Lots of good stuff over at Colby's place for you to peruse. First, take a look at this NHL Draft Analysis, and who really has the best chance of snagging Sidney Crosby. And Colby, those of us from the Island think four straight Stanley Cups and 19 straight playoff series victories were well worth the antics of Billy Smith. As far as I'm concerned, we all paid the piper at Game Five of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals in Edmonton.
It's been 16 years since Field of Dreams was in theaters around North America, but we're only now getting the inside story behind how the book it was based on, W.P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe. Be sure to visit the Minneapolis Star-Tribune to see what I mean.
And finally, if you're a fan of hockey, you can't really avoid picking up some knowledge of Quebecker seperatism. And for many Americans, that movement is embodied in the slogan we occassionally see on the license plates of La Belle Provence: Je me souviens. As it turns out, time and tide have changed the meaning a bit. And I guess I shouldn't be surprised, as others have appropriated it for their own purposes from time to time.
