K. Da. $

Malkin deserves to be MVP. End of story.

I've long been a Malkin fan.

When asked "Crosby or Ovechkin?"
My answer is obviously Malkin.


I love what Crosby brings to hockey, and even his image is promoting the sport. But he's a little picture perfect.

And Ovechkin, he looks like a monkey, and honestly if any of us were to meet him if he wasn't super talented and famous, we'd call him a douchebag and have nothing to do with him.

So why Malkin?
I'm so glad you asked.

• Crosby goes down, Malkin steps up, about the eqivalent number of steps as there are in the CN Tower (wiki says: 2579 to the SkyPod) and that's alot of stepping up to do.
  
• Crosby comes back, Geno tells him how nice the view is from way up there, tells him to catch up
• Malkin is not friends with Ovechkin. Sure, he helped the monkey kid during the All-Star challenge. It doesn't make them friends. Kovalchuck brought about the peace that weekend anyways.
• He tries hard, all the time, what a champ
• His attempt to learn English is super endearing (yes, I used the word "endearing"). Anyone whose text messages used to consist of combinations of K, $ and Da, has to be a winner. Also, watch, Malone captures Malkin for a bit of an interview.

• Best looking member of the Penguins...or so he says himself, nothing wrong with a little confidence.
• Carrot is his stalker (I could explain, link or otherwise explain this reference but I choose not to, tPB covered/instigated/finished that mess)
• 105 points so far this season. Try denying that.
• Not only does he lead in points he leads in assists. And he cant be passing to Crosby all the time since that kid has <30>
• He goes fishing with Gonchar
  
• He's just awesome

So Malkin. MVP.

Geno is the man.


and Dupis is the ICEMAN:

Thanks again Yahoo

So I read a note on Nabokov on March 12th, and decided to drop Niittymaki and pick up Brian Boucher who plays for a better team and should get wins. And then what happens, Nabokov plays on March 14th.Quickest two weeks of my life. Thanks Yahoo.

Suzie's Back!!

If you have missed our dear friend Suzie the Shinny Slut and wished she would come back and share more tales from the shinny rink, today is your lucky day. If this is the first you are hearing of Suzie the Shinny Slut take a look back at her first 2 posts.Suzie is back from a little time off and she has quite a few stories for us. Enjoy!


Oh my gosh did I miss shinny and all the totally cute hockey boys. I've been sooo totally busy the past few weeks trying my hand at like being a puck bunny and all that I haven't had like any time to go play shinny. It was way cool but I'd much rather like play with the totally cute guys before I like go home with them.

Sooo this week at shinny, like the usual peeps were out, TRG and like a few of his friends. There was like this one guy and he totally had like wicked flow, not as good as the the flowy hair russian guy, he was like so dreamy. There were also like these 5 douchebags on the other team, they were like totally lame.

I like had this super sweet breakaway on TRG again. I cut across and like totally saw his five hole open up and tried to like put the puck through but lifted the puck like off the ice and hit his pads. I've always heard TRG totally like needs to keep his legs closed. *giggle*

I was like so on my game this week and I totally thought it was a good idea to try to like body check some guys. What better way to like get on top of them. So there was this one super dreamy guy, he's got some like wicked flow growing, and I like decided he would be a super guy to like take down. I had it like all planned out and it was gonna be like way cool. But like when I hit him, I was the one who was like on their ass. It was rough but like totally worth it.


Well now, those were some good stories and I know we all can't wait to hear more from Suzie, hopefully we won't have to wait as long for the next one.

MO!

The Pens are on a mean streak *knock on wood*
I guess they remembered how to play hockey or something.
Weird

