First up, if Gillis can parlay Demitra’s impressive Olympics into a trade to New York (which is attractive because of the chemistry he has with Gaborik) then I say get err done! Sell high and get something for an asset that  hasn’t really contributed much to the team’s winning.

Next, Luongo won the gold medal. I am really happy for him and the fact he finally won something. Is he now a bona fide big game goalie? Well I wouldn’t go that far. He did look shaky in the last two games (but so did Miller vs. Canada who everyone is praising as the second coming of Sawchuk). Let’s just say that I’m happy for Luongo and I hope that this does take the monkey off his back but personally I  will be just as nervous come playoff time as I would have been had he not played in the Olympics.

Earlier this year I wrote that Ryan Kesler would probably get $4 mil as a RFA this summer. I cannot see him getting less than $5 mil now. He was the best skater on Team USA in the tourney (and not to mention the most entertaining off the ice).

I must say that CTV’s Olympic coverage has been fantastic.

I like the way that they are pooling all their on-air talent together to cover the games. That said, you can really see the talent differences emerge when it comes to a national anchor like James Duthie and a regional one like Don Taylor. Duthie blows him away.

One gripe I have is that Lansberg is getting way to much air time and I don’t see how he rose through the ranks to become as “popular” as his is. Really don’t get that one.

Overall though, (besides the muchmusic nonsense), CTV has been doing a great job with these games.

Nice devil’s advocate article about the olympic events…

However, what stands out to me is that I may finally figured out why the English love their soccer (it can’t be because they are very good at it). An excerpt from the article…

Ice hockey

Quite the most pointless sport ever to be televised as it is impossible to follow the puck unless the action is shown in slow motion. Possibly worth watching for the frequent fights but you’ll have to take the score on trust. Not that you will care because Great Britain hasn’t entered a team in either the men’s or women’s competitions.

So unless Brits are able to see big white balls moving slowly in front of them, they ain’t interested.

But I have to hand it to the English. Their taste in women is far superior than to those of us across the pond. Instead of slapping scrawny chicks on their magazine covers, the Brits actually bring us something sexy…

So while they may be clueless when it comes to hockey, for some things I’d move there in a heartbeat!