Catch me if you can

Dustin Penner, Scottie Upshall, Shawn Thornton, Benoit Pouliot, Erik Christensen, Matt Stajan, Scott Gomez, Darren Helm, Niklas Hagman, Jeff Halpern, Samuel Pahlsson, Nick Palmieri, Justin Abdelkader, Drew Miller, Chuck Kobasew, Matthew Lombardi, Raffi Torres, Derek MacKenzie, Michal Handzus, Todd Bertuzzi, Brian Rolston, Ville Leino, Sam Gagner, Brian Boyle, RJ Umberger, Manny Malhotra, Dan Cleary, Eric Belanger, Arron Asham, Mike Knuble, Wayne Simmonds, Lars Eller, Guillaume Latendresse, Rene Bourque, Tyler Kennedy, Mark Giordano, Maxim Lapierre, Jeff Carter, Brad Boyes, Jamie Langenbrunner, David Clarkson, Jordin Tootoo, Joel Ward, Ruslan Fedetenko, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Brenden Morrow, Cal Clutterbuck, Matt D'Agostini, Andrew Cogliano, David Booth, Dave Bolland, Lee Stepniak, Josh Gorges, Frans Nielsen, Alexander Semin, Ales Hemsky, Travis Moen, Martin Havlat, Nikolai Kulemin, Michael Grabner, Patric Hornqvist, Sergei Kostitsyn.

These are all players whom Sidney Crosby have passed in the scoring race just seven games after his return. In how many games from now will he crack the top 30?

Meet The New Boss..

..same as the old boss. Bruce Boudreau is the new head coach of the not so mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Remains to be seen if the Ducks are better at listening than the underachieving Caps were. Question is, what's going to happen to Randy Carlisle?

Sid the Hypocrite

Sidney Crosby spent a year away from the NHL because of a concussion. During that time he has spoken out against head shots, stressing the importance of getting rid of them. Well, I guess that was all talk or perhaps he thinks it's ok for him to hand out elbows to the head, like he did to Nick Foligno. It sure wasn't pretty and Crosby should be suspended for it, though he probably won't be.

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Next Class

The class of 2011 will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in a few days. Mark Howe, Joe Nieuwendyk, Ed Belfour and Doug Gilmore all deserve this honor.

Here are my picks for the 2012 entry to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

1. Mats Sundin (leads all Maple Leafs in points and goals, tied for most OT-goals (15) in NHL)
2. Brendan Shanahan (11th in career goals with 656)
3. Pavel Bure (5 times a +50 goal scorer)
4. Joe Sakic (Number 8 in points all time, two Stanley Cups with Colorado and numerous other awards)

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Back in the U.S.S.R?

Linus Omark is may be heading back to Russia to play in the KHL. He has had a tough time cracking the roster with an Oilers team full of young, exceptionally talented players. I just hate to see another very gifted Swedish player give up so easily. He says he would prefer to play with Edmonton, but he's not there right now. Is it just me or does it seem like kids born in the 80s and on are more likely to quit? I think they have been pampered too much and things don't go there way they rather fold than fight.

Bring Back the Jets

Winnipeg looks to be a serious contender should the Phoenix Coyotes leave Arizona. I really hope they get their team back. They have a new arena, even though it would be the smallest in the league, it would probably sell out constantly, and a solid economic backing. But most of all I hope, that if they do get a NHL team, they bring back the old Jet's jersey. It's such a classic and anything else would be down right criminal.

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The Vancouver Canucks will retire Markus Naslund's jersey on Dec. 11.

Gillis said the decision to retire Naslund's No. 19 was "a no-brainer."

"We looked at a number of criteria, Contributions to the team, to the community, all sorts of different things. We found that Markus was in the higher categories of all of them. I know he's thrilled about being able to come back here and have his sweater retired."

Well deserved, Markus, well deserved!

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Flamed Out?

TSN POLL:
Who will make a bigger impact with the Calgary Flames?

Olli Jokinen or Alex Tanguay

Who really cares?

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