Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun with his weekly column touching on all things sports, but of course we care only about hockey...

- Thought to consider: Both the coach and general manager who carefully appointed Dion Phaneuf captain of the Leafs have been fired by the team.

- Another reason why I have next to great difficulty for the CORSI analytic statistic in hockey. I saw a team adjusted CORSI ranking for this past season. Tyler Seguin of the Bruins was rated fifth best in the NHL. The same Seguin whom Bruins coach Claude Julien kept on the third line, moving rookie Carl Soderberg from press box to first-line centre when Patrice Bergeron got hurt. I’ll take Julien’s instincts over strange numbers anytime.

read on for a few more hockey related notes...