Thursday

Keeping up with the regular plays here after the NHL trade deadline.  There’s no real tanking issue in the NHL, mainly because the draft is such a complete and total crapshoot.  Nearly all of the first round are awkward high school juniors which makes for strangely decent television.  Maybe we will liveblog it this year or attend in person…

Play today is Vancouver who sent Roberto Luongo back to Florida at Dallas for Mike Modano’s jersey retirement.  Dallas finds ways to lose lots of winnable games and hopefully this is another one as this is a lost season for Vancouver who has lost three in a row. Canucks +126.  Columbus or the Islanders for anyone feeling particularly frisky though neither is really close to being a play for me.