General Douglas MacArthur, Jesus, Bobby Ewing, the Ayatollah Khomenini….Curtis Joseph….and now me. Your chosen one has returned to the National Affairs Desk to lead you back to the land of milk and honey – limited supplies of Ambrosia will be available for the lactose intolerant.
My esteemed colleague mf37 starts us off today, pointing out that BB and the Leafs might not be holding all the cards in a move for Phil Kessel.
The boys at the Maple Leaf Hot Stove have their own Kessel Update, some thoughts on the rookie tourney gong show against the senators and a pictorial of some of the roster at their new practice facility at Lakeshore (Mr Commissary's t-shirt? Well, not so much).
On the subject of MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence, the Marlies Twitter feed reports a free public skate at 14:15 today. Check it out, why don't you?
Wait, Jared writes about hockey again now? My God, I have been away from a long time...here he reviews the new faces on their bellicose behaviour and their opprobrious outlook.
Rumbling on (and on and on and on) Balsillie and the NHL are back in court, thoughts from Hockey Analysis and Puck Daddy.
...who also has the drop on the Penguins meeting el Presidente - Obama to Mark Eaton, "So like, seriously. Did a bit of wee come out when your saw OLAS coming at you? Or were you just scared beyond the capacity for thought?"
Hockee Night previews the season west of the Pecos (I know, me neither).
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It's become traditional to throw in a few entertaining non-hockey links and I'm not one to have an original thought in my head break with tradition. For the nerds, I give you a tribute to the Sci-Fi corridor. For the hungry, I give you flags made out of food.
LATE BREAKING EXTRA - Your friend and mine eyebleaf likes the word of Burke.
