I started reading Theo Fleury's book Playing With Fire this morning and could not put it down. Such a great insight into hockey and into why he became the man he did. If anyone went through what he has they'd be in the same boat. It's incredible how tough he was when he played but whats even more amazing is how mentally tough he was even though he was battling many many demons. Theo has allways been one of my favorite hockey players and I have tremendous respect for him. I truely believe he should be in the Hockey Hall Of Fame for the numbers hes put up, how he changed the game and the fact he beat all odds and returned to the NHL after conquring his demons. Great read so far, I'll post more thoughts when I'm finished it. Now to the news.
*->Georges Laraque has been suspended for 5 games by the NHL for his knee on knee hit agains't Detroit. The result of the knee knocked out Nicklas Kronwall for atleast a month. Laraque has previous infractions which i'm sure helped the verdict a little.
*-> On that note many are reporting that the call up of Sergei Kostitsyn is pretty much a trial to showcase him to the league. Reports have him being scouted by the two Alberta teams. Calgary has reportedly showed interest in just Sergei while Edmonton is after both brothes Sergei and Andrei. I highly doubt this because A. Montreal has had a waive of injuries with even more bodies out now with Gomez, and Gionta and B. because these rumors after been floating around since the start of the Sergei Kostitsyn termoil.
*-> Speaking of termoil the media community is keeping a tight lip about what went on a few weeks back with Dion Phanuef and coach Sutter. A yelling match as I commented on before was overhead between the player and the coach with "selfish" apparently being the key word shouted several times, for those who don't follow me regularly. It's hard to read the situation because a major media code was broken in reporting/listening on behind closed doors so not many people want to touch it. The main theory is that Phaneuf is struggling and his attitude has become negative so its rubbing off on the other players and he may or may not be happy in Calgary. Some have reported it goes deeper than that and may be something negative harming himself personally. It's really a difficult situation for the Flames as they have to settle it soon because he's one of the cornerblocks of that franchise and if they don't it could turn into the Heatley situation like Ottawa had to deal with. Several bloggers, pundits and rumor seekers have reported the Flames might turn to a trade if this situation isn't solved soon. Once again the Alberta and mainstream media has shyed away so it's hard to say, and after all it's still premature to talk about a trade. This could just be over a bad selfish play who knows. I'll report it as I hear its comes.
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