DEATH TO THE BUFFASLUG!

The NHL is back, in case you were wondering. Here are some quick early notes:

The first goal of the season was scored by Jason Pomenville in the Sabres win (will they score the last?), Shanahan is awesome, Sens are overrated, Flyers will not make the playoffs with that crappy goaltending, the Preds/Hawks played the 3rd with both goalies pulled just for the hell of it, and DiPietro gives up 6 goals in 2 periods (causing Isles fans to scream "15 MORE YEARS OF THIS???").

Last but not least, Martin Brodeur shut out the Canes last night (it would have been nice if he'd done this last June) and tied Sawchuk with 447 wins (81 of them shutouts). The Carolina Hockey Outhouse, uhm, I mean the RBC Center hosted a SECOND STANLEY CUP BANNER RAISING (can you say "milking it?") and still lost. Also, the Devils scored their first goal 26 seconds in (by Zach Parise), besting newly named captain Jagr's 29 seconds on Thursday.

In closing, DEATH TO THE BUFFASLUG!