Holiday Thoughts

Christmas and hockey go so well together, so I guess it's time to talk hockey.
 First off, I recently heard that Mark Rycroft, an analyst for the Avalanche called Jason Spezza a "wimp" and he only looks for easy points. Really, well unlike Rycroft ever did, at least Spezza gets points.
Another thing, is that for some reason, none of the Ottawa 67's stars were invited to any World Junior Training camps. Shane Prince, a top 5 scorer in the OHL was not invited to the US camp. Also their goalie, Peter Mrazek did not make the Czech team because of "politics". Oh well, it looks like the 67's should tear up the OHL with all their stars together for the holiday season.

That's all I got.
 Merry Christmas

Christmas Time Means..........

   The best part about the holidays is not the gifts, the cheer, or the food , it's the opportunity to watch Canada deck the halls out of every other country and win gold at the World Junior Championship. But that changed last year, when Canada had to settle for silver. Well, because it's December, it's time to look forward to this years tournament in Buffalo. Canada has no Bona fide superstar. But that doesn't mean they don't have talent. Barring the HUGE mistake Canada made last year in cutting their best player, Sean Couturier and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins should be together on the first line. Other key players are #3 overall draft pick in 2010, and Ottawa native Erik Gudbranson, Sens prospect Jared Cowen, and my personal favourite defenceman Ryan Ellis, who could be the captain. Another interesting story line comes with the three-headed goalie monster of JP Anderson, Calvin Pickard and Olivier Roy. Getting a chance to watch Anderson in the OHL playoffs last year, I noticed he can be a real game-saver.Well, the tournament starts in 26 days, so let the speculation begin.
Anyways, here's a trailer for the tournament, found on my YouTube channel: