Potvin,Ottawa and ...

Hockey legend Denis Potvin,will be joinning the Ottawa Senators broadcast team.Potvin who played his junior hockey in the Ottawa area,is coming back home.He captained the once powerhouse New York Islanders to four Stanley Cups in the early 1980's. He had been a color commentator for the Florida Panthers since their beginning in the league.

Speaking of Ottawa,the 2012 all-star could be held in Scotiabank place,from January 26th to the 29th.NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will be in Ottawa next week for a luncheon,according to aKukla's Korner blogger, he could that visit to make it official.Ottawa is the only canadian NHL city to not host the event.

Cap Issues ?

They are 8 teams that over the 59.4 million cap limit,but since these are off-season cap counts,where teams can be 10 % over the limit until the end of training camp.Some will have to be very creative in order to be cap compliant by the time the NHL season starts on October 7th.We will see some bodies moved for sure.

2009-10 Stats

We are less than two weeks from the beginning of the NHL's training camps,let's look at some numbers from last season.Which team delivered the most bodychecks, and who had the most blocked shots.

On the NHL's website,bodychecks are counted as hits.Seven teams had more two thousand hits last season.Here are the top ten :

	Team	Total: Hits	avg/game
1	DAL	2338	28.5
2	NYR	2330	28.4
3	PIT	2154	26.3
4	CAR	2139	26.1
5	LAK	2122	25.9
6	CBJ	2075	25.3
7	ANA	2050	25
8	DET	1972	24
9	OTT	1939	23.6
10	BOS	1935	23.6

Blocked shots get more attention during the playoffs than during the regular season.Here is the top ten teams in regular season games in 2009-10.

	Team	BkS	avg/game
1	FLA	1403	17.1
2	NYI	1379	16.8
3	MTL	1344	16.4
4	EDM	1305	15.9
5	PHI	1254	15.3
6	COL	1226	15.0
7	TOR	1218	14.9
8	OTT	1193	14.5
9	PIT	1182	14.4
10	CAR	1176	14.3

That's all for now !