I'm trying, I really am...

Why-oh-why is this blogging thing so hard to keep up with? I'll tell you why dammit, cause I started a friggen hockey blog in the middle of this beauty summer! Not the brightest idea, but one that I'd like to keep the car running on until the hockey actually starts up. THEN you'd better watch your ass, 'cause they'll be so many bloody posts you'll be a-spinnin'.

Riiiight.

Okay, so todays hot hockey topic is, ahhh.... uh... lemme see... lets run through some here...


"Oilers Capitan Moreau passenger in hit and run" - Wha? Oh yes. Very lame. Ethan and his chachi buddies are out for shooters at a posh Vancity club... hit a PARKED CAR while backing out of the parking stall, set off some car alarms, then took off. WTF?

No? Feeling dumber? Join the club.

Lets try another:


"Horcoff to Habs for Plekanec trade rumour" - Wow. Some Habs fans just won't let this one go.

This rumoured trade makes ZERO sense. They JUST signed Horc to big dollas for six yrs. It would be at best a lateral move for the Oil... and what kind of message does that send to other players (ie. Garon, Cole) who are thinking about long-term deals?


Who makes this crap up? Seriously. Ok, one more before my brain explodes:

"Khabibulin to LA for a pick and a prospect" - I've seen this one floating around for at least a month now. Chicago brought in Huet as the new #1 this summer, and they are now about $2.5mil over the cap. The Builn Wall is in his last year of a pricey deal: $6.75mil / yr cap hit.
The Kings on the other hand are well below the salary cap floor (~ $10mil +) and need to do some signing/spending/trading in the next 4 weeks. Also, they are lacking in the "quality proven goalies" department. It would seem to be the perfect fit, so I'm not sure why this one is stalled out. Maybe LA has their eyes on a bigger prize? Or isn't willing to fork over some future just to make the cap. Not sure why Lombardi didn't just offer big bucks to Huet on July 1 in the first place. Would have saved him a whole lot of headache now!

Well, that's about all I can come up with. Relevant Oilers news is hard to find this time of year. Hell, ANY hockey news is hard to find. Just be happy that I'm not talking about Mats again!

TTFN suckas.