Center Ice can introduce you to a lot of things, not least of all other teams' TV duos. Some are awesome, some are ok, and some make you want to poke your eardrums out. The Thrashers' dynamic duo gets some praise here. I, for one, will miss DE correcting Matt McConnell whenever he made a verbal slip-up on air. Good times.

Some Winnipeg fans react to their first round pick. The draft was hard to watch... this video, not so much. Happy Friday, guys.

Wow, the day before the sale's finalized. I guess we should all feel blessed he bothered to do it at all. I have a ton to write tonight, but I'll probably have a story up on SBNATL on this later, so I'll edit this to include a link (EDIT: here you go.). I just thought that those of you who missed C-Viv's tweet would like to read this and then go punch your computer screens.

Rick Dudley is no longer the GM of the nascent Winnipeg NHL franchise. Various Twitter reports say his four year extension will be bought out over the next eight years. Winnipeg Sun reporter Ken Wiebe speculates on the possible hiring of Blackhawks asst GM Kevin Cheveldayoff by True North to the now-open position.