Quick Hits: Cal on the top line & Love on the interwebz

So, last night in the Wild game, Lemaire had Cal playing on the first line with Mikko and Gaby. Said it was to add some physicality because they were getting run a little bit, and to create some space. Okay, that's nice. Figure it's a one time thing, right?

Nope.

Apparently Jock has bought himself a parcel of land here in Clutterbuck Nation and is planning on building.

From Stanzel's blog:

On the ice, Lemaire had Cal Clutterbuck alongside Mikko Koivu and Marian Gaborik, and mentioned that Clutterbuck not only drives to the net, but he is physical enough to create space for the other two.

From Russo's blog:

[Lemaire] praised Cal Clutterbuck bigtime, saying the plan is to play him against with Mikko Koivu and Marian Gaborik because Clutterbuck will go to the net, take defenders with him to the net and open up ice for his talented linemates.

How about them apples? Dude is living the freaking dream. I love it! (Here's the video of Jock's presser... he's animated!)

Also, it turns out Belanger has the crud of some sort. And the bad news for the Aeros is that, according to Russo, Kolanos may get called up. Great for him, assuming he gets some ice time, but baaaaad for the Aeros on this grueling 3-in-3 weekend.

Lemme just say, Jock, if you're gonna call him up, USE HIM. If you're calling him up just to play Gillies instead... well, I'll be very, very upset.

So let's all take a sec to send Mr. Belanger some get well vibes.

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As mentioned in the post about Mitch Love, he's started blogging for King5, a news station in Seattle, near Everett where he wooed thousands of Everett Silvertip fans.

Because his posts are getting dumped into a general sports blog on their site, and because probably most of us aren't all that interested in the Seattle sports scene, I'm taking one for the team and subscribing to the blog and keeping a list of links to his specific posts over in the right column here.

Now, I've lived in bloggerdom long enough to know that often, these blogs start and then sort of peter out as the athlete loses interest or doesn't have time or didn't really want to do it in the first place, so I'm not expecting a lot. I'll make a post when there's a new entry, so you can go check it out.

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I promise I'll get to that Aeros game report this evening. Stay tuned.