flames v. greasers: mysteries

answer me this:

wtf is the deal with wayne primeau ??? i mean, it's not really a matter of wanting a guy back in the lineup who's been out for almost three months, it's that i just don't understand how an otherwise healthy dude takes ten to twelve weeks to mend a broken bone ? perhaps it was a really terrible break, yes. it might be a long journey in rehab, sure... but why is there little-to-no information on his status ?!?!

personally, i think the current wave of injuries are probably my fault, due to a paragraph i wrote a few weeks ago about rich hesketh and his contributions to player health.... so uh... sorry 'bout that.

not only is langkow out, and bourque, and primeau (as well as warrener, who i don't even really count --sorry rhettro), but apparently my boy gio is also out with an upper body injury... boo !

in their stead, the flames have recalled both jamie lundmark and kyle greentree: another mystery for the average flames fan. lundmark's call-up was announced on the flames' website, and greentree's was announced on the qc flames website. thanks for the cohesion, website dudes... [the qc site also announced that the baby flames lineup will be bolstered by CBJ loan-out, john vigilante, who has the best name in hockey this side of cal clutterbuck...].

tonight's game should be interesting. i predict a tight matchup between two struggling teams... like ngthagg said last sunday in the comments, it's a mystery how edmonton got to where they are already this season (ie: debatably in the running for playoff contention) so you can't really count them out of any matchup; especially one against a team undeservedly winning games night in and night out...

while darryl sutter didn't intend on making any major moves when asked a month ago, ever since he made that comment the team has been lacklustre and, now, undermanned. to think that sutter will do NOTHING is now sortof a pipe dream, methinks, and it will be interesting/scary to see how he handles this latest set of hurdles...

i should think the flames will be buyers this season, a presumption confused only by bryan murray's moves this week: dean mcammond & a first rounder to the isles for mike comrie and joe campoli... once again, i'm glad i'm not a sens fan, cause this trade simply blows. i don't know that much about campoli but i think a year from now, the skeletal breakdown of that deal will look like him in exchange for a first rounder (albeit a low first rounder). the murray desperation is beginning to stink like the last days of employment for a recently sacked toronto GM...

ah well... like duncan proposed: at least carrie underwood now has another pop starlet girlfriend to hang out with in the pressbox in ottawa...

one final mystery for today: why are all the teams wearing road whites at home today (montreal, toronto) ???? it's good news for calgary, IMO. red in rexall... nice.