Der Führer Never Liked Those Neutral Swedes

Now the scheit certainly did hit the ventilator far beyond the Canuck shores. My question is: Why is Mike Keenan so angry with the Canucks missing the playoffs?

Even Nazis can see what is wrong with the Canucks.

Nathan Smith--Another Stellar Character Draft Pick

Ah, Brian Burke...the NHL's best GM. Let's get an update on one of the genius's top draft picks while he was the Canuck GM.

Former WHL "star" Nathan Smith seems to have gone all Dino Ciccarelli on us. Dino, of course, made a stop in DC whereas Mr. Smith seemed headed anywhere but Washington on his late-night foray sans his Wilkes-Barre Penguins gear.

Sadly, the only exposure Nathan's getting is now in the AHL although he is on a bit of streak.

Whiteout the Whiteout

Am I missing something? The Penguins pulled the old "whiteout" giving out free white T-shirts for tonight's Game 1 vs. the Rangers. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Pens won on the night 5-4 but they had to claw back from a slow start falling 3-0 down early on.

So, why the whiteout? It never worked well for the Winnipeg Jets all those years, and it nearly did not work tonight at the Mellonhead Arena. I just never got the whiteout. If anything fans should wear the black so the puck is harder to see among all the black T-shirts and jerseys.

From the city that gave sports the Terrible Towel of Pittsburgh Steelers' fame, why are the Pens aping an idea from a city that not only lost its NHL franchise but also never really did anything in the playoffs?