Off the Post – October 14th

• Plank debates the Western Conference Regular Season Champions banner, which has split the FTF community almost cleanly in two.
• Anaheim Calling has officially entered the SBN universe, and Earl Sleek of Battle of California provides a little Q & A for Arthur and Daniel.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs are still winless after losing to Colorado (that Darcy Tucker…), their teal-bred goaltender is injured (update – here’s the “real story“), and some coach named Ron is under premature attack.
• [UPDATE] – Behind the Net has a couple “Do the Leafs suck” articles – and this is a statistics oriented site, people!
• The Buffalo Sabres do us all a favor by defeating (nay – pounding) the Detroit Red Wings for the first time since 2002; unfortunately, the win came at the loss of sniper Thomas Vanek, who will be out “weeks.”
• The Sharks plan for their “business trip” to the East Coast for 6 straight games.
• Drew pesters Dan Boyle with 20 questions – worth the look.
• The Sharks’ next game is Thursday in D.C., and with that in mind, here are 3 problems with the Washington Capitals.
• Chris Chelios won’t rest until he’s back in the NHL, even if all 30 teams have said “no.”
• Dany Heatley was named the NHL’s first star last week – TSN users offer fine words of encouragement.
• [UPDATE, 4:45pm] = Ask Manny Malhotra that burning question that troubles your soul.
• [UPDATE, 4:55pm] = The New York Islanders / Charles Wang / Town of Hempstead / Gary Bettman (I dunno, just seems right to list him) have abandoned the Lighthouse Project. Kansas City, here we come…

[UPDATE] – Joining Daniel Sedin on the injured Canucks list is Sami Salo, who will similarly be out 4-6 weeks.

[UPDATE] – Mirtle gives the low down on the reality of the neo-Quebec Nordiques.

[UPDATE] – While Alex Ovechkin is at the top of the points race (12), Anze Kopitar has joined Backstrom, Thornton, and Heatley in the second place bottleneck.

[UPDATE] – Marleau, Moreau… Copper & Blue debates stripping Ethan of the captaincy.

[UPDATE] – Lighthouse Hockey approves of John Tavares after 10 days.

[TCY UPDATE] – If you haven’t received your tickets for “FTF’s Night at the Tank”, well, that’s because I haven’t sent them yet (me=lazy ass). I’ll be addressing them tonight and they will be on their way by Saturday at the latest.

[UPDATE] – I know standings mean little this early in the season, but if the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers tonight, they’ll be number one in the Western Conference (spot currently held by the Colorado Avalanche).

(More to come soon)