But two issues of far more import and interest have been tossed into the arena by this non-issue: 1)that of the jock/nird – bully/jock dichotomy which the `nirds’ have successfully hijacked to present themselves as always and only the sensitive and intelligent but sadly weaker victims of the big bad coarse jocks; 2) the power of the press to create `news’ often banal news as was this and then assume a posture of indignation whereby they get to cast themselves in the self-righteous role of oh-so-honourable and caring and respectable judges, the noble defenders of poor victims unable to defend themselves against the brutal baffings they receive at the hands of their tormentors – a typical cheap and self-serving tactic employed by real bullies, in this case the press. Hmmm, perhaps I can convince Dennis to let me do another guest-blog on this subject? Hehe, to my mind the object of not only Cuthbert’s and Phaneuf’s ire, if any, as well as the lot of us should be the `goon’ press corps.

As for his salary, I have a lot of student loans to pay…

On to more interesting stuff, I think the game last night wasn’t all that bad. True, the monumental and stagering breakdown in the third is scary, however the for 2 full periods and parts of the other one, the team played very solid and most of all, played as a team. There certainly are still things that need to be worked on, but compare this to games 10 days ago and I’m seeing some major improvements.

As for Kovalev, I think the team will take off when he is traded. Did you see how Plekanec and Andrei reacted the minute they were separated from him? To me that’s very revealing.
Maybe, and that’s a big maybe, Lang can figure him out and they can play together with no detriment to the rest of the team, but please for god’s sake, never again with Pleks/Kosts.