Jeff Skinner denies slew-footing Patrice Bergeron and goes into an explanation where he talks about opening up his hips. He sounds like a slew-footing insider to me.Andrew Bodnarchuk is doing well in the Kings organization after leaving his tour of duty with the Black and Gold.Craig Custance says that defense has been the focus for Guy Boucher and the Tampa Bay Lightning and its making all the difference for them this season.Nazem Kadri is making his presence felt in Toronto and really fitting in well with the Maple Leafs way of doing things. Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing, though.NHL expansion will mean more young players breaking into the league, and more complaints that the talent has been watered down.When Buffalo comes to town you naturally turn to the Days of YOrr boys for their thoughts on the matter.For something completely different: Charlie Pierce goes off on religion. Ill read anything that Pierce deems worthy of writing about.