Today, hockey fen in Canada - particularly in Winnipeg - got some long-awaited good news. A perceived injustice lasting fifteen years has now been put to rights, or so they hope and celebrate.

Today, hockey fen in the States - particularly in Atlanta - got some long-feared bad news. And in their case, it's not the first time such news got delivered to their doorstep.

Let's show a bit of respect for the people who had to pay for our dreams coming true with the loss of some of theirs. They've put a lot into building first the Flames and then the Thrashers, after all.