Weekly Report : October 17

As we are now at the end of the second full week of the hockey season it seems the hockey gods have gone crazy! Perennial loser Phoenix sits atop the standings in the Pacific Division. Hey, when Bettman goes can we bring back the Smyth, Norris, Adams, Patrick. And, let's see, (barring contraction) we'll need two others, how about Howe and Orr? One thing that is a sure sign the hockey gods are not crazy are the Leafs sucking and this week's bottom of the pile, one "Dizzy" Derek Zabel who amassed a mere 7 points. Co-captains at the top of the pile this week are the DOMs team and George Sali, the latter with on Ovechkian effort to help lead the way. The rest of us are all saying "it is early still, and it is, with the commissioner's back to back games, then take a week off scheduling. "The Count" has definitely got to go ... and soon!