Vacations and Hockey Talk

First off a big HAVE A FABULOUSLY FUN and EXTREMELY SAFE TRIP TO ENGLAND AND FRANCE to Julieu and Glen. I expect Julieu to come back completely fluent in French since she will playing Interpreter for the family.

One down, one to go. And IMHO, Bettman was the worse of two evils. I'm really glad Goodenow is gone, but Bettman is the root of all that is wrong with the NHL.

And the Wings went and did exactly what I was afraid they were going to do. They kept that worthless left winger, Brendan Shanahan who has done jackshit for at least the last two seasons (played), while getting rid of Darren McCarty (as I've already bitched about) who was the blood and guts of the team (Stevie is and always will be the heart and soul of the team). I just hope that Babcock is able to get more out of Shanny than Dave Lewis was, and if he's not, he's not scared to sit him. I couldn't even read the whole article as I was gagging too much at all the compliments being paid to him. Yeah, he's a goal scorer, when he chooses to skate. Think how many more goals he could have had. I'm so pissed I could spit.