Again I would like to thank everyone for their support of this blog, and I personally can’t wait when the expansion comes through. For now here are a few links for your Sunday.
Continuing with Dany Heatley trade coverage, here are a bunch of links on the trade that sent “The Heat” to San Jose for Jonathan Chechoo and Milan Michalek along with draft picks.
David Towers of Inside Hockey
Mark Ritter of Bleacher Report
Ian Mendes of Sportsnet.ca
Allan Muir of Sports Illustrated
Mark Purdy of The San Jose Mercury News
Bruce Garrioch of The Ottawa Sun
Training Camp
Of course there is a lot more going on in the NHL even with the Heatley trade taking most of the headlines.
Theo Fleury, who was just recently reinstated by the league, has been invited to try out with the Calgary Flames. The 41-year-old forward has gotten mixed reviews on his attempted comeback. Find out why from Renato Gandia of the Calgary Sun
With the slate of preseason games beginning tomorrow in the Kraft Hockeyvillle game in Terrace, British Columbia, between the New York Islanders and the Vancouver Canucks, find out why Canucks defenseman Willie Mitchell is excited about this in The Vancouver Sun.
WashingtonCaps.com Senior Writer Mike Vogel has some postcards from Caps camp.
And here’s the latest from Montreal Canadiens camp through their team website. After failing to meet expectations during their Centennial season, the Habs are eager to get back on the ice and put that behind them.
And finally something off-topic…
Speaking of Montreal, tonight a WWE Pay Per View is taking place in the Bell Centre. Of course, we all know what happened during the main event of the 1997 Survivor Series between Canadian wresting hero Bret “The Hitman” Hart and his longtime nemesis “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels.
With “The Hitman” not wanting to drop the belt in Montreal and his departure to then rival WCW imminent, and the evil Mr. McMahon wanting him to drop the belt that very night, find out what happened (if you haven’t already) in one of those “Great Moments” in Molson/Bell Centre history.
