Giroux suspension reaction

Patrick Kane makes Deadspin again for being a rich, young athlete that's now in his offseason and allegedly partying with the locals in Wisconsin. Ah, but here's the most interesting part,via 'joeythejuniorreporter' on Tumblr — is it possible Kane is wearing a T-shirt that honors his Vancouver limo adventure while he's partying on Cinco de Mayo? Because if so, then the competition is over, and Patrick Kane is our favorite hockey player of all time ever.

Speaking of partying, Brian Burke defends Ryan Getzlaf after he was accused of getting rowdy at 3 a.m. at a Helsinki bar: "Getzy was not intoxicated and was not with a woman. We had a brief and pleasant conversation and then I headed to the airport. I don't know what happened early that night. I know what happened at 4:30 a.m. or so." Also, we're in need of a No. 1 center …

Travis Hair on a very big day for the Phoenix Coyotes: "There is also talk of the Goldwater Institute having something to say, but if the deal is simply the City paying the management fee there isn't much for them to argue about. The only reason they got involved in the previous deal with Matthew Hulsizer was that they felt the city backing the bonds to pay for the purchase was a violation of the gift clause along the structure of the parking fees and how that money was distributed. In this deal it appears that there is only the management fee which should be easy to document how other cities pay for those services on their own buildings." 

Alex Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn are back for the Nashville Predators in Game 5. Now, if they have a monster offensive game, who gets to have the "told ya so" — the players benched or the coach that benched them? 

Low ratings for the Kings' clincher, via Lepore: "The Kings' 3-1 victory over the Blues drew a 1.0 overnight rating on Sunday afternoon. While there was no comparable post-season game over the past few years, the number is still the lowest for a Stanley Cup Playoff game on NBC since the opening round in 2009 (WSH/NYR Game 6, 4/26/09). It is tied for the second-lowest playoff overnight ever on NBC. The Blues and Kings had a combined one appearance on NBC since 2007 before yesterday."