OK, nobody's perfect. . . . Don't even think of asking me why Brent Sutter, a former New York Islanders captain who now is the owner, manager and coach of the junior Red Deer Rebels, would even want to consider returning to Long Island as head coach next season. . . . When you're talking about being happy for players enjoying career years, make room for Scott Thornton, who scored his first hat trick on Wednesday. He's now got 17 goals. We haven't had a serious snowstorm in a week, and the temperature is scaling the dizzying heights of plus-2.
Spring is in the air, and there's nothing quite like it.
Montrealers are emerging from hibernation, blinking their eyes in the unfamiliar warm sunshine and congratulating each other on surviving another winter. The only cloud on the horizon is the near certainty that once again, our hockey team will be on the outside looking in when the playoffs begin. The upside of that likelihood is that while Torontonians whip themselves into a Stanley Cup frenzy while waiting for Mats Sundin and the boys to choke again, Montrealers can blow off two months of playoff hockey and concentrate on savouring the delights of the season. Playing with someone that explosive, I'm going to have to find my legs and learn how to hit the holes like he does. Click here to share them with other readers on our discussion forums.