There's a Dragon with matches

 loose on the town

Take a whole pail of water just to cool him down (Hunter-Hart)

this being Chinese New Year and the year of the Dragon, i thought we should kickoff today by talking Hockey. I have not seen anything like this since Groucho Blondini stole a car and drove the length of New Zealand in the 1980 cult classic Goodbye Pork Pie......this kid Matt Rempe is having a hell of a week.......he made his debut at Giants Stadium in front of 80,000 fans and fought Matt Martin in his first shift.....he terrorized the Devils on Thursday Night getting 17 penalty minutes and a game ejection...and yesterday down in Philly he had another great Fight and scored the game winning goal.... and through it all this 21 year old cowboy from Calgary is smiling and laughing and having the time of his life...like a Cat on fire, his post game interviews are TV Gold....this may just be the spark the Rangers needed to advance far in May and hopefully June.

The Redwings are alive and well......i have been surmising that they may tough to play in the first round should they sneak in......I think it's safe to safe that they will indeed qualify for the post season, especially since Patty Kane is back with a vengeance....and he marks his return to the Windy City tonight at 6:00 on the NHL network.....they just happen to be retiring Cheerio's Jersey...Chris Chelios ..should be an electric night at the Madhouse on Madison.    

my Coyotes on the other hand have fallen out of bed......looks like another year with high draft picks in the dessert, they are in the midst of an 11-game losing streak and the league is too competitive to survive something like that. 

i don't want to rush the last 6 weeks of this great regular season, but these playoffs sb epic....potential clashes out west will be must see tv no matter how it adds up....Dallas, Winnipeg and Colorado are all hitting stride and evenly matched.......is Vancouver finally for real ? can they survive Edmonton and do they match up with Vegas ? i don't think so.....but you better watch out for the wild cards too.....Calgary, the Wild and The Kings and Preds are all stepping on the Gas in February and whomever sneaks in will be tough to face....you can definitely see the Canuckleheads falling to the curse of the Presidents Trophy....can you imagine the level of rioting that Gastown will see should the beloved Canucks finish with the most regular season points and get burned by the Flamers in round one ?    

It's too early to even talk about the East......too many spots are up for grabs and everyone is jockeying for position....should be an entertaining ride the rest of the way......stock that beer fridge, settle in and enjoy the games.

If mercy's in business I wish it for you
More than just ashes when your dreams come true

Fire - Fire on the mountain
Fire - Fire on the mountain