Turris to Van and Crosby update

Working on two rumours here this hour. I got one source (Hal) telling me that Turris is coming to Van with Labarbera for Schneider and Oreo. Turris was practicing at UBC today so Mike Gillis and company would have had a chance to see him first-hand to decide if he could make an impact on this Canucks roster. There is another bogus rumour going around that Turris is trying to extract $4 million a season from the Coytotes. If this is true this is good news because any hesitation could mean Turris ends up in Van City. I'll pay the little bugger 3 million a season though because he's gonna take a hometown discount to play in BC.

I got my other source (Hosh saying) that Crosby is planning on announcing his retirement tomorow at 1230am EST and 1030am Mountain time.

I'm not sure if Hosh is legit. Firstly, Crosby has been significantly derailed by his concussion and it seems likely he will not be available to start the season. It seems unlikely he would hold a press conferene to announce that he won't start the season because its just too early. There are still steps for him to follow like attaining on ice workouts with hitting. This definitely should be on the radar by now.

I guess I could see Crosby retiring so the NHL actually has to do something about concussions. I hope not though. I need him in my hockey pool this year... he's my keeper.

Sidney Crosby's Morning Skate

Sidney Crosby is back baby! Poolies get ready to throw him into your mix.

Sidney Crosby's Practice Skate from March 29

Sidney Crosby skates again. he looked great working on some really high-skill drills. after the practice bylsma was ask if he envisioned crosby coming back for the tampa game and bylsma said he has not envisioned that yet

-hark

Sidney Crosby takes the next Step on his Road Back to Hockey

You heard it from the Battle of Western Canada. Sidney Crosby will return before the 2011 playoffs. The Penguins do not want to say anything specific yet, but Sidney practiced today and looked more than great (check out the video below). In a recent interview with the Fan 960, Willie Mitchell stated that Sidney's next step will be to take a hit and see how he feels. If he can do this we should be able to expect him back in the lineup in 2 weeks.

-hark

The 2009 Playoff Pool Update

Now that we are winding down the first round of the playoffs it is getting time to make second round picks. Malkin and Crosby were huge point getters in the first round along with ovechkin. 66% of people had pick all 3 of these guys. I was one person daring enough to stray away from that opinion by choosing sean avery. it was the biggest mistake of my life and so far has cost me 9 points on everyone else (who knows, maybe avery can make it up big in game 7?). next round i will not make that same mistake and miss out on malkin, although i may skip out on ovechkin because it has taken him a long time in this series to eleveate his game to to the playoff level.

Hal is atop the leader board with a commanding 18 point lead over last place frazyfoshazy. his girlfriend kyla is in second place, so if they can stay atop the leaderboard as a couple we will have to buy them both Denny's. It will be the same method that gary bettman uses when he hands the conn smyth trophy to both the sedin sisters.

Me and hosh are both about tied right now with sean. but me and sean will be the only ones gaining points because most hosh's players are done for the playoffs. sean has the smart pick up of staal which gained him a few points on hosh and i tonight. my picks that i hope to do well are avery, iginla, thorton, neidermyer. everyone has green and ovechkin, i just gotta hope that boyle gets held off the score sheet, and i don't care if nabakov gets the wins because neidermyer and thorton will always trump that fact. although i really would like to see anaheim win that way the canucks dont have to play detroit next round. ur going down hosh!

Because i am pretty confident that i will win the pool this year, i am willing to tell you who i amthinking about picking for the next round. Watching Ray Whitney play today for the carolina hurricanes, he looked like a good pickup gettin 4 points mainly off assists to staal. i really want to take someone off chicago for the next round. sharp looks good but it would be tough to pick him over taves, havlat or kane. but cam barker on defense has been scoring like an offenseman with 3 goals so far in this series. cam was a superstar in the whl for the red deer rebels, but he has never performed amazing until this years playoff series. he could be this years rj umbeger or johna franzen. speak of johan franzen, it seems like he will be repeating again this next round, im going to be taking him for sure. thats just a teaser of some of the picks i am thinking of making. for the rest you will have to wait till the start of the second round, because ive got some top secret picks that i dont want anyone to know.

This year we are pleased to have the duo of the 2manadvantage competing against us in the pool. currently they are near the bottom of the pool, however they've got more players with games left than anyone else. watch them to make up some ground in the last few days before the first round ends. they were the only ones in the pool to successfully branch away from the malkin-crosby-ovechkin trio. they got savard and parize who have combined for 11 points. we're glad to have these guys in the pool, although we can't guarantee they will ever recieve the grand prize of a denny's grans slam breakfast if they win. its not because these guys live out east, its just because we're always too lazy to pay the winner.

good luck in the next round

-hark