Nazem Kadri has made the World Juniors team

Congrats to Nazem for making Team Canada. It's going to be awesome to watch him over Christmas break. He's looking to be the man to centre Taylor Hall, too.

Final cuts were forwards Philippe Cornet, Cody Eakin, Scott Glennie and Louis Leblanc, defencemen Tyler Cuma, Shawn Lalonde and Dylan Olsen and goaltenders Matt Hackett and Olivier Roy.

NHL Jingle Bells

Here at L&L the holidays are important. Then again, with the season stretching through December, and the World Juniors...hockey really doesn't stay on the back burner for long. But, to enjoy the spirit of the Christmas AND the regular season, here is a Christmas Carol for you all to enjoy. Happy Holidays.

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Dashing down the ice,
Ovechkin's got the puck,
His team calls for a pass ,
He doesn't give a fuck!
Shots off crossbars ring,
Phaneuf makes bodies fly,
If you want, fight Colton Orr,
But you're probably gonna die, hey!

NHL, NHL,
Hockey all the way!
Patrick Kane wants his change
Or he'll punch you in the face, hey!
NHL, NHL
Hockey is the best!
Heatley's on pace for fifty goals,
And seven trade requests!

Cherry's lost his mind,
He sleeps in a museum,
So don't expect much praise,
If you're a european!
The Penguins won the Cup,
And went to the White House,
You'd like Jeff Carter on your team,
But nowhere near your spouse, oh!

NHL, NHL,

Hockey all the way!
Patrick Kane wants his change
Or he'll punch you in the face, hey!
NHL, NHL
Hockey is the best!
Heatley's on pace for fifty goals,
And seven trade requests!

Balsillie wants a team,
Burkie wants a cup,
And all the fans at home,
Want Pierre Mcguire shut up,
Turkey has been served,
it's a Christmas buffet,
But quickly fill your stomach up,
Kyle Wellwood's on the way, hey!

NHL, NHL,

Hockey all the way!
Patrick Kane wants his change
Or he'll punch you in the face, hey!
NHL, NHL
Hockey is the best!
Heatley's on pace for fifty goals,
And seven trade requests!



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The Big Picture: November

Alright, welcome back to our monthly segment in which we project our numbers forward to the end of the year to see exactly where we're going to end up, at this point. If you're curious about the September numbers, click here.

THE TEAM

TML NOVEMBER: 26GP - 7W - 12L - 7OTL - 21PTS

TML FINAL: 82 GP - 22W - 38L - 22OTL - 66PTS

That's up 25PTS from our pace from September - quite an improvement. Unfortuneatly, that still puts us at 2nd last in the league.

DRAFT LOTTERY

1. Carolina (46 PTS Projected)
2. Toronto (66 PTS Projected)
3. Edmonton (72 PTS Projected)
4. Minnesota (75 PTS Projected)
5. Florida/Anaheim (76 PTS Projected)

OUR BOYS

KABERLE 6G 76A 82P

KESSEL 40G 25A 65P

STAJAN 26G 32A 58P

HAGMAN 42G 13A 55P

GRABO 13G 38A 50P

WHITE 13G 32A 44P

PONI 28G 16A 44P

BLAKE 6G 38A 44P

FINGER 11G 27A 37P

STEMPNIAK 16G 19A 35P

GUNNARSSON 0G 32A 32P

MITCHELL 7G 25A 32P

BEAUCH 6G 25A 32P

KULEMIN 14G 7A 21P

HANSON 0G 15A 15P

PRIMEAU 8G 4A 12P

SCHENN 0G 9A 9P

STALBERG 0G 8A 8P

WALLIN 0G 8A 8P

ORR 3G 3A 6P

EXELBY 0G 5A 5P

MAYERS 0G 5A 5P

KOMISAREK 0G 0A 0P




Way to go, Komisarek! Anyway, just a few interesting notes...

-Kaberle on track for a massive 82 point year.
-Kessel ready for his first of many 40 goal seasons for the Leafs
-Stajan continues his good production - keep in mind, he really shouldn't be a first line centre.
-Hagman set to lead the team with 42 goals.
-Good production from Grabo and Poni with 50 and 44 points, respectively. Despite his awful goalscoring, Blake's been on the board for a pace of 44 points as well.
-On the point, Whiter is getting ready for a 44 point season and believe it or not, if Gunnarsson played at this pace he'd be heading for 32 assists.
-The more dissapointing players, Kulemin is clearly not ready to break out with a projected 21 point year, and Hanson's AHL production hasn't really translated as he is only on pace for a mediocre 15 assists and is still stuck at 1 career NHL goal.

L&L