Tony Fresco

Founding guitarist of Whitesnake, Bernie Marsden has passed at age 72.

Auston Matthews extended 4 x $13.25M. That's a big number. Locked up until age 30. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1694459265061097713?s=20

Big loss for Sabres fans and the hockey world in general. Listened to many of his calls on Centre Ice before Jets returned as the Sabres had became my adopted team. RIP RJ!

He also played 20 games for Vancouver last year. .882 save percentage. I'd say it's likely a lateral move from big save Dave.

Jets had one year of control left a month ago, but Dubois, as an RFA did not yet have a contract for next year so there is no deal to be voided. Also, the Jets did not retain any salary in this deal. LA is on the hook for the whole shebang. The return was larger (i.e. the 3 players plus a pick) as PLD is now locked into for 8 years instead of the uncertainty of only having 1 year of control prior to UFA status.

If you are into high end single malt scotch, shop outside of Manitoba.

Here's another angle. You can clearly see the force that the Jets fan went into the Dasher with from maybe 3-5 stairs up. Brutal!

Haven’t seen a roster posted yet, but these NCAA players won’t be there unless they pay their own way. If the team paid their travel, etc, they would lose their amateur status. Such an archaic rule.

Never mind on Zach Aston-Reese. Toronto signed him to a PTO today.

I would be happy to bring in a Rodrigues or a Zach Aston-Reese to solidify the bottom 6, especially on a 1-yr, cheap contract .

McGroarty was captain of the US National Dev Team that plays against USHL and NCAA team's during the year. He wasn't on the roster of last December WJC team. https://teamusa.usahockey.com/2021wjcroster [edit: I'm now questioning if that is the right roster, as Zegras was in NHL last year.] [edit #2 - found the boxscore from the first game US played of the canceled tournament - McGroarty was not on the roster. https://www.tsn.ca/world-juniors/event/united-states-slovakia-20211226?event_id=184490]] This month's games are attempt #2 to complete that tournament and can include players now over 20 that would have been eligible back in Dec/Jan. I would expect McGroarty to make this coming December's team.

Sounds like he is working with figure skater Barbara Underhill to work on his skating. At least he knows what he needs to improve.

They already have, at least partially. Last night they were wearing a jersey that had a Manitoba Moose knock-off logo. I'm not aware if the old one has been mothballed entirely or not. The old one still seems to be front & center on the WHL site.

The bolded comments above are a bit of a contradiction in my mind. A difference of just around $750K between what his stats would dictate and his actual contract is more than made up for in the intangibles he brings to the team (leadership, size, grit, work ethic, etc).