THE MOST AMUSING, WITTY STUFF THAT DIDN'T MAKE BROADCAST DURING MY 8 GAME ODYSSEY BUT THAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD SHARE – IN REVERSE ORDER, TODAY.

Detroit – Wings Dman Brett Lebda says his dream foursome would include Tiger Woods, Robin Williams, and Megan Fox…Yes, Brett is single.

Atlanta – Sitting next to CNN, and considering the Stars morning “Come to God” meeting, the dressing room will be referred to as the “Situation Room” tonight. (And I will be called Wolf…Ralph wants to be Joy Behar I think…wait, nope, he says he’ll be Anderson Cooper.

Carolina – Canes PR has dusted off the “Holiday Classic” signs for the television booths which is fitting because the Stars used this trip to NC as a holiday, and this game was a classic example of not respecting your opponent.

Montreal – Four players on the two rosters under the height of 5-9 list “Santa’s Workshop” as their amateur club (Cammalleri 5-9, Derek Roy 5-9, Gionta 5-7, Gerbe 5-6)

LA – Jonathan Quick has my all-time favorite goalie surname. Amongst my least favorites: Trevor Sluggish, Derek Sloth, Larry Leisurely, Sammi Slow, Bart Lethargy, and Mark Dawdling.

San Jose – I was supposed to wear a green and black striped tie with kangaroos on it. Really. It was given to me by a couple of enormous Stars fans from Down Under during their yearly pilgrimage to Dallas. I was to wear it and wish a happy birthday to them. SJ Sharkie ate the Roo tie. Sorry, and G’day mate.

Colorado – Returning to the Mile High city from a successful little road trip (3-1-1) I was to suggest the Avs chug some Viagra. It reportedly improves altitude exercise performance up to 45% for some and might help protect against that “first game back from the road dud of a game” (Unfortunately they were never able to heed my advice and ultimately lacked any potency in a 1-0 shutout loss)

Anaheim – Brenden Witt of the NY Islanders was hit by a car on his way to morning skate in Philadelphia. He rolled off of the impact, picked himself up, dusted himself off and carried on. Onlookers said it was like a Clint Eastwood movie come to life. In a related story, Leafs netminder, Vesa Toskala walked off a curb into traffic in downtown Toronto today. He was uninjured; a Mini Cooper and a Cadillac Escalade went right between his legs.