Hello! Bunny LaBounce here, scooping on the latest in the hockey, hooky and hickey world.  

Speaking of hooky, big news! Sidney Crosby who has been playing hooky since January 5th, showed up to his practice the other day with the rest of his penguin buddies. Sid the Kid's date of return is still unknown and his nurse will be confirming when she thinks he is ready (no, he's not ready yet *wink). I can't wait 'till this young gun can fire back because he's one of the best in the league and there are still blank pages needing to be filled in the history books.

Speaking of hot Canadiens… wait, not Montreal with 3 losses in a row and no goals. Thanks a million Chara, I blame you for everything. At any rate, this leads me into today's topic. Canada vs the World.

I've been having a lot of debates with my fellow Puck Bunnies about where the hottest hockey players are from.

Here is my Top 10 list.

Canada:                           World:
Sidney Crosby                 Mattias Ohlund - Sweden
Mike Fisher                      Ryan Kesler - USA
Eric Staal                         Henrik Lundqvist - Sweden
Kevin Bieksa                    Teemu Selanne - Finland
Sean Avery                      Markus Naslund - Sweden
Antoine Vermette              Ales Hemsky – Czech Republic
Jose Theodore                 Chris Chelios - USA
Patrick Sharp                    Dominick Hassek – Czech Republic
Carrie Price                      Evgeni Malkin - Russia
Jason Spezza                   Alexander Ovechkin - Russia
 
Now I was a bit forgiving on with the "World”, making it less about looks and more about the sexiness of their play. but Sweden, I'll come visit you if Lundqvist and Naslund are around. Overall though, I have to say Oh Canada! you have the hottest guys in the NHL, and if any of YOU guys and girls out there disagree and can find hotter NHLers, please lemme know… this Bunny always likes to have a few more names to focus her binoculars on…

Thank goodness that all of teams in the league are all held together by Canadian studs since it seems that only 2 of our national clubs will make the playoffs this year (the Canucks and the Habs). Calgary and Toronto don't seem like they can pull it out of their jockstraps this year, the Flames don't show up until the 3rd period (and so what if they beat the Oilers on Saturday? It's not like they're going to represent Alberta in the post-season). And the Leafs, well I guess this makes 6 years in a row that you'll miss the playoffs. Why can't you win Leafs? Why?

Edmonton and Ottawa… bottom of the league, you guys need a spanking. I know Oilers, you have a young team and you're rebuilding, but you've been rebuilding since the 90's with little success. I expect big things in a couple years, Taylor Hall and  Jordan Eberle, here's looking at you kids. Two years is all I am giving you guys, and if you still suck I'm firing your bosses, I have this power as a Puck Bunny *Wink. Senators, same excuse eh? rebuilding. So you trade Fisher and Ruutu in hopes of a fresh stock. Ok, well hopefully this works out for you so the City of Ottawa can start playing Carrie Underwood songs on the radio again.

Dear, Vancouver Canucks.

We all believe you can win the cup, so don't screw it up! Oh, and don't go to the Roxy nightclub, leave that as a booby trap for the other teams. Don't be distracted by beaches, patios or the tight tank tops(sorry about that one). Make sure the Sedin twins are well fed, happy and are protected from any cracks in the side walk. Luongo, I hope you are getting daily messages (if not, give me a call), and for the rest of the team, meditate, sleep well, practice hard and again STAY AWAY from the Roxy!