Couple notes from yesterday's WHL doings. First, I am surprised Kelowna did nothing and therefore still only have one overager. I wonder if they are holding out hope that they might get Tysen Dowzak back from the AHL. Either way though, look for them to be at three overagers by the trade deadline....contenders almost always have the full complement of older players. But are they contenders after all if they don't get Schenn back? I mean, they've played 11 games now and only beaten one team that had a winning record.
The Rockets did trade Torrie Jung to Lethbridge yesterday though for a 2010 6th round pick. The pick becomes a 5th rounder if Jung plays in the league as an overager in 2009-10. Interesting move by the Hurricanes, who must not be comfortable with unproven 17 year old Michael Tadjdeh as their backup goalie in a year when they're looking to win a title. Jung should definitely give the Canes a solid backup and should also push Juha Metsola for the #1 job, which is a good thing all around. Tadjdeh will probably be reassigned somewhere in Jr A and he can come back next year when Metsola will be gone.
Still surprised nobody wanted Dan Spence. He's a better goalie than the guys some teams in this league are using. But his age works against him.....that's just the way it is in junior hockey, it's not fair but it's the way it is. I heard Spence has some interest from the OHL so we'll see if he ends up there like so many former WHLers seem to when they can't find WHL jobs as overagers.
Speaking of the Hitmen, they killed 7 more powerplays last night and are now 56-for-58 on the penalty kill this season - an amazing 96.6% kill rate, considering that a good penalty kill is usually anything over 85%. No doubt that PK success is a huge part of the reason they are #1 overall right now in what was supposed to be a bit of a rebuilding year in Calgary.
And lastly today, how about the Blackhawks firing Denis Savard just four games into the season? What marketing genius said, "hey, let's fire a team legend who coached us to 40 wins last year and replace him with a guy who just got charged with DUI"?
6 comments:
Calgary has sure got our number this year SO FAR for sure. They have dominated every game and even thou they are a 1 line team that sure doesn't seem to matter much as they have out worked us every game this year and their PK is on a roll. lets hope this stat drops off soon, good job Calgary. :):)
Go Canes Go
We acy=tually have 4 good lines, noot just one.
i hope they spell better then you! :)
Look at the stats, you have 1 line that does all the damage, Kozun, Sonne, Bortis, your top three in the standings and on the same line. cheers
you fart knockers need to get a life.
"we need to get a life" what's your excuse loser?
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