Um, so I sort of uh, missed February at this…..

This Week Month:
Awesome:

• Sami Lepisto and Team Finland winning bronze in the Olympics
• The US Olympic Curling team playing hockey.
  

• Brad Marchand for getting called up to the big B’s, thus reuniting the Brado and Vlado show.
  
  Now all they need is to speed Ned Lucacevic back through the ranks as he was signed back to the Peebs last week, and we can have the Brado, Vlado and Nedo Epic Bromance back together. The win, I just can’t take it…..
• Ben Bishop, a 6′8″ goalie playing for Peoria.
  

• Dan Carcillo, for shoving Greg Devorski. You tell ‘em, Dano.

Less Awesome:

• Kari Lehtonen being traded to the Dallas Stars. The Stars are faily, but they’re slightly less known for being faily than the Thrashers.
• Marty Turco, for creating the fail that poor Kari has to go try to clean up over and over again. Shame on you, Turcs. You’re making my car named after you look bad.
• Hannu Toivonen, traded to the Blackhawks/Icehogs. The parent team is a step up from the Blues, but is Rockford a step up from Peoria?
• Figuring out how to use the Dragulator with hockey player faces.

Fail:

• Oskar Osala to Carolina for Joe Corvo and someone who doesn’t even freaking matter because OSKAR OSALA for JOE CORVO WTF GMGM WE ARE DONE.
• Matt Cooke, after that hit on Savard, for somehow not being flayed alive by the Bruins, the NHL brass, or anyone else… yet. Just wait, I’m sure it’s coming.
• The NHL powers-that-be (ahem CAMPBELL ahem) for not thinking that the Savard hit was bad enough to punish Cooke for. Consistency? Consistently BAD.
• Alex Ovechkin, for bashing the crap out of Brian Campbell.
• The Caps homers, for immediately jumping to the DON’T PICK ON OVECHKIN FDSIJFWEFIOE side of things. I’m not gonna say that “they should have done this,” but judging by the shape Campbell looked to be in, I think chucking Ovie from the game was not a bad idea.
• Steve Downie. Downie Soft, that knee thing on Crosby? Really? I wouldn’t be so cocky if I had gotten the crap kicked out of me by Jay Beagle in a preseason game.
• George Parros, hit in the face with a puck during practice and taken to the hospital. Reports say he’s fine, just lacerated a little.