Monday Morning Links (posted in the afternoon)

Avs win. Hurrah! Avs get out-shot 51-22 by Dallas. Boooh!

Leafs lose. Meh!

Raptors lose, AGAIN. And Bruce Arthur says what we're all thinking. Why do I even bother with this team? I'm starting to feel like a Leafs fan.

Argos sign former Queen's QB (and Vanier Cup winner) Danny Branigan. Hey, he can't be worse than any of their other quarterbacks. In other news, the Argos have no quarterbacks.

The Habs are playing their best hockey of the season. I got nothing.

Ovechkin hits Brian Campbell from behind. Campbell is out for the season. Ovie was tossed for boarding. He might get suspended. Or he might not.

Update: Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post reports that Ovechkin has received a two-game suspension

From the department of "Should be obvious but normally isn't," even Don Cherry hated the Matt Cooke hit on Marc Savard. This is the same league the enacted the Sean Avery Rule mid-way through the '08 playoffs. To the NHL: Just ban the hit and use the "intent to injure clause" to enforce it.

NCAA tournament bracket is out. Upon first glance Duke got let off easy, Syracuse got hosed, Kentucky could have a tough road and Kansas looks really, really good.

Alberta beats McGill to take the CIS Women's hockey National Championship. Too bad the girls couldn't win three in a row. Still impressive. And their 86-game win streak is something out of UCLA in the 70s.

Speaking of UCLA, the Bruins will miss the tournament for the first time since 2004. Can't say I'm shocked. They've only lost five scholarship players in the past two years (and two of them were one-and-dones). 14-18, however, is unacceptable. Howland needs to recruit is ass off this off-season.

It's Monday, so Elliot Friedman's Monday notes column is out. Always a must read.

Finally, Brunt gets the last word in the Globe.