Tuesdays with Dani: Injuries keep piling up

by Dani Toth on Jan 24, 2012 11:52 AM EST in General

There are currently nine players out currently with injury for the Lightning, with Dana Tyrell being the latest addition to the injury team. But sometimes with hardship comes great quotes from coaches, like this gem from Boucher:

"The hockey gods," Boucher said, "are whipping us left and right."

Here are your links for the week:

Your Lightning links:

"Lightning hit hard by injury bug" is the headline on NHL.com. Thanks captain obvious!
Mathieu Garon's new mask (In Goal Magazine)
Instead of sending him back to juniors, the Lightning are giving some tough love to Brett Connolly (Tampa Bay Times)
Matt envisions which characters in Super Mario World the Lightning players and organization would match up to. The one for Downie as the Big Boo is uncanny (Don't Trade Vinny)
Last year in the playoffs we had Sean Bergenheim but Dominic Moore is beginning to become considered a 'clutch' player, agree or disagree? (Lightning)

The rest of your links after the jump...

Your links from around the NHL:

Ovechkin is suspended three games for his hit to the head on Zbynek Michalek (TSN)
He also may not attend the All-Star Game (ProHockeyTalk)
The Dallas stars sign Alex Goligoski to a four year $18.4 million extension (TSN)
The NHL issued a statement last Friday that players escrow cheque will be sent out soon. Eric Duhatschek breaks the delay down and why this is going to be an issue in the next CBA (Globe and Mail)
Alex Ovechkin buys a $4.2 million house and PHT has some photos of it (Business Insider via ProHockeyTalk)
Evander Kane is accused on skipping out on restaurant bills which he dismisses via twitter (Puck Daddy)
Manny Malhotra gets baby-Keslurked at the Canuck Skills Competition (Pass it to Bulis)
Joey Crabb and Carl Gunnarson of the Leafs get into a fight during practice and the PPP wonder if are brothers from another mother?
Henrik Zetterberg got his 1st career major penalty this weekend on a boarding call on Nikita Nikitin (Puck Daddy)
Following a closed-door discussion Marc Crawford and Todd Bertuzzi signed an agreement between the parties. Steve Moore's lawyer wants a copy of this settlement (National Post)
Cam Charron argues why the Flyers bet on the wrong goalie and keep playing Bryz just because they don't want the money they are paying him to go to waste (Backhand Shelf)
A great read on Gordie Howe and his relationship with his wife Colleen (Sportsnet Magazine)
Welcoming Ellen Etchingham to Backhand Shelf, she writes a history lesson on general managers, rats and Art Ross's teeth
Robin Thicke skates with @LaineyGossip at the Luc Robitaille Celebrity Shoot Out (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Joe Haggerty on Tim Thomas exercising his right to not attend the White House ceremony, his relationship with the Bruins and how he plays for himself first (CSNNE.com)

Video of the week: Hitch's Switch - An interview of coach Ken Hitchcock by Michael Farber

Take 5 minutes out of your day and watch this one. He credits his change in lifestyle to the passing of Pat Burns and Wayne Fleming's current fight

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this just came across the teletype:

@TBLightning
Evan Oberg will finally play tonight after six recalls.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
"You don’t motivate people; you activate something in them that already exists." -Guy Boucher

by CAustin on Jan 24, 2012 11:59 AM EST reply actions

I’ll make sure to get photographic evidence of said play. Assuming it happens.
#doesheexist

"Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted all else will follow."
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Jan 24, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions

Good, because we require proof! :oD

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone." -Herb Brooks

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by Cassie McClellan on Jan 24, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t see why everyone is making a huge deal about Thomas not going to the White House. James Harrison skipped out on 2 White House travels, one with Bush and one with Obama, and there wasn’t that much backlash. I remember people even saying he was doing the right thing (if my memory serves me correctly). Why is Thomas under the microscope here?

"Classy quote" - Someone on the Lightning

by GatorBolt! on Jan 24, 2012 12:23 PM EST reply actions

Because people had nothing better to do yesterday…

and from a PR standpoint I think the Bruins could have handled it better. It seems like they were well aware of Thomas’ position long before the event, could have made that public so that yesterday could just focus on the team, not his absence

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by Dani Toth on Jan 24, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions

Also because the hockey world is much smaller than the baseball world. It’s a lot more like a small town than a big city sometimes.

I do agree that it was handled poorly. It could have been defused, but it wasn’t. But it’s not nearly as big a deal as it’s being made out to be. If it weren’t Thomas, I doubt that (a) the player would have been allowed to beg off of a team event because of political beliefs and (b) that it would have made much news if they had tried.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
"You don’t motivate people; you activate something in them that already exists." -Guy Boucher

by CAustin on Jan 24, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

Because Politics, religion and money are not topics to be discussed among mixed company….

…and when sports cross that threshold, anarchy ensues.

Typing is an adventure, and reading should be, too!
Sasquatch, Yeti, The Loch Ness Monster, Evan Oberg - legends that may or may not be real
Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Jan 24, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions

That’s a reference to a post I wrote after Dan Ellis had his #problems

Typing is an adventure, and reading should be, too!
Sasquatch, Yeti, The Loch Ness Monster, Evan Oberg - legends that may or may not be real
Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Jan 24, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions

And a good post it was.

"Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted all else will follow."
- Smith in Orwell's 1984

by MTBoltFan on Jan 24, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions

Best fake Twitter account ever? @FakeDanEllis

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, Boogaard, Lokomotiv.
"You don’t motivate people; you activate something in them that already exists." -Guy Boucher

by CAustin on Jan 24, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

VOTE

Lightning prospect Alex Killorn is up for the Hobey Baker award:

VOTE FOR ALEX

Which begs another question which I will bring up on the game preview…

Typing is an adventure, and reading should be, too!
Sasquatch, Yeti, The Loch Ness Monster, Evan Oberg - legends that may or may not be real
Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Jan 24, 2012 3:19 PM EST reply actions