Phightins

Really hope it isn't the Devils...

Ilya Kovalchuk has been traded and it will be announced tonight. Not sure where. It is not the Bruins, not the Flyers, and not the Rangers. Blackhawks maybe? We will find out soon I guess.

The Phillies have given out a few minor league deals this week and filled out the 40-man roster. They signed INF Brian Bocock, OF Fredy Guzman, and RHP Oscar Villarreal. I don't think any will make the team out of Spring Training, but all are solid AAA depth moves. I'd say Bocock probably has the best chance of any of them to make the team, since as of today Juan Castro is the leading candidate to be our utility infielder, which basically means that job can be had if another infielder in the organization has a great spring. Villarreal probably has next to no shot, since he is coming off Tommy John surgery, is injury prone, and is prone to giving up homeruns. In other words, he is a disaster waiting to happen pitching in Citizens Bank Park. But still, not the worst depth move since he has experience and you can never have enough pitching. Don't know a lot about Guzman other than that he has been in the Yankees organization and has a bit of MLB experience, but he probably needs 3 or 4 guys in front of him on the depth chart to get hurt for him to have a chance at making the roster.

This was the exact opposite of a typical Sixers game. Close game against a good team going down to the wire. I think we all know how these usually end. But Eddie actually had the right lineups on the floor at the right times and they did not fold. Solid W although I agree with Paul. I hate rooting for one of my teams to lose but with the way the NBA is set up today they are better off folding.

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Adam_And_Eve

Michael Vick is available, maybe the Patriots should acquire him.

This is the worst loss I can remember in a few years, given how badly they need points and all. They did not play awful, but they cannot get 0 points against the worst team in the NHL. And with 16 seconds left in the game? Give me a [expletive]ing break.

[expletive]ing horrible. Lost 1-0 to the [expletive]ing Edmonton Oilers, gave up a power play goal with 16 seconds left. This is about as awful as it gets. Didn't help that it was a [expletive]ing bull[expletive] penalty to give the Oilers that power play.

On lostpedia somebody pointed out that when Sayid came back to life and said "what's going on" or w/e, he had a far different accent than he normally had and he actually sounded a lot like Jacob. I think that may just be coincidence but it is certainly interesting. And yeah the island being under water is another question I have. I am sure the alternate reality and the "real" reality will converge at some point and we'll find all of that out.

Couple random thoughts/theories. If you are still a few episodes behind (cough cough fly3rs) and don't want to see any spoilers then don't read ahead. Alright, first one is kind of obvious, but I think it's pretty clear that the new Sayid is Jacob, and this is shaping up to be an epic battle between fake Locke and fake Sayid. Also, I am guessing that Richard came to the island as a slave on that ship that Jacob and Jacob's nemesis saw sailing in during the last episode of last season ("Locke" (Jacob's nemesis) said something to Richard about it being nice to finally see him without chains). I read that theory today and it is one that makes a lot of sense. Main questions I have right now...What did Jacob mean by "they're coming" before Ben killed him? What did Juliet mean before she died? Why was Desmond on the plane in the bizarro alternate reality? Why were some of the original passengers not on the plane? Anyway, can't wait for next Tuesday haha. This is going to be a hell of a season.

lostpedia.com ftw.

It is not worth the energy trying to figure out where they will take the show.

I know, but still well worth watching I am sure. And after waiting 8 months or so for Lost to come back you can be sure I will be watching the entire 3 hours haha.

8 PM can't come soon enough. 5 and a half hours!

Word is that the Twins and Joe Mauer are close on a 10 year extension.

We had some nice "Fire Eddie" chants going on Friday night.

I agree that the Yankees should have been on the list, but the Phillies were losers this winter? Elaborate please.

Yeah I saw that. Brandon Prust is in the trade as well. Damn, Rangers did pretty well .

That was an absolutely pathetic game.

I agree. I have never been that high on Phaneuf. Honestly I don't think he is much better than Ian White.

Yeah. I understand that Toskala has been bad and I get why they wanted to get rid of him, but Giguere has a huge cap hit. Is there really enough of an upgrade (if any upgrade at all) from Gustavsson to Giguere to make it worth taking that contract on? If this was the only way to get rid of Toskala I get it I guess, just seems like a huge step backward, especially for a team as bad as the Maple Leafs.

I don't understand the Giguere trade at all, from Toronto's perspective. Seems entirely pointless.

It's already been discussed a bit in the NHL season thread but I feel like this needs it's own thread. Trade 1: Toronto gets: Dion Phaneuf Fredrik Sjostrom Keith Aulie Calgary gets: Matt Stajan Jamal Mayers Ian White Niklas Hagman Trade 2: Toronto gets: JS Giguere Anaheim gets: Vesa Toskala Jason Blake

Giguere to Toronto for Jason Blake and Vesa Toskala. Wow!!

Well, that was surprising news to wake up to.