Some News For The Day

- The NHL Central Scouting is coming out with lists upon lists of the top players from the North American leagues and here is the current one.

- Matt Donovan, the first Oklahoman to play in the NHL made his debut for the Islanders the other night against the Devils.

- Edmonton Oilers coach Tom Renney was fined $10,000 for his comments made after the Oilers game against the Kings.

- NHL.com has the top individual surprises and disappointments for the season.

- Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews has been cleared for contact. We repeat, Captain Serious is ready for contact...

- Tyler Myers will not play in the Sabres final two games before the season ends after taking a puck off the foot in a game.

- Carey Price was complaining of headaches and was diagnosed with a concussion. What hockey god did the Habs piss off this season?

- Devils center Jacob Josefson broke his wrist and will be out 4-6 weeks.

- Maple Leafs defenseman Carl Gunnarsson separated his shoulder and is out for the rest of the season.

- Daniel Briere will be out indefinitely with an upper back contusion after taking a hit from the Penguins Joe Vitale on Sunday. Niklas Grossman will also be out but for only 7-10 days with a lower body injury.

- The idiocy that happened in the Penguins/Flyers game resulted in Pens assistant coach Tony Granato and Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette being fined for their actions and words. Then Mike Milbury, while giving an interview at a Philadelphia radio station, had some harsh words for the Penguins and their coach. He apologized but Pens GM Ray Shero wasn't impressed. And the Flyers assistant coach Craig Berube called the Penguins Malkin and Crosby 'the two dirtiest players on their hockey team'. When will it end?

Play Off Commercials: Because It's the Cup

Instead of the 'History will be made' videos they had last season, which were awesome until every single play that happened in the play off games was made into one, there are these new

Because It's The Cup

commercials. We like them but we have pretty low standards for commercials nowadays. A few of them are pretty neat and we're gonna link them here.

Vancouver Canucks

oh crying Ryan Kesler, no we don't like that


New York Rangers

stoic Ryan Callahan, yessssss


Chicago Blackhawks

definitely teared up a little at this one but it might just be because it's late and we're tired


Outside

yes, we are outside your window watching you celebrate and judging the teams you cheer for


There are way more videos than these few that we highlighted and if you have some free time go and check them out. They're worthy time-wasters.

Awards Monday: Week Twenty-Six

Hottie of the Week


eighth seed



This spot is getting fought over like a weapon of choice in the bloodbath of the Hunger Games. It's all the rage now and it's gonna be an interesting watch to see who will make it into the eighth and final spot in both Conferences.


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Best Commercial of the Night


The Revolution Continues...#NugeforCalder


We were totally Inceptioned into rooting for this kid and this video is part of why. Also, Curtis is very convincing in her arguments and excellent at Inception herself.

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The Ryan Malone Wheaties Award


Taylor Hall


As much as we cry over his stats and hate/love him, the kid deserves the RMWA just for playing some pretty good hockey with a bum shoulder for four years. Who does that? Oh, yeah, dedicated players who only know how to play through everything until they can't.

Curtis had this to say on our choice:
Taylor Hall injured his shoulder at Age 16 in the 2008 World U-18 Hockey Championship in Russia in the quarter-final game against Finland. He continued to play, finishing 5th in tournament scoring including a 2 goal performance in a 3-2 semi-final win against Sweden. Canada, of course, went on to win the gold medal. A few months later, he was an Alternate Captain at the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Slovakia, helping Canada to yet another U-18 Gold Medal.

Since then, by the numbers:
169 CHL games played, including playoffs, scoring 118 goals, 166 assists, for 284 points and 1.68 points per game.

2 OHL and Memorial Cup championships in conjunction with back-to-back tournament MVP honours.

6 WJC games played at 2009 World Junior Hockey Championship in Saskatchewan, with 6 goals and 6 assists for 12 points (2.00 p/g), and a silver medal.
tokkotai89 (11:07:04 PM): 1st Overall at 2010 NHL entry draft.

126 NHL games played, with 49 goals and 46 assists for 95 points (career 0.75 p/g).

He has been considered the best player of his age group for the large majority of the last 6 years. He played 4 while injured.

Just wait until he’s healthy.

Best April Fools Joke

The Edmonton Oilers and the Edmonton Eskimos will finally battle in a two-game, two-sport series where the team with the most points wins the series.



They get to find out finally who really is the best in Edmonton.

Oh my god, try not to laugh when the Oilers take the ice and throw a football around. It kills. So good.

Enjoy this and have a laugh.

Also, how they ever got Eberle to keep a straight face, we will never know. It's a mystery that's befuddled the best.

Fantasy Hockey: Trades Soon

Just a little reminder to those who are in the fantasy hockey league here, we will be conducting trades on Monday, April 2nd.

So get your trades in, ladies.

Remember:

only two trades allowed (three if you're really, really desperate)
make sure that the trades are for players in the same position


Good luck and get those emails in!

EA Sports Vote for the Cover Boy

For the cover of NHL 13, EA Sports is holding a vote for fans to choose the cover boy. They have two players from every team up against each other in this first round of voting.

And when this round is over, it will go to 30 with two extra wild card dudes. And then so on.

SO GO VOTE, BITCHES!

Of course these boys took to Twitter to get fans to vote for them. NHL.com highlights some of the funnier ones in this article.

And we screencapped a few ourselves.






Who would you love to see on the cover of EA Sports NHL 13? Let us know! And go vote for the ones that could make it.

Thursday's News & Notes

- Canadiens finally fired their GM. We didn't think things were that bad in Montreal but apparently they are.


- There were a bunch of free agent/college entry-level signings by NHL teams this week:
Sabres signed Maine forward Brian Flynn.
Senators signed Chris Wideman, a defenseman from Miami University of Ohio to a two-year deal.
Maple Leafs signed free agent left winger Spencer Abbott.


- James Duthie has an article about the good, the bad and the Duthie.


- Sidney Crosby got a puck in the schnoz last night. It even warranted an entire article on TSN.


- Despite a rough season, the Oilers have two players who could be in contention for individual awards at the end of the season. #NugeforCalder #EberleforLadyByng