Losses, All-Stars, and Trade Rumors...Oh my!

I guess it's more productive and linear to blog about a sport and a team every day, but sometimes that doesn't happen. Whatevs.

The boys in orange, blue, and white are about to complete their Western road trip with a game against Jarome Iginla and the Calgary Flames tomorrow. Should be a walk in the park...A recap of the past three games from the road trip

• The Phoenix game was a nail biter all the way until the end, but ultimately lost 4-5. Bummah. But we were able to take Doug Weight 's 1,000th and 1,001th career points and Josh Bailey's first NHL goal out of it. I'll take it.
• San Jose was to be expected. However, once again, there was a chance to come back. Another loss, 5-3, but with hard work we showed we can show up for a big game against the likes of San Jose. Doug Weight even fought so that was worth watching the game alone.
  
• The Edmonton game was kind of a head scratcher. The refs made some questionable calls, or non-calls, yadda yadda. Gordo/Go-Go/Flash was not amused
  
  I thought he was going to knock the wall behind him down with the way he was rocking.
  
• However, it was truly a pleasure to have Doug Weight in the booth with Jiggs and Jaffe during the Edmonton game. Lots of insight and laughs. He might be well enough to play tomorrow, but if he isn't, I'm sure a lot of fans would love to have Weighter back in the booth for at least a few minutes. It was more entertaining listening than watching those last two periods womp womp.

I sure mentioned Doug Weight a lot.

There has been a lot of talk about dumping the veterans at the trade deadline. A lot of people just think they can get rid of the upcoming UFA's and get great draft picks in return, but I'm more realistic about that. I think the only person worth really any kind of 'value' is Mike Comrie. Mind you the Islanders still need to maintain the salary cap floor, so I really don't see them shipping off everyone for all of these picks, plus I can't really think of a team that would fit any of other teams demands. We'll see by March 4th, but I think slowly we'll begin to see minor trades throughout the league before the top guns get shipped off to their respective rental teams and beyond.

Across the Bridge...
Congrats to Mike Iggulden and Andrew MacDonald for making the AHL all-star game for the Sound Tigers. As of today they are the only representatives of the team, which is surprising considering they are 2nd in the East, but there may be a few substitutes because of call ups and such. Iggulden is Bridgeport's highest scorer, so kudos Mike. Maybe he'll make the ferry trip over before the season is over to see what he's got.

Around the League...
I'm horrible at Rock Band. You should see me trying to play guitar. It's hilarious it would garner a million hits on YouTube and show how pathetic I am. However, my current-favorite-in-contention-team the Boston Bruins showed how good one could be at Rock Band. I think my favorite part is the reaction when Mark Stuart starts singing, and Milan Lucic's 'rock face.' After all these years "Alive" by Pearl Jam is still a solid song.

Who would be the singer of the Isles' Rock Band? I'd put money down on Ricky. Maybe Tim Jackman can carry a tune.