Man, theres a lot of unexplained phenomenon

 out there in the world.

Lot of things people say
What the heck's going on?
Let me tell ya!
Who built the pyramids?
ELVIS!
Who built Stonehenge?
ELVIS!
Yeah, man you see guys
walking down the street
pushing shopping carts
and you think they're talking to allah,
they're talking to themself.
Man, no they're talking to ELVIS!
ELVIS! ELVIS!    ( Mojo Nixon)

saddened to learn yesterday that the One of a kind Maniac that was Mojo Nixon passed away last week....he had a cardiac event on the Outlaw Cruise in Florida.....one of our fellow skaters, The Admiral; said he was on that same cruise 2 years ago and Mojo was snorting coke in public for 6 straight days.......i guess it caught up to him.......if you've never had the good fortune to listen to his music, find some time and give him a try......Crazy Wife is one of my favorite songs.

how about a little Hockey chatter on Super Bowl Sunday ? The trade deadline looms on the horizon and this could be the defining moment in the Chris Drury era. Two years ago he smacked it out of the park by acquiring Andrew Copp, Tyler Motte and Frank Vattrano at the deadline without giving up any blue-chip prospects. All 3 players played significant roles as the Blueshirts advanced to within 2 wins of a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals. 

Last year was a horrible miss as he traded for a broken down Pattty Kane and a streaky goal scorer in Tarasenko.....no help on defense and no added grit......and of course we were bounced in the first round.

This year i have my eyes on a few guys that are older, veteran, scrappy guys ( sb cheap acquisitions) that are on teams that are out of the playoff hunt and sb available for a price. Kyle Okposo and Nick Foligno.....35 and 36 years old......would love to see these grizzled vets wearing read , white and blue come April.

At the start of the year i shared my high expectations for the Arizona Coyotes and the Detroit Redwings.....2 young, up and coming squads....i said they were both probably a year away, but this was going to be a big step forward.....as we creep into Mid-February both teams are playing well and still in wild card contention.....watch out if either team sneaks in to the playoffs.

next weekend of course is the Stadium Series.....The Flyers and the Devils will test the Giants stadium ice surface on Saturday Night in preparation for the main event....Rangers-Iceladies at 3:00 Sunday.....live from Bayridge Brooklyn it's Sweater Nite 26.

WINNER - WINNER......Dan Ribaudo of Flemington NJ  aka Elmo, was the winner of the 4 tickets to the suite for the Rangers-Islanders game........strangely there were only 3 total entries......not sure why so few decided to enter....i guess most preferred to be at the Lief.

next time you are on Google....do a search for P&C's bar 11209 and take a look at the photos.....you might see some familiar faces.

anyway, good luck to one and all with the boxes........I had lunch Friday with Lenny Dawson and he assured me that he and Ed Podolak are ready to go today....i expect a good close game.....but the Chiefs have the experience.....i suspect they will win in Overtime.....24-21....

Yeah man, you know people from outer space,
people from outer space they come up to me.
They don't look like like Doctor Spock.
They don't look like Klingons,
all that Star Trek jive.
They look like Elvis.
ELVIS!
Everybody in outer space looks like Elvis.