Saturday Shootaround #6

The bonus that comes with Saturday Shootaround not being a thing is you can spend the day taking care of business and getting over an annoying headache ^_^ Ouch o_O Hand me that aspirin >_<

Crosby + Ice Cream = Good deal ^_^

1. Did You Miss Me?: Fantasy team owners went bananas all over North America as Sidney Crosby returned to the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins after missing most of the year with a concussion. He clicked to gears straight away scoring twice, and bagging four points in an epic 5-0 home rout of the New York Islanders. His moustache also claimed it would return as well, but no one could find the poor thing since team captain Sidney Crosby raised the Stanley Cup for the Penguins in 2009. My guess is Crosby is as pumped about being back as he is pumped about the Dairy Queen Blizzards he and his teammates will eat after the game. Good old Sid is still flying high about ice cream, I MEAN, hockey after picking up three more assists as his Penguins defeated the scumbag Senators 6-3 last night. Check out the stats of the game in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald link.

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   Wellwood + Leads team in points (17) = Head scratch o_O

   Jets of Wrath: Don Cherry's favourite player, Kyle Wellwood, leads his Jets offense into Boston to take on the Bruins tonight, and I'm a little worried. The Bruins are on a tear; after their horrid start to this Cup-defending campaign they rolled off nine victories in their lat ten games this season! Bruins standout Tyler Seguin leads all players in that game with twenty-three points. I like Winnipeg, which served as the launchpad for the modern game from its WHA days, but I expected a little more from the Thrashers/Jets this season. New city, new uniforms, new expectations, and people actually in the stands for their games should put the Jets in the mix with the division leading Panthers (?), Capitals, and Lightning. Maybe when temperatures plummet, and Ovechkin and Green must push the team bus out of the snow after tough, cold weather game in Winnipeg the Jets will get it together o_O (Hi Carolina Hurricanes fans; I didn't forget you guys!)

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   Columbus + Four goal lead to start + Fake Retro Jerseys = #WINNING

   Laugh Out Loud: I got to laugh at my friends, who support the Buffalo Sabres, this week ^_^ Not just because they lost 5-1 to the last place Columbus Blue Jackets in Ohio's capital city, but they also lost a step in the ranking of the best NHL jerseys! Professional hockey teams in the United States, or at least teams struggling to keep pace for playoff places, and fans in the seats before the first intermission and past the second intermission, wear third and fourth jerseys that add elements found on oldtimer hockey knit sweaters from days of yore. Columbus is probably among the best of the bunch of a teams that wear fake throwback, or fake retro jerseys: Navy primary, cream and ice blue accents, and the shoestring tie-on at the top of the jersey give it a nostalgic look ^_^ Until I discovered Buffalo threw in silver as well as an oddly placed number on the top right of their away jersey, I thought the Sabres were HIP recalling their historical look. Navy works with the Blue Jackets, as it is one of their main colours; not every team can pull it off though...right, Florida?

   

   You, Weiss guy, you can't fool me!

   Now, if you excuse me, I have to purchase more acetaminophen (Ooo, I stood up out my chair too quick o_O Owie owie owie ow! >_<)