I realize the Stanley Cup finals are on, but hockey goes on for clubs that aren't playing for the Cup.
Like Boston. Did anyone else know they don't have access to their new GM until July? New GM Peter Chiarelli will continue working for the Senators until then. Plus, the Bruins are giving up a a second- or third-round draft choice in the next four years for Chiarelli. The Boston Herald had details on exactly what the Bruins GM can and can't do:

The only visible involvement Chiarelli can have with the Bruins is the decision on whether head coach Mike Sullivan and his assistants stay or go, and also on the list of unrestricted free agents the B’s attempt to sign.

And that’s it. He can’t make decisions on buyouts (Alexei Zhamnov), UFA signings (Hall Gill, Brian Leetch) or trades (Andrew Raycroft).

Nor will Chiarelli have any input on what will be a very important Bruins draft with three picks in the first 50, including the crucial No. 5 choice.

I'm shocked Chiarelli even wants the job in Boston. They can't even hire a GM like a normal team. I actually have more input into their franchise than their GM does.
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Speaking of crazy franchises, there's a growing thought on Long Island that the Islanders might end up re-hiring "promoted" GM Mike Milbury. With all the good GMs hired, there might not be anyone else to hire. Although, truthfully, I'd rather have some sort of drunken monkey running my franchise, before I'd give Milbury the keys. That's just how I roll, though. To be honest, a drunken monkey is helping me write this.

Stanley Cup Finals start tonight. I've got to admit. I'm not too psyched. It's one thing to watch a goalie like Patrick Roy or Martin Brodeur in the finals. It's pure genius in action. But Dwayne Roloson? Does anyone think that at age 36 he's going to become an impact goalie beyond this playoff run? Roloson is giving good playoff. But it's pretty obvious this isn't a permanent situation. So where's the fun in watching that? Or in watching the Frankengoalie tandem of Cam Gerber, for that matter? By game two, I suspect Hurricanes Coach Peter Laviolette will alternate them over intermissions.
But I'll still watch. It's still the Stanley Cup, dude. Or The Stanley Cup, as the good people at Alloy Media will tell you.
And THE SOPRANOS are done for a while, anyway.