Red Wings shut out the Sharks to end the year with a tiny flicker of what could have been. Oh well...
Tyler Bertuzzi made the all star vote. Glad we had at least one.
Well you always get at least one. None the less, Bertuzzi has had a relatively good season and deserves the honor. As for the Sharks, based off how the last minute of the game yesterday, it's safe to assume they have thrown in the towel for the year. Personally I'm sad to say that I missed the comeback yesterday because I decide it was a lost cause after the Sharks scored an empty netter and decided to take a bathroom break.
Corey Perry suspended for 5 games after elbowing Nashville's Ryan Ellis in the head during the Winter Classic. Many believe he should have been suspended for much more.
I'd disagree with more than 5 games. It was a stupid and reckless action on Perry's part, but wasn't intentionally malicious. If you go back and look at his hit on Jason Zucker from 2013 when he was last suspended that hit was worse and that net him 4 games.
The DoPS is just so inconsistent with what they dole out to who that it's hard to take them seriously at all.
I heard something a couple of days ago on TSN 690 (Montreal's English sports radio station) that Perry's Winter Classic jersey, which he wore for all of 38 seconds before getting tossed, sold for over $3000 on Ebay. Is that actually true?
Hard to judge the DoPS this season given this is only their second suspension. In general over the past couple years the number of suspensions seems down. When you get something as blatant as the Perry elbow though you have to take action. The other suspension this season was Evander Kane for his abuse of officials and I was generally surprised that was only 3 games long.
As for the auction part, it isn't on ebay. It's up for sale, as is the case most Winter classic gear year after year, on the NHL auctions site. The 3k bid is also the most current.
Surprised nobody commented on this yet...
This past weekend, the Habs signed Ilya Kovalchuk to a 1-year, 2-way, $700K contract (or $70K if he gets sent to the AHL). He didn't play on Saturday in the Habs' 3-2 loss to the Pens, but will make his debut in a Habs uniform tonight against the Jets.
Personally, I think this is an absolute desperation move by Marc Bergevin to try and compensate for the loss of so many key forwards that have basically stripped the team of its identity. I expect it'll work out as well as the Mark Streit and Karl Alzner fiascos.
I haven't been paying as much attention to the forums recently. Now with the holidays complete and caught up on Mandoloran, Episode 9, and season 2 of ST Discovery, I'll probably be active again. As far as judging his signing vs. Streit and Alzner, it is a low risk contract. If he comes in and performs and gets them a playoff slot then it was money well spent. If he produces, but the rest of the team is a failure, then he's produced a tradible assest. If he completely fails to impress then he gets dumped in the minors for loose change. None of this is anything close to Streit and Alzner who were both in their downsides.
