Lafleur Faces Arrest, That Pesky Globo Gym

Former dodgeball hockey star Peter Guy Lefleur has found himself in some hot water after having an arrest warrant issued in his name in Montreal for giving some faulty evidence…ah shit, who am I kidding? None of you care about this story. Quite frankly I don’t even know who Guy Lefleur is and neither do you, it was just a solid opportunity for a sweet Dodgeball reference.

We’re all so glad Average Joe’s took down the Purple Cobras, and face it…we all love Christine Taylor:

Yeap, I sequed from hockey to the hot chick that played Marcia Brady. I’m just that damn good.

♣ Linkage (if anybody cares): ESPN.com

Is Nashville And Hockey A Good Fit?

For many years, both Memphis and Nashville fought tooth and nail to lure major professional teams to Tennessee.

Memphis tried to bring pro football, only to be left with teams from the CFL, the XFL, and the Arena League while Nashville tried to lure the New Jersey Devils and the Sacramento Kings.

In the end, however, after years and years of trying, Tennessee’s capital city would draw first blood in the race for major professional sports in the state, luring the Oilers to Tennessee in 1997 and the Predators a year later to the Sommet Center, forcing Memphis to wait three years until they too would get a chance to have major professional sports in the city.

But while the Oilers/Titans have found solid footing financially, as well as a rabid fan base, since arriving in Tennessee over a decade ago, the Predators have been the complete opposite – although they’ve made the playoffs three straight times and play in one of the great showplaces for hockey in the Southeast.

Last week, Davidson County and Predators officials came together to agree on changing the current lease at the Sommet Center therefore keeping the team under local ownership and quelling the intentions of the franchise being moved to some Canadian outpost.

Despite the fact that the team will, for all intents and purposes, remain in Middle Tennessee for at least four to five years, the only way that the Predators can pull out of Nashville is if they have a continued run of operating losses of two to three years.

And if you look at the attendance so far at the Sommet Center, the odds of the Predators staying in Nashville are almost similar to the same odds I have of winning the Powerball drawing on Wednesday night.

Bajillion-to-one.