called a ref job.
• Another call in favor of the Steelers. This one is reviewable. The call should be overturned. If it's not overturned, then this is a major ref job. OK, it was overturned.
• Hasselbeck played it safe at the end of the game and basically ran out-the-clock on his own.

Down 3-2, with 2.2 seconds on the clock. Check This Out!

1st Period

• Poniko scores in the opening minute. Missed it.
• Belfour is in net again.
• While already down one man, the Devils just got a penalty for deflecting it over the boards in the defensive zone. Another two stupid refs.
• Kaberle scores. Point blank shot, the Devils basically gave him the shot, thinking he wouldn't. 2-0 Leafs.
• Seconds after the 2nd penalty ended, looks like Poniko off the Devil d-man. 3-0. Gotta win this one.
• It looks like Belak is the 6th d-man. If you haven't heard, Klee may have an ankle fracture.
• Leafs have dominated this game.
• Poniko hit the post, which would have been the first period hat-trick.
• The Leafs are definately getting the better of the reffing today.
• Poniko is on fire.

2nd Period

• Penalty shot. Kozlov couldn't get the shot up.
• Up 3-0, the Leafs continue to  press. The best defense is to stay in the oppositions end of the ice.
• Belfour has been solid. A second break-away this period. McCabe pinched and Kaberle didn't watch the back side.
• OK, Belfour is hot.
• 3-0 after 2 periods.

3rd

• Not only are the Leafs winning, but no defensemen have been severely injured either.
• PP goal in first minute by the Devils. 3-1.
• Madden scores seconds later on a long wrist shot. 3-2.
• Here go the ridiculous penalties. This time Wilm. Had the zone cleared and shot it over the glass.
• Kilger ices it on the empty net.
• After another 40 minutes without a Leafs PP, we'll get a 5 second PP to end the game.

1st Period

• Seconds into the game, Leafs penalty? Steen.
• Sundin scores. 1-0 Leafs.
• Before they announced the Leaf goal, the Caps reply. 1-1. Assist Ovechkin.
• Games not on TV, I'm listen on AM640.
• Kolzig races down the ice to take Belfour in a brawl. Ovechkin got the originally penalty. Then Kolzig leaves the crease. So, Caps have at least 4 minutes. Should be a one or two man advantage and Ovechkin is likely gonna get more than 2 minutes.
• BTW, Ken Klee was injured in the 1st.

2nd Period

• Caps score in the first minute. 2-1 Caps.
• I'm listening on the radio, but get this. Antropov is hooked on a rush, which causes him to highstick somebody. Antropov gets 4-minutes. Caps PP.
• Ovechkin immediates jumps on a break and Harrison breaks it up. Wish I could've seen that.
• Woz stops Ovechkin.
• That period was all Caps. Well, except in the penalty box.

3rd Period

• There's absolutely no penalties going against the Caps that put them SH. Dennis Beyak has said "{Leaf player} hauled down in a scoring position and no call" on too many occasions.
• Beyak "No call!"
• Beyak "No call!" and the trip leads to a Cap scoring chance.
• I'd love to be watching this.
• Clymer scores. 3-1 Caps.
• 4-1. We are getting blown-out by a cellar-dweller.
• Stajan took a chop. No call. Fights break out. These refs are horrible.

Notes

• Lindros found out today, his wrist is not healing, so he won't be back anytime soon.
• 1 win in 12 games.

Doug Smith: The Toronto Raptors have traded veteran guard Jalen Rose and a first-round draft pick to the New York Knicks for Antonio Davis. [cut] Davis is in the final year of a contract that pays him $13,865,000, while Rose was to make $15,694,250 this year and $16,901,500 next year. [cut] The draft pick is the Denver Nuggets' first-round pick, acquired by the Raptors in an earlier trade.

Randy: Since neither team is going anywhere this season and clearly Rose is worth no-where near $17M next year, the trade is effectively salary cap room for a late 1st-round pick.

DevLIB will be publishing a videocast of the SuperBowl commercials as they air. Simply subscribe to the feed and you can watch them shortly after they air. You should be able to subscribe to this feed in iTunes and get them on your video iPod.

http://www.devlib.org/podcast/superbowl.xml

My most read blog entries include my NFL playoff predictions. Well, this weekend, there's going to be another boring game of football. The Seahawks are gonna walk all over those Steelers. At the outset, this game is pretty much even steven, except that everybody thinks the Steelers are gonna win and the Seahawks are being disrespected again. Like that hasn't been happening all season. End result is a Steeler team that actually thinks they are the favorite and a Seahawk team that's tired of being disrespected. How many playoff games have the Steelers won this playoff as the favorite? None. How many playoffs games have the Seahawks won this playoff as the disrespected conference champions? All of them. Last, let's not forget how many Super Bowls have been won by the respective coaches. And I'll be watching the Super Bowl, not no stinking commercials and half-time show. Seahawks by 15+.

http://www.superbowl.com/

Slots for Mario is having a rally immediately before the Saturday (Feb 4) night Pens game. BTW, I personally don't think the Pens need a gambling license. The Pens' ownership is, of course, hinting that no slots means the Pens are gonna move. Hopefully to Winnipeg or Quebec. Personally, I think it's despicable when businesses hold axes over politician's heads in order to get public money.

http://www.slotsformario.com/