The end is nigh!

No, I'm not talking ridiculous pre-season freakouts. I'm talking the end of pre-season! And THANK GOD FOR THAT. You're all driving me insane...

So naturally the Habs returned their remaining Junior kids, which is fine. Would have been nice to see Gallagher with the 9-game stint but things are about to get serious. No more camp mode for Martin. Also saves them a contract, which he'll probably get next summer. And I pity the team that faces him in his first game back on Saturday... (When he was cut from Team Canada he responded with a 2 goal, 3 assist night).

Bournival raced back to Shawinigan and jumped in the lineup. Naturally he opened the scoring for his team.

The Hamilton Bulldogs have opened their pre-season with a 4-1 win over the BingoSens in Victoriaville. Avtsin got two goals. Trotter got 3 assists and an elbow to the head (argh). Willsie and Lefebvre got the other two in a "come from behind" win after being down 1-0. Mayer was in nets. Try-out and killer-of-Montreal-Juniors Olivier Dame-Malka said hello with a huge hit and an assist.

Morgan Ellis has been on quite a roll since returning to Cape Breton. He was instrumental in tonight's comeback win for the Screaming Eagles.

Jarred Tinordi joins his fellow prospects on the captain list, as the London Knights just announced him to be their new captain. Bournival and Ellis are captains of their respective teams. Darren Dietz is an assistant captain of the Saskatoon Blades.

Word is out that Trevor Timmins is checking out the Hershey Bears. Or...maybe he was checking out the BabyPenguins. Either way he was in Hershey and wasn't exactly there for the chocolate. This news of course sent most Habs fans all a twitter, because you know this 1-6 preseason record hasn't done that already. (You're all loony).

TOMORROW! Bulldogs in a rematch with the BingoSens in Drummondville. Habs in a rematch with the Lightning in Quebec City. Habs fans will still be a pack of psychos.