The SBP Archives - Your less than frequent dose of SBP!

Friday's L.A. game had it all: thrills, chills, spills, kills (well, no one died) but four fights in my last count. I disagree with having Chara fight in the last 4 minutes, though. They already got their point across, now he's been suspended a game with Redden already out and Murray got fined $10,000...If you read the papers, they make it sound like Ottawa's never dropped the gloves before. Ottawa has had no less than two other brawls against the L.A. Kings. Don't you remember when former Sens goalie Jani Hurme skated over to the bench to get his glove off so he could start punching the other goalie?...Dominik Hasek just can't help himself. He's earned FOUR delay of game penalties for playing the puck in the trapezoid "forbidden" zone. He always gives me a heart attack everytime he leaves the net...The accolades just keep rolling in for the Senators. Jason Spezza is named player of the week, then a few days later captain Daniel Alfredsson is named player of the month for November...An extra loud cheer was heard in the Corel Centre when Chris Neil earned an assist the first game back after his mom passed away just a week earlier...Would you give up Martin Havlat, Wade Redden & Peter Schaefer for Joe Thornton? (I wouldn't)... Everything went wrong in the loss against Boston. Lousy powerplay, too many stupid penalties, turnovers, the lot. At the very least, I was hoping Dany Heatley could still get his point-streak going, but it was not to be...Centre Chris Kelly wears no. 22 as an homage to Shaun Van Allen for being his mentor while playing in Binghamton. I mention his name because he is steadily improving as the season unfolds...Use the code DALLAS for some capitaltickets.ca discounts for their game against the Stars on the 14th. It'll be the last time they come into town for 3 years.