Monday, April 26, 2010

Jacques Lemaire Informs Devils He's Out As Coach


Jacques Lemaire is walking away from the head coach job with the New Jersey Devils. After failing to take the team out of the 1st round, Lemaire has quit.

Lemaire had this to say, "It's not the team, it is not the result or the lack of result we had in the playoffs,"

"It's not that at all. It's the end of the line. I'll be 65. It's just time."

It's been reported that he will stay within the Devils organization in some capacity. Not sure yet what that role is.

TSN has the full story.

-Smokin' Ray-

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The 2009/10 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st Round Brackets


The 2010 NHL Playoff Brackets (Quarterfinals)


Eastern Conference:

(1) Washington vs. (8) Montreal (Game One: 4/15 at 4 p.m. PST)

(2) New Jersey vs. (7) Philadelphia (Game One: 4/14 at 4:30 p.m. PST)

(3) Buffalo vs. (6) Boston (Game One: 4/15 at 4 p.m. PST)

(4) Pittsburgh vs. (5) Ottawa (Game One: 4/14 at 4 p.m. PST)


Western Conference:

(1) San Jose vs. (8) Colorado (Game One: 4/14 at 7:30 p.m. PST)

(2) Chicago vs. (7) Nashville (Game One: 4/16 at 5:30 p.m. PST)

(3) Vancouver vs. (6) Los Angeles (Game One: 4/15 at 7 p.m. PST)

(4) Phoenix vs. (5) Detroit (Game One: 4/14 at 7 p.m. PST)

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Graham James, How Did He Get Pardoned?


Apparently with new allegations (Theo Fleury) against convicted sex abuser Graham James, it's been revealed the former Junior coach was pardoned in 2007 by the National Parole Board and even the Prime Minister's office is upset by this.

Wait. What? He's was pardoned in 2007? Really? That's three years ago for crying out loud.

Can someone explain how a sexual predator like Graham James gets pardoned?

The pardon was signed off by Pierre Dion, a full-time member of the Appeal Division of the National Parole Board. We can assume he will have some questions to answer.

James (now 58) then fled to Europe after being released from prison, and still coaches youth hockey there.

The shocking part of that last sentence is the fact HE STILL COACHES YOUTH HOCKEY!!! From 2001 to 2003 James coached hockey in Spain, including the national team. Amazingly his Spanish employers were fully aware of his Canadian police record. What is wrong with this world?

James was given a lifetime ban from coaching by the Canadian Hockey Association and can not coach here in Canada ever again. THANK GOD!

On January 14th, 2010, Theo Fleury filed a complaint with the City of Winnipeg police.

Fleury had this to say, "I have been reflecting on this a long time," said Fleury. "I wanted to make the biggest impact on preventing this kind of thing from happening in the future."

So now that Fleury has brought all this back up again, James' pardon comes to light and no one should be happy about this.

So what does all this mean?

A pardon does not erase a person's criminal record, but it means the information is kept in a separate file and doesn't show up on checks of the Canadian Police Information Centre.


In the case of someone convicted of serious sex offences, the criminal record is kept apart from others, but the name is flagged in the CPIC system.

According to the parole board, that means details of the person's conviction would be discovered by a security check that takes place if they apply to work with children, the disabled or other vulnerable people. If you ask me, Graham James should be on this list. Don't you?

Recently, he has been reported as living in the Montreal area.

Stay tuned for more developments.

-Smokin' Ray-