The Morning Skate for Wednesday, July 4th

Bullet points for what you missed while having nightmares of the U.S.A. taking over our game (though I would sure love if they took over our Sportscentre)...

• The Habs finally make a big signing, and it's Tom Kostopolous! All our problems are solved;
• Flames get Iginla and Regehr to sign long extensions;
• The Gazette's Pat Hickey recaps Gainey's press conference from yesterday. Bob's basically done spending. Bring on 10th place.

Well with the Habs' UFA season essentially over, FHF can now turn to important questions, like will Kobayashi's jaw injury be a factor in today's hot dog eating contest. Happy 4th of July to all the U.S. hockey fans out there. May all your game feeds be from the CBC, unless it's Cole-Neale announcing.

All Hail Our American Overlords

The first two picks are American. The Habs have two picks, both American. A record-tying 10 Americans in the first round. Thank God we still rule curling.

We'll see how the rest of the draft plays out. I'm off to the land of 56k modems for a couple of days so we'll see if any of the other FHF checks in. If not, I'll be back with a recap of the always-exciting 7th round later on in the weekend. Bonne fête nationale everyone. HF29 out.