Well it’s Gordie Howe’s birthday today, so there’s something to celebrate.
For some reason I thought we were playing Toronto again, and I was looking forward to a fun game. Then I found out it was Ottawa. Well, let’s hope that it’s reasonably exciting.
Larkin, Mantha, and Hicketts are all starting the game, which is great to see. Larkin gets the first chance of the game, but he’s a little too wide to get a good shot on Condon.
Matt Duchene is playing on a line with Bobby Ryan, and during a camera close up, I could see that Ryan had “teams can retain up to 50% salary” in sharpie on his helmet with a large arrow decal pointing to it.