I'd Give My Left Nut for...

We've all heard how hard the playoffs really are, and how players go to war. Injuries are just part of it. Well would you give your left nut for a Stanley Cup?

Patrick Thoresen just might. TSN has more:

Flyers left wing Patrick Thoresen was taken to the hospital for tests after getting hit in the groin by a shot during Philadelphia's 5-4 loss to Washington on Friday night.

That sounds bad right... this part sounds even worse:

Thoreson went down to block a slap shot by Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green with the Flyers clinging to a one-goal lead early in the third period. The puck struck Thoresen between the legs with such force that after the game he was taken to a Washington hospital Center.

Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Thoreson might need to have a testicle removed.

Here's a salute to Patrick Thoresen...the kids got balls. For now.

Georges Laraque Media Scrum?

Pens tough guy Laraque, never hesitates to stand up for his teammates. It's his job after all. This time he's taken it off the ice and is fighting back with the media. The Ottawa media to be exact.

Don Brennan, the Ottawa Sun writer who stirred up the Pittsburgh Penguins by suggesting someone from the Ottawa Senators should give Sidney Crosby a whack on his tender ankle, found himself face-to-face with the stern presence of Penguins enforcer Georges Laraque after Thursday's practice.

...At the same time, Brennan, whose suggestion was one of the silliest things to appear in print, wrote in Thursday's Sun that Laraque should “call me that to my face.” Give him full marks for chutzpah if nothing else.

So, with a full house of media and players looking on, Laraque spotted Brennan in the dressing room and marched over. “You wanted me to call you stupid to your face? Well, you're stupid,” he said, towering over the scribe.

Sounds like Don has a death wish. Good luck with that one. The media circus in Ottawa continues. Maybe it'll evolve into a Ray Emery/Don Brennan vs. Georges Laraque/Maggie the Monkey from TSN tag team cage match.

They've got to find something to do with all the time off the Pens will have after they sweep the Sens.

Burn.

UPDATE:

Larry Brooks from the New York Post had this to say:

There's a word for the Ottawa fan boy-writer who called on the Senators to break Sidney Crosby's ankle with an imitation of Bobby Clarke's 1972 Summit Series slash that did the same to the USSR's resplendent Valeri Kharlamov. It's the same word that applies to the editor who allowed the plea to actually appear in the newspaper.

It's spelled, M-O-R-O-N.