What The Hasek? A Few Notes About The Spengler Cup

Just a quick update of what’s going on in Spengler Cup action.

• Despite getting TSN’s (more on them later) Highlight of the Night yesterday, Dominik Hasek hasn’t look like himself. Not saying every goal scored on him was his fault, but by the end of the route it looked like he was giving up.
• Today’s later, and very popular, game involving Canada and HC Davos will be over shadowed by Canada-Czech Republic in the World Juniors. Maybe it’s me, but a game with a hard-to-predict result is more interesting than one that’s 90% guaranteed to be a blowout.
• Back to TSN. I realize that the Spengler Cup is going to be treated like nothing compared to the World Juniors, but - at the very least - get a fact checker. Yes, Petr Sykora is playing in the Spengler Cup. No, it’s not the 2-time Stanley Cup winner, its the lesser-known a-few-games-with-Washington-after-the-lockout Sykora. Mind you I found the screw-up hilarious, but that’s just me.
• Yashin-led St. Petersburg won Group Torriani, getting a bye to the semi-finals. Geneve-Servette finished 2nd while Sparta Praha is last. Since Spartak Moscow finished last in Group Cattini, they will cross over and face Geneve-Servette in the Pre-Semifinals. The winner of Canada-HC Davos gets a bye while the loser will face Sparta Praha.