Fantastic Friday Links

Going around the NHL, we begin in Toronto. The usually angry Jeff Blair actually liked what he saw from the Leafs last night in their 2-1 shoot-out win over the (Fatt Brodeur-less) Devils.

Meanwhile the Sens continued their slide into complete suckage last night, falling 6-3 to the Thrashers.

The Rangers continue to forget that making the playoffs involves holding leads and winning games.

The B's got their "revenge" on Pittsburgh  for the Cooke hit on Savard - if you define revenge as being a fight between Matt Cooke and Shawn Thornton but then proceed to lose a game that they needed to win to keep their playoff hopes alive. I for one do not. Then again I believe that Cooke should have been banned for the rest of the season.

Anaheim's James Wisniewski will sit the next eight games for a shady hit on Chicago's Brent Seabrook. You can take a look at it and get James Mirtle of Globe's take on the suspension/penalty call on the play.

In the NCAA Tournament Ohio University (not The Ohio State University) knocked off Georgetown with 97-83 BEAT DOWN! Other interesting results were Murray State over Vanderbilt, Old Dominion sent Notre Dame back to South Bend (and busted the Unfinished Bracket) and Villanova survived a scare against Robert Morris (with some strange officiating)

Those frustrating Toronto Raptors host The Durants tonight. My Dad and I were planning on going to this game last month. Then the Raps started to stink and we decided that they didn't deserve our money. Naturally, Durant will go nuts tonight/Raps will play like a real team/both.

Leafs-Habs tomorrow night at the ACC. Jim Hughson has a good preview of the game. The guys at Four Habs Fans and Pension Plan Puppets should provide you with all of your partisan/stripper information. Check them both out tomorrow afternoon. And a little story for this one. At the beginning of the season, brother and his Habs Fan roommate made a bet on the team that finished higher in the standings. The prize is the loser must take the other to a Leafs-Habs game and where the opposing team's colours. Looks like my brother is going to be clad in Bleu, Blanc et Rough tomorrow night.

No Avs until Sunday. The Boys in Burgundy play the Quackers in Anaheim. James Wisniewski will obviously not be in the lineup.

Have yourselves a Fantastic Friday and Wonderful Weekend