12/4 Show Links

This is taken from the Cover it Live chat, listen to the show and follow along with all of the links. The show aired Saturday, December 3rd, 2010, last night will refer to Friday, December 2nd, 2010

Segment 1

• Recap of Islanders / Rangers from last night
• Recap of the Hurricanes/Avalanche from last night
• Recap of the Sabres / Blue Jackets
• VIDEO: Patrick Kaleta pounds Derek Dorsett

Segment 2

• Interesting, the teachers say they haven’t received an offer for the Leafs (Globe & Mail)

Forbes Article

• Here are this years Forbes valuations It looks like half of the teams in the league are losing money. The Coyotes rank last with a loss of $20 million last year, OUCH! This is a very nice article, if you click on each team you can see a detailed analysis.
• Ranking the NHL GM”s by dollars per point. (Forbes)
• Here’s last years valuations (Forbes)
• Hah wow, here are the 2006 Valuations (for comparison) (Forbes)

NHL News & Notes

• Video: Here are the highlights from Dany Heatley’s return to Ottawa
• Article: Sens Were Shark Bait (Globe & Mail)
• Article: Heatley Hated By Senators (Globe & Mail)
• The latest article by Bill Simmons on Lebron’s return to Cleveland,  (relates to Heatley) (ESPN)
• Marco Sturm: Still a Bruin (NHL.com)
• My boy Pierre Marc Bouchard – here is his goal last night
• Video: Another awesome goal by Pierre Marc Bouchard (I was lucky enough to see this goal live)
• Here is a great article on the psychological effects of concussions.  (Yahoo!)
• Video: Sidney Crosby slew foot
• Video: Ovechkin’s slew foot from last year
• If you’d like to learn more about rocket science

Interview with Adrian Dater of The Denver Post

• Hunwick for Cohen (NHL.com)
• Hannan for Fleischmann (USA Today)
• Latest update on Peter Mueller (Denver Post)
• Adrian Dater’s report on the Fleischmann/Hannan trade (Denver Post)
• Video: Chris Stewart vs Kyle Brodziak (results in broken hand to Stewart)

6 Things I Learned This Week

• Video: Very nice Justin WIlliams goal
• The Kings currently sit 9th in the Western Conference with 28 points
• Ryan Smyth‘s best season was 2000-01 when he scored 70 points for the Edmonton Oilers (Hockey Reference)
• Sean Avery‘s best season was in 2006-07 where he played for the LA Kings and the New York Rangers. Because of a midseason trade, he was able to play 84 games.He scored 48 points that season. (Hockey Reference)
• How many times in NHL history has a player played more regular season games than are scheduled per team.

On The Beat

• Article: Kadri demoted to the 4th line
• Article: Kessel shifts to centre
• Article: Islanders Once A Dynasty, Continue to Crumble
• Josh Bailey was drafted 9th overall in 2008 by the New York Islanders. Click the link to see a recap of that draft.
• Cody Rosen thought he was on the other end of a prank call when Garth Snow phoned Rosen to tell him he was drafted.
• Article: Brian Burke, Leafs Have Little to Show so far
• Article from the Buffalo News on Jim Kelly Illegal Curve Editor’s Pick

Rapid Fire

• You can vote for your NHL All-Stars here
• Article: Oilers Brass Meet With Quebec City Mayor
• The MTS Centre opened in 2004 in Winnipeg, it cost $133.5 million
• The Ralph Engelstad Arena was built in 2001 at a cost of $104 million
• Article: Crosby Named the Top Newsmaker in 2010
• Here are the details on the Florida Panthers Chanukah party
• Here is the Columbus Blue Jackets 3rd jersey from this year
• Visit Cal Clutterbuck’s Moustache’s twitter account here
• Unfortunately the jerseys for the Burns charity are still missing

Deleted Scenes

• Market Flooded by Fake NHL Jerseys

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