Alexander Radulov's absence from practice makes the jokes far too easy: The forward is on his way back to Russia. Someone just dropped him off at the airport.

Opposition MPs, and even some Conservatives, agree Canada's parliamentary committee system is broken. They just don't agree on what's gone wrong or who's to blame.

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur was making it clear he didn't think it was a good reason at all to be pulled. Asked what had gone terribly wrong for the Devils he said it certainly wasn't the goaltending.