With no Canadian teams left and light on star power, a cooking show in Canada is drawing bigger numbers than this year’s NHL playoffs
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Cherry Picker: Choose your ideal NHL team by its Canadian-ness
Are you a Canadian hockey fan desperate for a reason to cheer? Use our tool to find the right Canadian-ish bandwagon for you
Leafs: So that’s what the playoffs are like
Jonathon Gatehouse on the fun and futility of Toronto’s playoff run
How do you solve a problem like Roberto Luongo?
If he’s going to win again in Vancouver, Luongo will have to rebuild his game and his confidence
This week: Good news, bad news
Are the Vancouver Canucks the prohibitive Cup favourites?
Hockey Beards are the real thing
Elsewhere, colleague Geddes disses the playoff beard on the grounds that “Not shaving: anyone can do it,” and goes on to wax nostalgic about moustaches.
VIDEO: Top 10 cheap shots during the 2009 NHL Playoffs
Think we’ve missed any? Then add a link to what you deem the dirtiest hit this post-season.
Random thoughts on October baseball
Suicidal squeeze: The Los Angeles Angels are out of the playoffs because Mike Scioscia did exactly what we all expected him to do. Everyone—the broadcasters, the Fenway faithful, the casual fan—knew he was going to try the bunt squeeze last night. He does it all the time. That’s just his aggressive style, and when a manager leads his club to a runaway division title (the Angels finished 21 games ahead of second-place Oakland in the AL West), it’s hard to second-guess his decisions.
Eddie Vedder as Steve Bartman
Steve Goodman’s song is still my favourite, but this one’s pretty catchy, too. Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam front man and lifelong Cubbies fan, has recorded his own rally cry for the 2008 playoff run.
We apologize for any misunderstanding
Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi wants to set the record straight. According to team sources, the man with the seven-year plan is preparing a press release that he hopes will clear up all the recent “confusion.” The Prime Minister’s office is still reviewing the wording, but Maclean’s has obtained a draft copy: