BYOBYB: Friday Open Thread

the local Junior Hockey team here had a “sin bin” logo on the penalty box, sponsored by the U.P. Catholic Credit Union. Complete with flames.

Junior hockey is awesome like that.

My guys are not winless, but still not playing well. (Although they always play like crap if there is some kind of special event surrounding the game, so I’m not surprised.)

After Franzen’s ACL, Filppula’s broken wrist, and now a broken leg for Williams, I’m thinking a human sacrifice might be in order. And I think it should be that shambling thing in the 44 jersey.

We can take out the Hurricanes’ conditioning staff, too, and maybe take the hex off both teams with one rocket into the sun.

He seems to be not only a good goaltender, but also a really nice person.

It’s insane how many significant players are getting serious injuries – the Oilers have been hit hard, too, with Alex Hemsky having shoulder problems and Shawn Horcoff out for “a week to 10 days” but it looks like that might be a shoulder, too. They are already not much more than an AHL team as it is. Vancouver has lost some important players, too.

And a lot of these things are long-term injuries that will cost players months, not just a few games here and there. Injuries always play a huge part, but this season looks to be more of a matter of attrition than I can remember.

We’ll give them Guillen…