Thursday morning thinker....

Just a little something to get your brain going this morning. Enjoy!
(This is copied from yahoo.ca)

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When he won the FedEx Cup on Sunday, Tiger did more than just pad his bank account with another eight figures. He won the largest-ever single championship payout of anybody in sports. The winners of the Super Bowl get around $70,000 apiece, while the winners of the World Series get about $350,000, not including whatever incentives they might have in their contracts.

Tiger passed those guys on the first hole. So in the interest of starting a conversation that'll make you throw up if you take it too seriously, let's think about what Tiger could spend that $10 million on. (Real-world caveats: the money comes in the form of an annuity, not a big fat check, and yes, there are multiple charitable contributions, educational efforts and so forth that deserve this money more than anything below, okay?)

With a fat $10 million in hand, Tiger Woods could now purchase:

• Ten minutes of a private concert by the Eagles, or an entire set by the Rolling Stones with $3 million to spare.

• About forty games' worth of baseball from the entire Florida Marlins.

• Six-plus years' worth of service from Mike Vick.

• One minute, forty seconds of Super Bowl commercial time.

• Seven and a half minutes worth of giant robots smashing stuff in Transformers 2.

• About 40,000 sets of weekend-duffer-level clubs.

• Two million small buckets of driving-range balls. Doing nothing but driving for eight hours a day, it'd take you more than 228 years to get through all those.

All right, your turn. Bust out the calculator and see what you can come up with. Best answer gets a ten-percent share of Mr. Woods' winnings. (Pending Tiger's approval, of course.) Now get to it!

Canucks 6 Wolves 1

SLAVE LAKE, AB -- With just 10 skaters on the bench the Dawson Creek Jr Canucks put in a solid performance on Saturday night en route to a 6-1 romp over the Slave Lake Wolves.

Slave Lake had the lead briefly in the opening period but it was Charles Radke who answered back just 46 seconds later with a blast from the high slot. It marked the start for a big night for the Canuck sniper who was sporting a full facemask after taking a high stick in the mouth the night before which resulted in two stitches. The Canucks never looked back after that and scored five straight en route to a 6-1 win.

Following his first of the night, Radke proceeded to score the next two of the game to complete the natural hat trick. The Canucks' leading scorer wasn't finished and added his fourth goal and a helper before the game was through. Colter McLean and Carl Dahlen each added singles and picked up three assists a piece.

Cody Garnett was in goal for the Canucks and stopped 18 of 19 shots. Dawson Creek went 3 for 6 with the extra man while the penalty kill was perfect on the night.

Brass Scissors three stars: 1) Radke 2) Dahlen 3) McLean. Hardest working Canuck: Lorne Weaver.

"We're happy with the weekend," exclaimed Canucks' coach Duncan Redfearn. "(We were) short players for both games actually and we managed to pull two points out of the four so we're happy with that. (We're) a little rough and a little tired but in the end two points is nice."

The Canucks will see the Wolves twice more before the season is finished.