Hockey Time

OK, so there is probably a very small percentage of the world thinking about hockey today (although with only baseball to watch, how can you not??). There have been a lot of off-season moves in the NHL, notably the Chicago Blackhawks landed Brian Campbell, the all star defense man they sorely needed. They also got some more solid goaltending in the way of Cristobal Huet. Both acquisitions seemed over priced, but you have to pay free agents a little something extra to get them to come to loser teams. Combined with the decline of perennial Western Conference playoff teams (Minnesota and Colorado), the Hawks have a real shot at making the playoffs with their two budding all-star forwards, Kane and Toews. I just hope they realize they can become legends in a big town and don't skip out in a couple years.

Amazing what progress can be once the stingy old coot owner dies. Same thing happened to the Toronto Maple Leafs a couple decades ago.