You leave birky in charge of making sure to lock the gate on the Kitten Ranch and the next thing you know you've spent all of Monday morning corralling a bunch of loose fluff balls. Thanks a lot birky.

Here are you links:

Five Things the Leafs are Missing and Need to Deal With Before the End of the Lockout.

Mike at VLM hits the nail on the head.

Brief Flashes

Wondering why some players would "lockout" their only shot at the big show.

Derek Boogaard's Parents Pick NHLPA as First Target

I'm not too confident they'll get anything out of this considering his brother's drug trafficking charges.

Early Returns are in as NHL Players Head Overseas

Pretty clear that after the NHL, the rest are just second tier ho-hum leagues.