- Stu Barnes announced his retirement from hockey after 16 seasons without a Cup. He is now signed on with the Dallas Stars as an assistant coach for the next two years. Barnes played in over 1,000 NHL games and recorded almost 600 points. I loved Stu in his time with Buffalo and wish him nothing but the best.
- Joe Sakic resigned with the Colorado Avalanche for one year at $6 milli
on, once again proving that he is a better man than Mats Sundin. Sakic is coming off of a tough season that saw him miss 38 games to hernia surgery. Sakic is one of the most respected guys in the league and a great player. This season will be the 13-time all-star's 20th in the NHL, all of which are with the Nordiques/Avalanche. According to Sakic's agent who also represents Peter Forsberg, Forsberg would like ot return but only if his health permits and he is apparently still having trouble with his bum ankle. If Forsberg came back, all the Avs would need to do was sign Patrick Roy and the Cup would be theirs without a doubt. Oh wait, didn't that already happen? - The San Jose Sharks signed young defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic to a four year deal worth $12.4 million. Vlasic will play this season under the last year of his entry-level deal before the contract kicks in next season. The defenseman had two goals and twelve assists last year and averaged over 21 minutes of ice time. This is a good, forward-looking signing for a team that has been thinking a little too much about the present recently.
- Devils defenseman Vitaly Vishnevski has cleared waivers and will return to his homeland to play in the KHL citing "personal reasons". No biggie here, Vishnevski saw the worst competition of any of the Devil's blueliners, played few minutes and had the worst plus/minus on the team. Good move by the Devils to shed his $2 million contract.
- To all you college kids, don't wonder why you cant cite Wikipedia as a source.
- Here is a cool time-lapse video of the Columbus Blue Jacket's ice surface being put it. Very cool to see how many people go into such a trivial task.
- Finally, Puck Daddy has a post about hazing in hockey. Being a member of a fraternity, I catch a lot of grief about hazing and have to sit through some of the most boring and repetitive lectures twice a semester as part of our school's anti-hazing policy. Hazing is silly and totally unnecessary. If at any point in my pledge process I felt I was going through something I was uncomfortable doing I would have backed out, simple as that. As the article point out, there are some funny traditions, like carrying a pink purse to the bullpen, but there is no excuse for what Steve Downie was trying to make these kids do. Seriously, though, Downie is a goon, remember this?
Or this?
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