Recycle, Recycle, Recycle

One period is in the books in Winnipeg and I can visualize a bunch of kids running around, picking up all the empties the Rangers and Jets produced in the first 20 minutes. Several good chances that produced nothing. Blown shots, a deflection that was a bit wide and some good saves by Chris Mason and Martin Biron.

I am hoping for more emotion in the second period, and I am not talking about that Brandon Prust-Tanner Glass bout that had the look of an arranged play date. You want to see some emotion right now? Switch over to the Flyers-Maple Leafs game, where Scott Hartnell has put the Flyers up 3-1 midway through the third frame.



Plenty of tough checks in the building. Somewhere, Borje Salming is looking over his shoulder. Flyers and Leafs of old, on display tonight.

Switching over to the Panthers and Canadiens, a quick interview with a smiling Marco Sturm, who looks oddly happy with the knowledge that he will be playing on the outskirts of Fort Lauderdale this winter. Maybe he just heard a few goal calls from the Panthers' radio broadcasts.

Always a winner.