All these analytics are completely irrelevant. There's only one question a gm has to ask a scout about a hockey prospect — can his name be reduced to a nickname ending in a "y", "o", "s", or "sy"? If so, sign him up; if not, kick him to the curb. Burkesy and Bowsy both know this is true.

I grew up near Buffalo, you're exactly right on all counts. The games can be fun, it's a very tough sport, and most of the Canadians I know that played were great guys. Now, the lax team in my college and most American players I know, kind of dick bags.

What I found most interesting about your well-selected set of tweets is that most of them aren't Sterling apologists. They start with "Now, let's be clear, fuck that guy, BUT" which suggests that the misunderstanding of 1st Amendment is real, whereas I'd always suspected it was more a matter of convenient…

Plank makes a great point. If Silver had any sense of decency, he'd have brought down the hammer on Donte Stallworth a long time ago.

(Also, how very apt of the lap dancer to claim the dance lasted longer than it really did.)

but noticeable by his absence was Chicago's best, most loved, and most important player of the last 30 years

I don't want to do the math, but somewhere around there.

She's in the attic!!!

This is such bullshit. If I wanted to see good sports-related jokes get drowned out by a bunch of fucking nonsense spewed by idiots, I'd comment on Deadspin.

Rather than waste a lot of time trying to figure this pretentious moron out, just note the photo credit on her picture and move on with your day.

It's tough having a Twitter username that gets mistaken for a celebrity's by stupid people.

Garcia may be trying to do the right thing here, but the very idea of an "Independent Ethics Committee" just seems like a sham, no more than a dog and Ronaldinho show.

Last week, former teammates Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith, and Andre Reed visited Kelly in his home after the news of the recurrence was announced.

Tom, I'm afraid you've been hoodwinked: this is viral marketing for Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita.

I think we've learned by now that you don't have to be all there to make big decisions in Toronto.

Usually, the only time you see the Millionaires and the Senators get together is at Republican Congressional Committee fundraisers.

Spurs fans have been dreading this all season. Now that the Champions League is likely out of reach Vertonghen is auditioning for a move to Barcelona.

Rob Ford Gets Air

My hats off to the Americans, one the best hockey games I have ever seen. I work in a small office here in Montreal. We were crowded around the boss computer watching CBC webcast. Sorrow turned into incredible joy, Boss gave us the rest of the day off. So proud, See you guys in the mens semis!

I'd keep him on the roster. It's rare to find a player who can go out and give you 21-21-21 every night.