I'm in Winnipeg update

Once again I have nothing intelligent to say about the series that has most recently come to an end, although I did catch the final two minutes of Detroit/San Jose Game 6. From what I gather listening to an obscene amount of all-sports radio the Sharks choked and Doug Wilson did a terrible job managing his team. From what my brother heard, Nabokov sucked.

"Because he came out, and oh my God it was horrible," Mike James explained to me, just now as I was writing this.

I think he was talking about that bad goal on the weekend. I vaguely remember seeing it while I was scrubbing my baseboards...

The reason Mike was able to explain all this to me is because I'm in Winnipeg right now, making my way out east to Ottawa.

The pool update is below, but for the heck of it here are some completely irrelevant travel notes:

• It took me 12 hours, 10 minutes door-to-door from Calgary to Winnipeg . I used a two-stop pit strategy, but I probably could have broken the 12-hour mark had I left Cow Town on a full tank and only stopped once.
• For the third time in as many years I was able to observe the construction work in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba. They are twinning the Trans-Canada and from my untrained eye they don't appear to be accomplishing much. It's still a few years away methinks.
• XM radio was my best friend for the long drive (and will be again when I hit the road Friday for Day 2 of the road trip). For the record, the channels I listen to the most were: 6 (60s music), 7 (70s music), 9 (90s music, it isn't a road trip without some Spice Girls, right?), 131 (BBC, some great documentaries), 142 (Fox Sports radio, this is where I spent the bulk of my time, except when they took three hours to discuss Barry Bonds), 153 (comedy), 167 (Air America, for the lefty version of American talk radio), 168 (Fox News talk, for the neo-Con version of American talk radio).
• Someone should tell Regina to build some sort of by-pass around Victoria Street. I hit three straight red lights. Very frustrating (and yes, I'm being very petty).
• I took way too much pleasure from seeing tumbleweed blow across the highway
• Some one should tell Manitoba to up their speed limit to 110 km/h.
• A big thanks to the family in Calgary for the wonderful pre-trip dinner and to my grandma for the excellent lunch she packed for the road. I even made it home in time for my mother's birthday dinner.
• Overall I quite enjoyed the trip. Unlike this guy.

Enough of that. Here are the scores.

1) Kim Landon 48 Finally taken over the lead
2) Ryan Plesko 44 Your fall from glory has begun
2) Neil McKinnon 44 Same goes for you
2) Colleen Racine 44 Sens are your ticket
2) Arthur Casement 44 Working yourself back into contention
6) Colleen Turnbull 42 More proof the Colleens are dominating the pool
6) Mike McGuire 42 A Canucks pick away from being perfect
8) Terry James 41 I bet you'll be gloating about this after work tonight
9) Chris Chapman 39 I remember when you were in first, it wasn't that long ago
9) Mary James 39 Another family member in the top-10
9) Mike Macaraeg 39 I'm sitting with one of your potential students right now
12) Julianna Nowaczek 38 If you go 3-for-3 the rest of the way, you'll finish top 10
12) Janet Chapman 38 Tell Chris to watch out below
14) Jordan Stein 37 Still perfect, in the Western Conference that is
15) Ali Hewitt 36 Still waiting to hear who that new job is going...
16) Debb Coghlin 35 You are now FROZEN
16) James Peters 35 Sorry to steal your 'FROZEN' line
18) Sean Hutchinson 34 The Sharks loss killed your hopes
19) Natalie James 32 You peaked WAY too early this year
20) Rob Shaw 31 You are 19 spots lower than last year
20) Lloyd Mack 31 Are we on for Friday?
22) Jason Anthony 29 Still a lot of room to grow
22) Jack James 29 Thanks for all your hospitality the past year!
22) Marlow Weldon 29 You are now FROZEN
22) Mary Kay Hosfield 29 So is it Mary Kay or Mary Kathryn?
26) Peter Field 28 Wow, talk about pulling yourself out of the basement
27) Jenn Hosfield 27 You are now FROZEN (but I think you saw this coming)
27) Jason Trout 27 On the other hand, you still have all your remaining teams alive
27) James Gordon 27 That Minnesota pick still hurts your standings
27) Brenden Hope 27 I hear you go by 'Hoper' or is it 'Hopper?'
31) Mike James 26 Thanks for the help with this update!
31) Jeff Sandelli 26 I'll be calling you later
33) Peter James 22 The shame is unbearable