And we have found the Ian white of the Pens: Matt Cooke

Almost Live Trade Blog

*OLD TRADES*
4:18 pm:
G-Kolzig(TB) and D-Heward and D-Rogers and 4th round draft-pick for D-Petiot(Tor)
4:17 pm:
F-Kotalik(Buf) for 2nd round draft-pick(Edm)
3:53 pm:
F-O'Sullivan(Car) for F-Cole(Edm)
3:51 pm:
F-O'Sullivan(LA) for F-Williams(Car)
3:43 pm:
F-Moen(Ana) and D-Huskins for F-Bonino(SJ) and G-Pielmeier and conditional draft-pick
3:37 pm:
F-Pahlsson(Ana) for D-Wisniewski(Chi)
3:36 pm:
D-McLaren(SJ) for 6th round draft-pick(Phi)
3:33 pm:
G-Lalande(Clb) for 4th round draft-pick(Cal)
3:29 pm:
D-Eminger(Fla) for D-Welch(TB) 3rd round draft-pick
3:08 pm:
F-Christensen(Atl) for F-O'Dell(Ana)
3:07 pm:
F-Dominic Moore(Tor) for 2nd round draft-pick(Buf)
2:58 pm:
D-Morris(Pho) for D-Kalinin(NYR) and F-Dawes and F-Prucha
2:47 pm:
F-Antropov(Tor) for 2nd round draft-pick(NYR) and a conditional pick
2:45 pm:
F-Carcillo(Pho) for F-Upshall(Phi) and 2nd round draft-pick
1:55 pm:
F-Guerin(NYI) for Conditional draft-pick(Pit)
1:53 pm:
Forsberg to announce retirement..again
1:24 pm:
F-Recci(TB) and 2010 2nd round draft-pick for D-Lashoff(Bos) and F-Karsums
12:37 pm:
F-Jokinen(Pho)and 3rd round draft-pick for F-Lombardi(Cal), F-Prust and 1st round draft-pick
12:33 pm:
F-Nokelainen(Bos) for F-Montador(Ana)
12:04 pm:
Tellqvist(Pho) for 4th round draft-pick(Buf)
11:49 am:
D-Wozniewski(StL) for D-Richmond(Pit)
11:40 am:
D-Leopold(Col) for D-Nycholat(Cal), D-Wilson, prospect and 2nd round draft-pick
11:35 am:
Vermette just wants to be loved.
9:55 am:
F-Vermette(Ott) for G-Leclaire(Col) and a 2nd round draft-pick
This happened literally after TSN said it would be a smart move, nice.

I'm bound by contract to get any trade news from TSN only

**ALMOST LIVE TRADE UPDATES HERE!**

Starting after the first major trade.
Be sure to come by to get all your trade deadline news.

And while we wait for that first major deal...

I thought the trade deadline was supposed to be exciting. TSN sure is pretending its been rivoting so far.
I know all the action will happen tomorrow, but that's a long ways away, what are we to do right now?

• Guess were Moore will go? (he's going somewhere, it IS the trade deadline...)
  
• Check TSN for trade news (there is none)
• Read brianburke twitter, and then bobgainey twitter, and then jasonblake twitter, then alexeikovalev twitter and then and then and then and then
• Muse over starting own parody twitter...bates? belak? jagr?
• fmylife.com
• Check TSN again (still nothing)
• Read hockey blogs again
• Watch old youtube videos
• Check TSN
• Accidentally close browser, check TSN again
• Cry out of boredom
• Look at pictures of Scott Speed
  
• Check TSN
• Turn on tv...check TSN
• TRADE! oh no not really
• Jump off roof
• Die
• Check Tsn
  

Trade Season!!

With the trade deadline just around the corner there are some very juicy rumours going around. Here are a few:

The Flyers, who may or may not need a solid goalie, are looking at sending by far their top prospect, James Van Riemsdyk (aka JVR), for a goalie. This would be acceptable for most Flyers fans if the goalie they were potentially getting back in return wasn't Kari Lehtonen. Yes that goalie from the miserable Atlanta Thrashers. If your going to get rid of JVR can you atleast get back a goalie that has done something mentionable please, that's all the Flyers fans ask for.

Since it seems like Chicago is going to make the playoffs this year, they are out looking for some depth to play behind their young guns, P. Kane and Capt'n Johnny T (mostly I just wanted to mention them by their nicknames) but they really are looking for a 3rd line center. Which team in the league has 4 3rd line centers and therefore wouldn't mind parting with one of them, well the Toronto Maple Leafs of course. A trade deadline wouldn't be complete without Dominic Moore being traded, so why not to the Blackhawks. No idea what the Leafs would get in return but really are the Leafs going anywhere anytime soon? I think not.

One more point I would like to make seeing as it's trade time in the NHL is this wonderful term, "future considerations." Someone recently asked me "what does future considerations mean?" I did some research and found this quote (not really but I like to pretend) "we may or may not give you someone else depending on how we feel and how this guy we just got from you performs." If I were a GM in the NHL I would totally try this deal;

Me: So we want (insert budding superstars name here) and if he makes it to the hall of fame we will give you a 4th round draft pick from the year he gets voted into the hall ok?
Other GM: Hmm. Give me a minute to think about this deal.
Me: How about I spice it up and give you a 7th round draft pick for next year upfront?
Other GM: Alright, this sounds like a deal I can win with. Deal.

Wouldn't that be great.

Now a quick update on our favourite budding Nascar hottie. Scott Speed won the pole for the Busch..er..Nationwide (lame) series race this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He then proceeded to crash out in the race and finished 40th. Better luck next time.

For your viewing pleasure..not sure what he is thinking about.