Dreaming of Gringo goals and Grigorenkos on the Morning Bell

Today's honorary ringer: Mike Finnerty at CBC, host of Daybreak.

Thanks to Mike for having us on the show this morning to discuss the derailing ship. In my dreams, boats float on rails. Special thanks to friend and Montreal Hockey Talk colleague Coach K for setting up the interview. Coach we owe you one timbit.

The East was quiet yesterday and so nothing changed but the overall picture is where we now turn:

NHL
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	Detroit	55	36	17	2	74	176	131	21-2-1	15-15-1	7-2-1	Won 1
2	NY Rangers	51	33	13	5	71	141	103	16-6-2	17-7-3	6-3-1	Lost 1
3	Vancouver	53	33	15	5	71	171	133	15-6-4	18-9-1	7-1-2	Won 2
4	St. Louis	52	31	14	7	69	129	106	22-3-4	9-11-3	6-2-2	Won 1
5	Nashville	54	32	17	5	69	152	140	17-7-4	15-10-1	7-2-1	OT 1
6	Boston	52	33	17	2	68	180	117	17-9-2	16-8-0	4-5-1	Lost 1
7	Philadelphia	53	30	16	7	67	173	157	12-8-5	18-8-2	4-3-3	OT 1
8	New Jersey	53	31	19	3	65	150	148	15-9-2	16-10-1	7-2-1	Won 5
9	Chicago	54	29	18	7	65	171	163	19-6-4	10-12-3	3-5-2	Lost 3
10	Pittsburgh	54	30	19	5	65	163	141	15-7-2	15-12-3	7-2-1	OT 1
11	San Jose	51	29	16	6	64	148	121	17-9-2	12-7-4	4-5-1	Lost 2
12	Toronto	54	28	20	6	62	168	157	16-8-4	12-12-2	6-3-1	Lost 1
13	Los Angeles	54	26	18	10	62	118	117	15-11-4	11-7-6	5-3-2	Won 1
14	Ottawa	56	27	22	7	61	162	174	14-11-2	13-11-5	2-7-1	Lost 2
15	Washington	53	28	21	4	60	149	149	19-7-1	9-14-3	4-4-2	Won 1
16	Florida	52	24	17	11	59	131	149	13-5-7	11-12-4	3-4-3	Lost 2
17	Minnesota	53	25	20	8	58	122	136	13-7-3	12-13-5	3-5-2	Lost 1
18	Phoenix	54	25	21	8	58	143	143	12-10-4	13-11-4	5-4-1	Won 3
19	Calgary	54	25	22	7	57	130	147	14-8-2	11-14-5	5-3-2	Won 1
20	Colorado	55	27	25	3	57	140	153	15-13-1	12-12-2	4-5-1	Won 1
21	Dallas	52	27	23	2	56	137	148	15-10-2	12-13-0	3-6-1	Lost 1
22	Winnipeg	55	25	24	6	56	131	151	16-8-2	9-16-4	4-5-1	Won 1
23	NY Islanders	52	22	22	8	52	126	150	11-11-5	11-11-3	6-2-2	Won 1
24	Buffalo	53	23	24	6	52	132	154	12-9-6	11-15-0	4-5-1	Won 2
25	Tampa Bay	52	23	24	5	51	148	176	15-8-2	8-16-3	6-3-1	Lost 1
26	Montreal	54	21	24	9	51	140	147	11-11-7	10-13-2	5-4-1	Won 2
27	Anaheim	53	21	24	8	50	138	158	15-13-2	6-11-6	7-2-1	Won 2
28	Carolina	55	20	25	10	50	139	168	14-12-3	6-13-7	5-2-3	OT 1
29	Edmonton	54	21	28	5	47	143	162	15-8-3	6-20-2	4-5-1	Lost 2
30	Columbus	53	15	32	6	36	123	175	9-13-3	6-19-3	3-6-1	Won 2

Now the suspense surrounding the breaking out of Scott Gomez is unbearable. Remember, the more goals the Habs score, the closer they get to becoming the mainstay of mediocrity in the NHL. Forget finishing last, but a bottom three is well within reach. Now go out there, Habs, and BE somebody!

Kipper Kudos for the scorpion save last night. From the look of the overhead view, I'm thinking Guy Laliberté should make a phone call to see if Miikka can do a few O shows for the cirque this summer. If it spills over into next season, maybe Mika the singer can stand in for a few games.