Angus here – about to head out for the evening! Some final thoughts for the day…

Eric Fehr scored his 14th of the night tonight, and is looking like a lock to hit 20 goals. That number is all the more impressive considering he doesn’t usually see over 12 or 13 minutes of ice time. Big time sleeper if/when he ever gets on a team that will play him 16-18 minutes a game.

Mike Cammalleri may be one dimensional, but wow is he ever good at that one thing! Caglary made a huge mistake keeping Olli and letting him go. What a sniper.

Canucks are in tough tonight, facing arguably the best team in the NHL (Chicago), with a defense featuring Nolan Baumgartner, Aaron Rome, and Brad Lukowich. Luongo is going to have to stand on his head, or hope that the Hawks had a late night at the Roxy in Vancouver last night!

Jason Spezza scored today after missing 20 straight with a knee injury.

Jaroslav Halak is getting the start tonight – his first back-to-back start of the season! Good thing I own both Halak and Price – I don’t think I would be able to handle the constant change between the pipes for the Habs.

Nathan Horton is out for 4-6 weeks with a broken leg. Stillman is going to take his spot on the top line with Weiss and Frolik.

Only two of the top 50 NHL scoring leaders have less than 100 shots on goal: Henrik Sedin (1st), and Joe Thornton (3rd).

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Jaroslav Halak had a strong game. He is playing too well for Montreal to deal him, and I can’t see them ever moving Price. Tough situation for Bob Gainey.

Cory Schneider let in eight goals in 27 shots against Hershey last night, which won’t exactly boost his trade value. Although to be fair, Hershey is one of the strongest clubs in the entire league, and the Moose are playing with a severely depleted blueline (much like their parent club). Expect Schneider to be a goner sooner rather than later.

Poor Edmonton. They tied the game with Dallas last night with about two minutes to go, only to surrender the game winner with 20 seconds left. It was a battle of a team that had lost nine straight (now 10, Edmonton), against a team that had lost 10 straight on the road (Dallas).

Craig Anderson has put his poor December behind him in a big way. He stopped all but one of the 30 shots Nashville fired at him, and has now won five straight starts.

Taylor Chorney was pointless in a little over 11 minutes of ice time. He was called up because Ladislav Smid was injured in the Vancouver game on Wednesday night.

Brandon Yip scored again – on the power play. He is starting to get more ice time after producing. Joe Sacco has to be the favourite for coach of the year right now (he is my choice at least).

Mathieu Darche is making the most of his callup. He had a goal and an assist in under 10 minutes of ice time. It is always nice to see a career minor leaguer (Darche is on the wrong side of 30) finally break through to the NHL. Perserverence and a basic love of hockey defined.

Of Daniel Sedin’s 13 goals, six are game winners.

Here is a great Sergei Shirokov interview from a few days ago. His attitude is definitely not one shared by many Russians right now (the fact that he is willing to develop and put his work in at the AHL level in order to make the big squad through the front door).

Jack Johnson is not happy with Kings GM Dean Lombardi for candid comments he made about both Johnson and the Michigan hockey program. Read all about it here.

Pavol Demitra is definitely shaking off the rust. He has been invisible in his two games since returning from shoulder surgery.

Bob McKenzie believes 100% that Atlanta will be trading Ilya Kovalchuk at the deadline this season. Chicago makes the most sense to me – they have several solid players (Atlanta has no interest in futures) signed to reasonable deals, and moving out that salary will allow them to absorb Kovalchuk’s cap hit. My proposal? Versteeg, Barker, Beach, and something else.

I have seen several articles lately wondering why Jay Bouwmeester is struggling offensively. The answer? He isn’t an offensive defenseman!

Atlanta has designated Kari Lehtonen to Chicago for assignment, as he continues the rehab process. He is at least another week away, but don’t be surprised if he is quickly given the starting job in Atlanta. Ondrej Pavelec has been good but inconsistent (as most young goalies are).

George Parros was hungry the other night, and Ryane Clowe willingly fed him some right fists: