I didn't know he had so many things going on in his personal life... He definitely needs some time off.  Of course, he's always been an unorthodox goalie, he reminds me of Hasek in his playing style.  But they could play Auld more, especially if Thomas is having personal issues.  Auld's a quality goalie, as proven a few years ago when Cloutier stunk it up in Vancouver.  If Fernandez comes back before the end of the season, I'd imagine it would create a bit of a goaltending controversy.

My parents came back from their 3 week Hawaiian cruise today.  They dropped the bomb and told me they sold my 87 Fifth Ave. (unrelated to the trip) too!  Apparently they sold it in January but decided to keep it quiet up until now.  Sweet!!  I've been trying to sell this thing since 2003.

Well, at least we agree on something...

Washington had the magic going last night.  Ovechkin had a hat trick and two assists, and unlikely guys like Matt Bradley played really well.  People have been saying that Chara is up for the Norris trophy, but I can't imagine he'd get it if he was on the ice for any of those goals last night.

I watched the Habs game too... They really got beat up.  The guys in San Jose really throw their weight around.  And they went 0 for 6 on the power play.  I'd like to say Montreal didn't bring its A game, but I think they did, they just got beat up.

As for the Ottawa-Anaheim game, I saw a good portion of that one too... Ottawa didn't play.  That team is in big trouble.  The refs did a number on that one though.  I saw Murray get ejected, but I missed why he got tossed.  Was he arguing a call or something?