HEY NOW YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR...

Thomas Vanek is as hot as a pancake (to steal a Harry Neale comparison) not only is he tied for first in goals with Jeff Carter and Alex Ovechkin (who has unsurprisingly caught up in goals scored) he's been named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

For me the actual All-Star game is boring because we all know it's going to be a high scoring game with very few penalties, very few hits and no fights (not that I can remember at least). Now that's not to say that I'm not going to watch it because I will but I'd much rather watch the skills competition which I believe to be the most exciting part of the All-Star break.

Now as Cari said in a previous post we are trying to make this blog less puck bunny and more intelligent hockey discussion which means that I have to curb those puck bunny tendencies that seem to want to surface every time Paul's name is mention. They include giggling, swooning and making keening noises when someone mentions his name or when he's on the ice during a game. I lead a sad and pathetic life, don't judge me. Now just because we're saying that we're going to try and make this blog not so puck bunnyish doesn't mean that it's not going to be puck bunnyish some of the time because we're girls with hormones and lots of 'em.

Back to intelligent hockey, now I don't know if any of you have heard about the live chat that the Buffalo News hosts Thursday mornings but if you haven't it's basically a question and answer session when fans send in their questions and Bucky Gleason answers them. One question in particular caught my eye someone asked what was up with Pat K. considering they said he would be out for three weeks after being put in a hard brace for his neck injury and it's already been two weeks with no word as to a date for a return. Bucky said in response that it's a ligament in Pat's neck that has been giving him trouble since being suckerpunched by Denis Gauthier. Correct me if I'm wrong but the Sabres haven't actually come out and said what's wrong with Kaleta's neck so at least now we know it's not a concussion or something really serious like a cracked vertebrae. The live chat is still up on Buffalo News.com under Sabres Edge for anyone who is interested.

I was bored and found this and had to share the ridiculousness of it...

So after I was done doing some of my homework I decided to peruse the internet for information about the Sabres, my first stop the Sabres website where I learned that poor Drew has cauliflower ear which is essentially an inflammation of the top part of the ear or the pinna if you want to be technical. If apparently stems from the fight that he was in in last night's game. Cauliflower ear is something that rugby players and boxers get from the headgear that they wear and of course being punched in the head repeatedly.

After the trip to the Sabres website didn't produce any new information other than the cauliflower ear I went to the NHL's website but they apparently didn't have anything new to report either. But I was bound and determined to find something to amuse me so I made my way to Sabres Edge on The Buffalo News' website. There I found information that I had already written on, about how the Sabres sent 8 players to the minors, see last post for info on who. But farther down on the page I encountered this hilarious piece of news, if you want to call it that. Essentially when the Penguins were in Stockholm, Sweden for their game against Ottawa they decided to call off practice and have a scavenger hunt around the city (Because we know it's what all the cool kids are doing these days). Let's just say that I want to see pictures from this scavenger hunt because if the article from the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette is any indication these boys had WAY too much fun with it, engaging in some questionable activities with some poor defenseless moose at the zoo.