Battle of California - Kings, Sharks, and Ducks

You make us fly all the way up to Toronto, then show us three proposals we don't like? Oh yeah? Take this! Harrumph!

Everybody's October just got a lot less busy. Get to work on those pumpkins. More to come later, I'm sure.

In light of the looming NHL lockout, the Flames assigned 18 players to the Abbotsford Heat yesterday including T.J. Brodie, Sven Baertschi, Max Reinhart, Lance Bouma, Roman Horak, Greg Nemisz, and others. Today, Akim Aliu, Paul Byron, Joe Piskula, Krys Kolanos, and Ben Walter joined them.

Provided there is either an extension or redrawn agreement to the CBA, the Montreal Canadiens willl start a regular season at home for the first time in 13 years. They open the season on October 11 against the Ottawa Senators, then visit the Toronto Maple Leafs to on the following Saturday. They will close the 2012-13 against the Leafs at the ACC on April 13. The full schedule can be found here. The Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings roll in on December 13, after which the Habs play their traditional year-end run of 7 of 8 games on the road. Road trip! Briuns visit the Habs on my birthday!!