Stefan Legein on HNIC Radio

About a five minute interview on Hockey Night in Canada Radio (Sirius Satellite Radio) with Stefan Legein (interviewed by Jeff Marek & Cassie Campbell).  Some notes of what I remember.

• He sounded great, happy, doing well, glad for the decision.
• He quelshed the rumor that he worked for Boston Pizza.  He simply ate there.
• He said he started training again about a month ago with the St. Catharines Falcons. The itinerary I read online is the timeline he gave.
• He doesn't regret his decision, though he also doesn't regret all the things he did before he got burned out.  He said he needed the time to decide what he really wanted.
• He advised all the young players out there to find time for themselves; not necessarily take time off like he did, but still, take time off in the offseason.
• He said he would have never walked away during the season.  He would have stick it out.  He also said Howson was understanding.  He hopes the Jackets players will give him a chance.  He also said the Steve Mason was doing an awesome job.

That's all I can remember.

Quick Notes

• Mike Commodore will be on Hockey Night in Canada Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio 122 (sometime between 4pm-7pm ET) tomorrow (wednesday)
• Raffi Torres out at least 6 weeks with a dislocated shoulder (ouch).
• Khabibulin cleared waivers (and I was not the only one wondering why LA didn't pick him up; Jeff Marek on Hockey Night in Canada Radio also was surprise).
  

Updates

• Hockey Night in Canada Radio was not on last night, so I think it is safe to assume that will start airing again September 29.
• It appears I will not be able to see Nikita Filatov play on Tuesday in Chicago. Seems that they are keeping him off the ice till late next week in order to mend his (hairline) broken fibula. I hope to see Voracek play though.
• The Blue Jackets prospects beat the Tampa Bay prospects last night to take 7th place in the Prospects Tourney.
• Blue Jackets: Question about playoffs nets cautious optimism (Columbus Dispatch)
• For those in the Columbus area: Free food on Friday, 12-2pm at the Nationwide Arena Plaza. You can also see Fedor Tyutin, Kristian Huselius, Nikita Filatov and Jakub Voracek.
• Blue Jackets 2008 training camp preview (Hockey's Future Website)
• Voracek yanked from prospects tourney (Halifax's Metro News - The Q blog). I'm not a communications/journalism degree-holder, but isn't this title a little too rough?
• In unrelated news, I am fighting for first place in 2 out of my 3 fantasy baseball leagues, which is amazing because I never made it any better than 3rd place, even in hockey. And baseball I know little about.

Quick updates

• For those with Sirius Satellite Radio, Hockey Night in Canada Radio with Jeff Marek should be back on (Sept. 15 according to the Sirius.ca website). I haven't confirmed this yet because I take public transport to work rather than drive. But it should be on M-F, 4-8pm (2 hours, repeated twice), on Sirius channel 122.
• (see above): Looking at the cbc.ca website, Hockey Night in Canada Radio will start airing September 29, M-F, 4-7 pm (I think I heard they are doing 3 hours straight now) on Sirius channels 122 & 97. I will try to see if it's on tonight and confirm which may be true here.
• With the merger of Sirius & XM satellite radio, there should be more choices coming in the "early fall". This may or may not mean that with Sirius XM, those who were previously with Sirius may have access to the NHL games when it comes to a la carte programming. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but if this is indeed the case (o please please please!!), I will let y'all know.
• Six days to the first preseason game of the Blue Jackets in Chicago (I got my ticket! Three rows from the ice on the Columbus shoot-twice side! I will bring a camera and take beaucoup pictures).
• A bit of old news, but Robert Lang (C-Chicago) was dealt to Montreal for a draft pick in 2010. My first reaction was "That's a bummer," but then I realized he wasn't that great of a player last season. It was commented Langer was one of the players that caused the normally cool & calm Denis Savard to give his "Commit to the Indian" speech last season (Right after the lost to the Blue Jackets *big smile* in January).