lordstanley

Probably Sawchuk. With decent gaps within each of the top 4. Howe-gap-Lidstrom-gap-Yzerman-gap - Sawchuk.

Maybe the NHL could subsidize the WNHL (Winnipeg's NHL team) the way NBA does for the WNBA. 🤪

Home teams 6-0 in the playoffs so far. Caps lost rather meekly to the Rangers yesterday.

Very surprised they got the team back. Think they’ve done fine since their return. No margin for error though. Not a lot of corporate money in Winnipeg. Not a big population base. However, average Winnipegger has more disposable income than average Vancouverite or average Canadian. Still, they’re maybe a 5 cent Canadian currency drop away from being in deep doo doo.

Tigers win. Road record 8-3. Home record 4-7.

Tork misses his first homer of the season by a few hit with a double off the wall. 5-0 Tigers. Mize gives it over to Holton after a 6-inning, 90 pitch, 0 runs outing.

Winnipeg, Edmonton, Quebec City and Hartford only got NHL teams because of the fluke of the WHA merger. None would have been considered otherwise. Calgary is probably the most viable of the Canadian cities outside of Montreal-Toronto-Vancouver. Quebec City, even with its new modern arena, could not support an NHL team, IMO, and is well down the list of likely expansion targets.

Game 1 final: Boston 5 Toronto 1

Meadows makes the final out with a fly ball to the warning track. 4-3 final.

Javy comes through! Tying run in scoring position. 4-2.

If they had really wanted to be creative with the alternates, they could have gone with all-gold. Closer to the color of lions in the wild. Anzalone with his mane almost could have passed as a real lion.

Tigers win! 3 games behind the Indians, 4 games ahead of the Twins.

And ..we’re tied.

I jest. I meant a chance to end the inning with a pop out to the pitcher and a double play.

4-2 Tigers. With a rare chance (2 on, 0 out) chance to bust one open for a change

Does a 3rd inning single in April really warrant pointing both arms to the heavens? Unless it was Carpenter’s 3000th career hit, in which case I apologize.

Official scoring is so meaningless now. 20 years ago that would have been a single and an error. How many of Tork’s 8 RBIs have come via hits to the infield.

Yeah, this half-season was his post-surgery audition, with the audience being not only the Wings but also the entire league. The Wings and Kane were a good fit for each other in that case and I think both understood that going in. Both sides now have to make a business decision that's best for themselves, I don't expect either to give the other any favors, and if they part neither will have any hard feelings, IMO.

I’ll tolerate the black if it means never having to see the greys again.

Javy is clutch!