24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the NHL Winter Classic DVD

It’s up at the HBO Store.  This means despite the previous nay saying of one Rob Rossi during the winter that the series would not make DVD due to licensing royalties for the music, we will indeed see 24/7 make it to our DVD shelves.  There is no cover art or release date at the website but you can sign up for email alerts so you will know when it is available for pre-order/sale.

Go get it.

Thrashers to Winnipeg IS Happening.

Late Thursday Night Stephen Brunt of the Globe and Mail published an article that stated the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers are being purchased by a Winnipeg Group which plans to relocate that team to the Manitoba capital city.  There was rampant speculation, a slew of denials and by the end of the evening both Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet and ESPN’s Sportscenter were willing to confirm the report.  Its just a matter of a Board of Governor’s vote which won’t be a hurdle.

Lets just go ahead and go with the Bettman is mad it broke so quickly, as evidenced by his reaction reading his Blackberry at the Boston/Tampa Bay game,  and Winnipeg will play games but a confirming press conference will depend on the whims of Napoleon prognisis.  The Thrashers have played their last game in Atlanta.   I have family ties to Atlanta.  Wife was born there and loves her native city.  Brother and my father-in-law and his family all live there.  I’m still not sad this move is happening.  First of all this is good for Hockey.  Winnipeg will sell out the venue every night in support of their team, which should be called the Jets once again.  The NHL was subsidizing a franchise that was losing money year in and year out in a failed attempt to get hockey to catch in a southern market.  The Braves are the wife in that market.  The Falcons are the hot mistress and the Hawks are the awkwardly attractive third cousin that no one wants to admit they have feelings for.  The Thrashers were the ugly finger-nail biting crazy uncle that no one wanted to sit next to at the reunion.