Food For Thought

I think fans of just about every team agree the reffing in these playoffs has been unusally atrocious. The couple of disallowed goals that were obviously goals stand out. As does the discrepancy between how many PP opportunities the Pens get compared to everyone else. But as bad as it is this year, expect it to get worse next time around. This playoffs, Don Koharski and Rob Shick, both post-season veterans, have retired. Next April, Bill McCreary, Kerry Fraser and Dan Marouelli will be gone too. If you hate Chris Lee's bonehead inconsistency in the regular season, brace yourself for his playoff debut when the veterans retire next season.


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I noticed an ad on the back cover of The Hockey News this week. Apparently, there's a new hockey bio on the market. It's called "Dominant Dany Heatley." Okay. Am I missing something? As far as I remember, Heatley's most notorious feat so far has been killing a teammate in a reckless driving incident. He's a Calder Trophy winner, but so is Sergei Samsonov. Admittedly, he's a really good goal scorer. But worthy of an autobiography now? At 28 years of age? It seems a little sad that a person should write his life story at that age, as though what he's accomplished so far has been enough. Then again, maybe there are legions of little Sens fans who've been clamouring to read the true Heatley tale from his own lips. It can't be because he needs the money. And in any case, calling it "Dominant Dany Heatley" is more than slightly arrogant. I might actually want to read the bio of a guy like Lidstrom...but then again, he'd probably not be writing one.