Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame, we look at the drama leading up to the first overall pick 2012 NHL Entry Draft and a couple of big trades that happened on draft day. As well: a look ahead to game one of the CFL season, the latest on the NFL’s bounty program, some Euro 2012 controversy and a look at some boxing news.
In the GABBYs: The Miami Heat, Evgeni Malkin, R.A. Dickey, David Nalbandian, Nicklas Bendtner & Joel Peralta. The Punchline this week is LeBron James!
Jordan Staal (Michael Miller, Wikimedia Commons)
I know it is a big time for many prospects on the weekend of the NHL Entry Draft, but I am more interested in the wheeling and dealing that takes place among the clubs.
The Carolina Hurricanes and the Pittsburgh Penguins delivered the biggest blockbuster of the weekend. The Penguins, unable to come to terms with Jordan Staal long term, traded Staal to the Hurricanes for centre Brandon Sutter, their first round pick and a prospect.
Staal, considered by many to be one of the best natural centremen in the game today, will join his brother Eric in Carolina.
This past season Staal had 25 goals and 25 assists in 62 games, while Sutter had 17 goals and 15 assists in 82 games.
The Dallas Stars dumped salary by trading Mike Ribeiro to the Washington Capitals for forward Cody Eakin and a second round pick in 2012. Ribeiro had 18 goals and 45 assists this past season.
Marc Staal (Mike Miller, Wikimedia Commons)
The Ottawa Senators dominated puck possession in the third period of game seven of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, They just simply couldn’t score.
In the end it will be the Rangers moving on with a 2-1 victory.
The Rangers got offense from their defense as Dan Girardi of Welland, Ontario and Marc Staal of Thunder Bay, Ontario each found the back of the net past Senators goaltender Craig Anderson.
Girardi and Staal each scored only goal in the series and saved their playoff magic for game seven.
For Marc Staal, it was his third career playoff goal and Girardi his first, and it came as the game winner of the seventh game.
Marc Staal also becomes the third Staal brother to score in the seventh game of a series, following Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes who scored the game winning goal against the New Jersey Devils in game seven of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal in 2009 and Jordan Staal of the Pittsburgh Penguins who scored against the Washington Capitals in game seven of the 2009 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.
Jordan Staal (Wikimedia Commons)
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks made a statement on Wednesday night. Don’t count them out yet.
Jordan Staal scored a hat trick as the Penguins scored eight unanswered goals en route to a 10-3 dismantling of the Philadelphia Flyers. The Penguins still trail in the series however 3-1 in the offensive minded series that is becoming more intriguing by the moment. Even more impressive was that the Penguins scored ten times without their top six forward James Neal in the lineup, who was suspended for game four following his antics in game three. Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby and Steve Sullivan also collected three points each.
Unlike the first three games in the series, the Flyers were the more undisciplined team in this one. In the second period, the Flyers took nine of a possible ten penalties.
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