In Other Ice News

Mark Parrish has been signed off of the Bridgeport roster by the Dallas Stars. Parrish had two points in three games for the Sound Tigers. Parrish is lucky enough to join the most dysfunctional team in the NHL right now, Brett Hull's Dallas squad. So far this season, Sean Avery has pished off Mike Modano and the rest of the team for taking stupid penalties and making a joke of the organization and the game. After a wild penalty-filled melee in Boston, Modano remarked that Avery and fellow agitator Steve Ott were an embarrassment and speculated that maybe he would be better off in a front office position rather than being involved with the bush league Stars.

So, you know, good luck to Parrish and all. The twenty-five game PTO contract with the Sound Tigers got him what he wanted: an NHL job. Still, walking into that locker room might make the arctic Peca-Yashin locker room look like a revival meeting for like-minded Amway distributors.

Speaking of Mr. Peca, he was back on the island Monday night in a Blue Jackets uniform to take on the Isles. Of course, being Michael Peca, he had to give his two cents about the team he captained and played for earlier this decade. Suffice to say that Peca criticized the lack of stability on the island to Newsday without even once being called on the fact that he allegedly created a lot of divisiveness that fractured the team back in the day. Plus, while he has his Thinking Toque on, let's also remember that he has never been the same player since Darcy Tucker turned his knee to spaghetti in the 2002 playoffs. Yes, the same Darcy Tucker that Peca became buddies and golfing partners with when Peca ended up in Toronto.

Maybe he is a poor judge. That's all I am saying.