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I got 26/50 on that quiz, which is good for me considering I know very little about baseball. Got 9/10 on the Early Years part, and I had to guess on 4 of them so that was pretty damn good luck.

So why's he still here, again?

Well, Preissing is far from being a physical defenseman, but he can move the puck well and is a handy guy to have on your PP, as far as I know. Ottawa only had Havlat for 18 games last year, and they did fine without him. Not that I think this is a great trade for Ottawa or anything.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=170991

Good thing I have images turned off. I did that after the first time Czech did this, which I saw while I was eating. FUCK. YOU.

X The 2002 Red Wings are quite possibly the best team to win the Cup in the last 15 years. They could have had a fucking barrel playing net street hockey style and they would have still won the Cup. Osgood is the most overrated goaltender in the NHL. Khabibulin is inconsistant, but he at least was a good enough piece of the machine in Tampa. Osgood was along for the ride. Detroit had Hasek in net that year. The '98 Wings, who Osgood started for throughout the entire year, are no slouches either. Mike Vernon was the playoff starter for the 1997 champs.

True about Khabibulin (about him being inconsistent, not the worst goalie to win the Cup) but at least he's had some elite seasons. Osgood had some above-average seasons, but not nearly as good, and obviously was helped out by the Wings team. One number I don't see there is Save Percentage. His career best SVP (not including the lockout year) was .913, which is pretty good but not elite. It was very impressive of him to rebound strongly with the Blues in 03-04 after coming off a very horrible season, I'll give him that. At this point in his career, Osgood is a good backup, but he shouldn't be a starting goalie on a team that wants to contend.

Or something.

Rob Blake has signed with LA, according to TSN.

They totally half-assed it. What a joke.

Gary Roberts has requested a trade back to Toronto. Hmmm... http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/conten...c_nhl_0629.html

Dick Duff?! What the hell? Played for a lot of Cup winners in the Original Six (Toronto & Montreal dynasties) and never scored more than 53 points in a season.

He's a Hall of Very Good (who came up with that one again?) player, IMO.

NYankees would know.

Yeah, how'd you get to meet her?

Yay Communism!

I'm not sure. The article that I posted also mentions Dick Duff and Ralph Backstrom among the candidates, for some reason; these guys have been retired even longer than Vachon and based on their playing careers, have no chance of getting in. They were decent players but their standing in the league was comparable to a guy like Adam Graves, at best. I think Rogie Vachon might already be in the Hall by now if he played for a consistently good team throughout most of his career. He carried the LA Kings in the 1970's.

Hockey Hall of Fame inductees will be announced tomorrow. Here's a big list of players eligible for the Hall, sorted by year of retirement (yeah, there's some players who obviously won't ever get in... and then there's Patrick Roy): FIRST BALLOT PLAYERS (retired for three years) Player, Position, Year Retired Tom Barrasso, G, 2003 Pavel Bure, F, 2003 Ken Daneyko, D, 2003 Phil Housley, D, 2003 Doug Gilmour, F, 2003 Adam Graves, F, 2003 Kirk Muller, F, 2003 Patrick Roy, G, 2003 Mike Richter, G, 2003 HOLDOVERS Player, Position, Year Retired Gary Suter, D, 2002 John Vanbiesbrouck, G, 2002 Pat Verbeek, F, 2002 Mike Vernon, G, 2002 Brian Bellows, F, 1999 Dino Ciccarelli, F, 1999 Bernie Nicholls, F, 1999 Kevin Lowe, D, 1998 Glenn Anderson, F, 1997 Sergei Makarov, F, 1997 Steve Larmer, F, 1995 Dave Taylor, F, 1994 Tim Kerr, F, 1993 Bobby Smith, F, 1993 Doug Wilson, D, 1993 Rogatien Vachon, G, 1982

It was pretty obvious in the Sports folder.

Maybe Raycroft could turn it around yet, but I'm not very happy about them giving up Rask.

Well, the Leafs just traded one of the best goaltending prospects, Tukka Rask, for Jim Carey Jr. (Andrew Raycroft). Way to go, you idiots!

FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS C: Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks LW: Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals RW: Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers D: Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings D: Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Mighty Ducks G: Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS C: Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes LW: Dany Heatley, Ottawa Senators RW: Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators D: Zdeno Chara, Ottawa Senators D: Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars G: Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Brad Boyes, Boston Bruins Andrej Meszaros, Ottawa Senators Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers

In other news, Jose Theodore was seen going out with Paris Hilton, and his girlfriend kicked him out of his Montreal home. http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/06/22/1647540-cp.html

The 2006 NHL Awards presentation is on tonight at 8 PM (ET) on CBC and OLN.