Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Musings by Mitch

Monday February 5 2007 7:30pm

Meandering thoughts while basking in the glow of yet another easy win over Global at the Chili Bowl serving table at Bourbon Street West on Sunday:

-Doesn’t anybody work at Global?

-Wouldn’t you like to see Peyton Manning stuff one of his footballs into a certain Gazette columnist who shall remain nameless?

-I can see why the Habs coaching staff loses patience with Alex Perezhogin. A terribly lazy penalty deep in the offensive zone led to the Islanders comeback win Saturday afternoon

-Are you beginning to think that maybe Saku Koivu’s left eye problem is finally affecting his play?

-I would have benched Michael Ryder and Chris Higgins for their inaction Thursday in Pittsburgh after Koivu was flattened right in front of them.

-Pierre McGuire standing between Jarko Ruutu and Garth Murray was priceless. But where was Pierre Sunday while Aaron Downey & Sydney Crosby were discussing the state of the game? (In the seats, actually)

-Don Koharski dishing out 27 minutes in penalties to Sheldon Souray and zero to Colby Armstrong was the worst call I’ve seen in years, or the worst since Bruce Froemming worked the plate at Olympic Stadium

-Why doesn’t the NHL just put four man official units in place, much like umpiring crews in baseball?

-As I predicted earlier, the Chicago Bears will be nothing more than tackling dummies standing in the way of a Colts Super Bowl win, but 430 net total yards to 265? 24 first downs to 11? And 38:04 time of possession to 21:56? It was almost too easy for the Colts.

-Joseph Addai would have been a strong choice for MVP but it’s Manning who directs the offense, tough to argue with his selection.

-I’m impressed by Michel Therrien’s seemingly new-found ability to stay calm. Let’s see if he remains so at playoff time.

-Aren’t the Canadiens a much better team when Aaron Downey plays?

-Now that Manning has won his championship, whom do the critics attack next, Steve Nash?