Monday's musings

Tom Gaglardi, the majority partner in River City Hockey Inc., the five-man group that is in the process of purchasing the Kamloops Blazers, was back in a Vancouver courtroom today. Final arguments began in the lawsuit he and partner Ryan Beedie have brought against Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini and former owner John McCaw. Gaglardi and Beedie are asking the court to overturn the sale of the team and GM Place by McCaw and Aquilini and award the franchise and the arena to them. In short, Gaglardi and Beedie claim they were partners with Aquilini and were working on a deal to purchase the team and the rink when Aquilini went off on his own and pulled the trigger on the deal. . . .

Red Deer Rebels owner Brent Sutter seems to be settling in in New Jersey where he now is head coach of the NHL's Devils. Here’s Peter King in his Monday Morning Quarterback piece at SI.com: “Welcome to the neighborhood, Brent Sutter. (That's the rookie New Jersey Devils coach for those of you who don't know the pucks so well.) Nice to see you've moved right up the street.” . . . Monday Morning Quarterback? That's one of my first stops every Monday morning. . . .

C Ryan White has rejoined the Calgary Hitmen after a stint in camp with the the Montreal Canadiens. White, going into his fourth season in Calgary, was a third-round selection by Montreal in the 2006 NHL draft. He had 89 points in 72 games with the Hitmen last season. . . . If he arrives in Calgary in time, he will play tonight against the Kootenay Ice. He definitely will play in his hometown of Brandon on Friday when Calgary visits the Wheat Kings. . . .

Former Medicine Hat D Kieran Block, who suffered serious leg injuries in a cliff-jumping accident in Jasper National Park over the summer, was at the Tigers’ home-opener Saturday as a guest of GM/head coach Willie Desjardins. “It was just a really nice gesture,” Block told the Medicine Hat News. “It makes me feel like this will always be my home away from home.” . . . Block, 23, who just last week was able to ditch his wheelchair, has walking casts on both feet as he recovers from two broken heels. He plans to return to class at the U of Alberta in January, but his playing career is on hold indefinitely. . . .

Medicine Hat got F Daine Todd, 20, back after he was cut by the AHL’s Norfolk Admirals over the weekend. He joins LW Kevin Undershute and RW Jerrid Sauer as the Tigers’ three 20-year-old players. . . .

What did former Kootenay Ice sniper Mike Comrie buy his gal pal, Hilary Duff, for her 20th birthday? Turns out it was a Mercedes Benz G-class SUV, which goes for more than 100 grand. . . .

Former WHL enforcer Derek Boogaard, who now rides shotgun for the Minnesota Wild, took a puck in the forehead during a weekend practice. He ended up with 20 stitches but, other than that, escaped injury. Later, Boogaard told Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "When they were doing the stitches, the doc says, 'I recommend a visor.' I said, 'No, I don't think so.’ "