We’re at 64 days to the season opener for the Austin Stars and I’m getting pretty excited despite the whiney Pens winning the Cup recently. Then some good hockey came along to counter the NHL’s acceptance of Reisendorf’s bogus offer on the ‘Yotes (only $50 million less than Balsille’s); the American and Canadian regulators need to investigate.
Back to the good news. Tony Amonte and John LeClair will be inducted into the US (Hockey) Hall of Fame. These two were a cinch for my country. Amonte was a great player who would’ve had his name immortalized on the Cup in 1994 with the Rangers but Mike Keenan screwed him over on the trade deadline. I’m sure their relationship in Calgary was equally tense. LeClair better be brought into the (worldwide) Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for his three, consecutive 50-goal seasons which many Canadians haven’t achieved either.