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I've been getting a few searches on Scanlan, which I assume means people are looking for Wayne Scanlan's outstanding piece from the Citizen yesterday in which he details the awarding of the Senators franchise. You can find it here, although I'm not sure the link will work beyond the 7-day archive. It seems to be in font of the subscriber wall.

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Had a chance to get out and experience the "Barrhaven nightlife" and watch the Bochenski show last night. Like Chris at Hockey Country, I was a bit surprised that they recalled Bochenski over Eaves. While Eaves had been solid in his pair of callups, Bochenski had been all but invisible before being sent down. What goodwill he had lost in his first stint, he's rebuilding now.

Since Chris didn't see the game, I'm going to borrow his patented Good/Bad/Opposition format for today. The royalty cheque is in the mail. Since this is a Reader's Digest Condensed version, the cheque is only for $0.02.

Good

• as mentioned above, Bochenski. I particularly liked that he was generating his own scoring chances rather than only finishing
  

• Luck. You've gotta be good to be lucky and lucky to be good. I don't know how he does it, but the sight of Dominic Hasek charging at you must freak players out. Even when he gets beat to a loose puck, the other team misses the net more often than not.

• The wings at Greenfield's pub

Bad

• Hasek let in a couple of "he'd like to have that one back" goals

• The big line took the night off

• Greenfield's was out of Guinness on tap so I had to drink Boddingtons. Metaphorically speaking, this is not unlike replacing Havlat with Bochenski. Passable in the short term, but not really a long-term solution.

• That's about it. Then again, when you're watching at a pub, you're not really breaking down the film, and not much to complain about in most 6-3 wins.

Opposition

Some basic Florida Panther mathematics: Florida Panthers + bad night by Luongo = no chance