A Low Down, Dirty Shame

Need any more proof that preseason games shouldn't be dress rehearsals for the regular season?

Here you go:

Goodbye, Columbus

There's too much at stake anymore to have players going full-tilt at ANY time before the first game. I don't recall Tie Domi, Rob Ray, Dave Manson, Bryan Marchment, or Darius Kasparaitis being suspended for hits before the drop of the puck in October. This guy's a known thug, but now he's gotta be put in that category of "dangerous to the opposition, more dangerous to his own team."