Amy Johnson

And...

Well, it depends on who you talk to to know how that went, I suppose you could say.

Well, the funny thing about that is, yes, there was a delay in Friday night's game because, yes, there was a hole that opened up in the ice.

Chris Johnston had a tweet today from Don Moffitt.

This is a statement from Don Moffitt, who is the ice master at the Milan Olympic Arenas.

Basically, the statement from Don Moffitt is saying, quote, after these two competition days, we're very happy and satisfied with the field of play.

He goes on to talk about how, you know, a hockey rink has got to be managed with competency and it's constantly taken care of and new ice that hasn't been skated on yet.

It's very normal that it can get cracks, that the resurfacer can cause cracks.

And okay, yes, sometimes holes can happen on the first time you skate, but this was only a two centimeter hole.

We fixed it right away.

And he ends his quote by saying, we're very satisfied because these are minor details and in line with the usual process.

And you don't want to see a situation where, God forbid, somebody gets injured because of it, and we're back to the NHL not allowing its players to participate in the Olympics in the future.

We don't want to see a return to that.

So let's hope they can get this mess figured out.

Speaking of the Olympics, according to Pierre Lebrun, there is a trade freeze coming during the Olympic break.

It goes into effect at 3 p.m.

Eastern time on February 4th.

And that stays in place through midnight, February 22nd.

So about a three week trade freeze.

And maybe the people who might be pleased to hear that it might be a little bit of a frenetic time frame between the end of the Olympics and the trade deadline will be James Duthie and the Trade Center guys.