The Two-Line Pass

From the DC Sports Bog, which you should really be reading every second of the day anyway:

Nicklas Backstrom painted this for charity. Apparently it’s John Holmqvist. I only see Jason Voorhees and his love of the number one.

I wonder if he farmed the work out to Chris Bourque (get it because he basically flunked out of BU?).

Here is a live blog of the Bruins-Capitals preseason game in Boston at 4 p.m.

Want lines? Here are Washington’s, Boston’s are here.

All updates are below the jump.

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Give me your money, sports fans

Beijing is home to many things this summer: Communism, really bad air pollution, the Olympics, and now, Michael Nylander’s cash cow.

Nylander, it turns out, is part owner of a Swedish restaurant in downtown Beijing with ping pong legend (yes, you read that correctly) Jan-Ove Waldner and pianist Robert Wells. The Beijing Sports Smog/DC Sports Bog’s Dan Steinberg did some investigating while in country for the games:

On the menu are meatballs, pancakes and “Swedish entertainers who perform on demand.” Those menus, by the way, are shaped like ping-pong paddles.

Also, the staff has never heard of Michael Nylander, or spoken very much English. But with close to 600,000 people estimated to flood into Beijing this month, Nylander could be getting a lot of money out of this.

If you’re reading this through a firewall in Beijing, swing by the W and float Nylander some cash. He needs the money to rehab his shoulder.

Trade those in if you're strapped for cash! (Not pictured: 11-year-old horse, 17-year-old mediocre tennis player)

Sergei Fedorov owes a bank in Michigan over $2 million dollars, and now said bank is suing him.

The lawsuit claims that Fedorov received loans of $1.75 million and $500,000 in 2004 and 2005, and his since stopped paying them off. With banks defaulting everywhere, the last thing this country needs is a bunch of Ruskies coming over and not paying off huge loans.

Norton said Fedorov offered a Miami condominium as collateral on the larger loan. An 11-year-old horse and an insurance policy are collateral on the smaller loan, according to the lawsuit.

It’s funny. Prior to the lockout, Fedorov had made over $44.4 million playing hockey, never mind appearance fees and endorsements which must have been huge at the height of his popularity. Since the lockout, Fedorov has gotten paid close to $6.1 million a year, and just signed with Washington for another $4 million.

Why does a guy who’s made over $60 million in his career need loans at all, never mind to not pay them off? I guess dating an underaged Anna Kournikova takes a huge financial toll.

I’m sure Fedorov would tell you it’s worth it.