“I Might Just Be A Hockey Fan In California” is a feature that will be posted every Saturday here at the View From My Seats. There are plenty of things going on in the hockey world (and even the sports world); and you know everyone has an opinion. This is a place for some quick hits of the week that was.
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I might just be a hockey fan in California, but:
- Reading about potential Calder Trophy candidates on Puck Daddy is fun. Reading the exact same article that is plagiarized on Bleacher Report isn’t nearly as fun.
- Losing $10.8 million since July 1st isn’t a successful business model. I’m looking at you Phoenix Coyotes.
Would you wear these jerseys? Ever?
- It’s hard to believe that 5 of the top 9 scorers in the league play in California. And none of them are Ducks.
- I’d be more interested in a Rangers/Flyers series going 7 games than a Phillies/Yankees series going the distance.
- Wearing a kilt in a wedding is never cool. No matter HOW close you are to your best friend.
- How many people in Vancouver would give their OWN rib to have a healthy Roberto Luongo?
- Marian Gaborik, Simon Gagne and Martin Havlat have all missed time due to injury and we’re still in October. Is anyone surprised?
- How many people outside of Buffalo know that Ryan Miller is leading the league in save percentage, goals against and he hasn’t lost a game in regulation?
- The Kings could win the next 70 games of the season and the Lakers would still get more love in LA.
- I honestly have no clue who the starting goaltender in Montreal is anymore. I THOUGHT it was Carey Price—but games played lately tell me that it’s Jaroslav Halak.
- It’s fun to have the leading goal scorer and point man in the NHL on your team.
- The Islanders should NEVER go to OT. If they do, they might as well save some energy and just go home. It’s almost becoming comical.
- In hockey as in life: Hells Bells > Cotton Eye Joe
- I can’t remember the last time the Red Wings were in 4th place in the own division. At ANY point in the season in the last 15 years.
Taylor Hall: NOT going to be a Maple Leaf
- Something is seriously wrong with the Ducks. Maybe that Pronger guy wasn’t as replaceable as they thought.
- At what point do the Leafs and Panthers start thinking about Taylor Hall. Wait, that would be the Bruins and the Panthers. Sorry, my mistake. Phil Kessel better be really productive and fast.
- Just because it’s a body check doesn’t mean it was dirty.
- If Sidney Crosby scores a hat trick—there is a 192.3% chance that it will make SportsCenter. If Rene Bourque scores 3 goals in a game, there’s a 2.3% chance that the highlights will make ESPN.
- I can’t wait for the Kings to host the NHL Draft in June.
- I would never make a bet that would make me wear a Montreal Canadiens “candy cane” jersey. Ever.
- There are no teams in the NHL that are cursed quite like the NBA’s L.A. Clippers. Can you imagine if Tavares suffered a stress fracture on the eve of the season? That’s just par for the course in Clipperland.
- Gary Bettman is a pompous little person that needs to be fired for the good of the game.
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So what were your thoughts from the NHL week that was?
