Sens at Land’s End

A few random tidbits for the day:

Please, Just Shut Up. Those bloody Spezza trade rumours are surfacing again for some reason, and this time they seem to be tied to the Nikolai Khabibulin to Ottawa rumours that just won’t go away. A report from Chicago has it that the Blackhawks may be interested in Spezza, while HockeyBuzz’s Eklund is saying that the Sens will send Spezza to Calgary to clear cap space for Khabibulin. Which makes total sense, because obviously Bryan Murray would want to trade the guy who has probably been Ottawa’s best player this season so far, who is only 25 years old, who finished eighth in the league in scoring last season despite missing six games, and who is signed long-term for what seems like a pretty reasonable cap hit of $7 million, to make room on the payroll for a 35-year-old, injury prone goalie whose $6.75 million deal expires at the end of this season. Right. Did Murray sustain a head injury I don’t know about? I guess the nice thing about Eklund reporting all this is that it means it will definitely never come to pass.

Prepare to Die! There was an exciting post-game altercation in Buffalo last night, which involved Adam Mair trying to charge into the Sens’ locker room in order to do violence to Chris Neil. Apparently, he grabbed Jarkko Ruutu but was sent on his way by locker room defender Luke Richardson, who calmly tried to explain that what happens on the ice should stay on the ice. (In case you missed it, someone has conveniently uploaded it to YouTube. Ruutu’s interview about it is here.) According to the Sun, the NHL is reviewing the incident. So. A couple of fights, lots of personal insults, plenty of hate … pretty much par for the course for a Sens-Sabres game.

Senator vs. Senators. Bad news for the Sens as Barack Obama has forced them to move their practice tomorrow in a blatant attempt to woo the all-important Florida Panthers fan vote by sabotaging their opponent. But has he shot himself in the foot with Lightning supporters?

Greatness By Association. In blog news, I am happy to announce that Sens at Land’s End is soon to become part of that excellent organization known as HLOG: Hockey’s Ladies of Greatness! I read and enjoy many HLOG blogs, and am very excited to be joining such an illustrious group of hockey bloggers, including fellow Sens blogger Sherry of Scarlett Ice. I just want to thank the ladies for this opportunity, and I will do my best to bring honour to the HLOG name.