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Remember tonight is the gold medal game between Canada and the United States (featuring Panthers forward prospect A.J. Jenks) to wrap the World Junior Championships; here's a nice rundown to get you up to speed. The bronze medal will be awarded shortly before to either Sweden (look for standout goaltender Jacob Markstrom) or Switzerland.

However...the Panthers are in Toronto this evening, and a good thing: the sooner their last meeting is buried the better. A brutal affair on the ice (worse for currently-injured rookie defenseman Dmitry Kulikov, whose first two-goal game was utterly wasted) though the stands were eerily quiet for a Leafs game in SoFla. Toronto sniper Phil Kessel worried over his one goal in the past eight games? Not a chance.

A minus-3 and one assist over his last four games suggests Cats center Stephen Weiss is running under the radar. Lacking Radek Dvorak's three goal effort against Pittsburgh on Sunday, we might be hearing more rumblings from the first line.

Whatever. As long as someone is scoring...

UPDATE: Steve MacIntye has been recalled by Florida.  

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Weiss and Horton will heat up again, tonight might be a great time to kick start another scoring streak against the 14th place Leafs. We are only 4 points out of a playoff spot right now so if Vokoun can continue his robotic dominance in net the offense will likely respond and boom! Playoffs.

Dvorak’s hattie was awesome and secondary scoring will give the kitties an extra set of claws with which to rend the hopes and reams of our woeful opponents!

by JMarushin on Jan 5, 2010 10:26 AM EST reply actions  

Agreed, as long as the secondary scoring doesn’t morph into primary (read: only) scoring.

by Donny Rivette on Jan 5, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions  

What kind of ceiling would you project on Weiss’s career right now? He’s a smidgen under a point-per right now, higher than he’s ever been. Is this it? Considering how long he’s taken to develop, I think it is, but he may hold the ceiling for a long time (think Guerin, Arnott).

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by Bettman's Nightmare on Jan 5, 2010 1:55 PM EST reply actions  

I don’t believe it’s unreasonable to expect these numbers out of him (they’ve been predicted since he was 17), and yes it’s taken a long time to get here. He’s finally – for the first time – skating regularly with guys who can keep up with his style (not that it is based upon speed, simply whatever intangibles he plays with) and this helped dramatically.

He’s not going to play alongside Frolik and Horton forever, obviously, and therein is the challenge: not only remaining high caliber, but elevating the games of those around him. That’s the Yzerman comparison we’ve heard for some time time.

by Donny Rivette on Jan 5, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions  

And a big cheer that David Booth is heading to Minnesota to work with his skating coach up there. Its a big step on the way to him coming back – may not be this season but its a good step.

by coasterg on Jan 5, 2010 3:09 PM EST reply actions  

Certainly can’t hurt, as he’s evidently guaranteed a lot more ice time with his trainer in Michigan than travelling with da boyz.

by Donny Rivette on Jan 5, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Finally get to see the jekyll and hyde (mostly hyde) cats in person this season! Too bad they’re 17-25, I’d love another Mccabe OT winner, it was glorious to see that little piece of history last year.

by pukeoncops on Jan 5, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions  

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