Yakupov got traded to St. Louis for a third-rounder (rather than protect him in the expansion draft) and put up 9 points in 40 games with the Blues. He’s currently having a mediocre season with the Avalanche. It’s widely expected he’ll bolt to the KHL one of these days.

But it’s a dry cold! As in, dry ice condenses directly out of the atmosphere.

I’d argue the 2012 draft (Yakupov) was a bust all around. The best player from that class turned out to be Alex Galchenyuk, of all people.

Chris Pronger’s wife: [nods]

I wanna see a rewrite of this article with Chiarelli.

This gets even funnier [Oilers fan: sobs] when you remember that part of the justification for the Hall-Larson trade was a salary dump so they could sign Lucic.

Fair enough.

I’m Canadian and this is terrible to say, but ... the way it is now, there’s always the chance that a good team will have a bad week and vice versa, which frankly makes the tournament more exciting to watch. If there were three Canadian teams, at least one would be basically guaranteed a medal, which is pretty boring.

Plenty of European hotels will only give you a duvet and no top sheet, so I have to assume that “no top sheet” is sophisticated and progressive. Like smoking at the airport and letting your dog poop wherever.

Or a “Miss me yet?” with Ashley Wagner.

Looking forward to days of “Canada has lost its way” hand-wringing in the national newspapers.

I once signed up for curling, thinking, how hard can it be? My first rock, I lined up in the starting blocks and launched, promptly smacking flat on my face and bruising my knee. Turns out, there are these sliders you’re supposed to wear over your sneakers if you don’t bring proper curling shoes. I felt very cool and…

You could summarize the article as, “Add about twice as much salt as the recipe calls for.” But on the other hand, most recipes call for X amount of salt “or to taste”. So, you’re both right.

Dominik Hašek :-(

Summer olympics: Let’s run around a track in a bunch of slightly different ways, let’s swim in a straight line in a bunch of slightly different ways

Steven Bradbury! I watched that race live.

Correct take.

An oldie but a goodie.

The Golden Seals! Before they left for the greener hockey pastures of ... Cleveland?

Haha yes. Looks like your horse’s snot is on fire sir, might want to get that checked out.