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Check out Fred (Fiddler) MacDonald and sports editor Jason Malloy in their weekly video at to the final four, possibly Toronto, New Jersey or Wash ington and Pittsburgh.

The Penguins have the talent but I wonder if their veterans are hungry enough. Winning back-to-back-to-back titles in this salary cap era is a difficult task and like the Chicago Blackhawks may realize teams can’t turn it on and off at will.

The Leafs need a solid defenceman but they have the goaltending, the talent and the youth to make a serious run. As for the Montreal Canadiens, they are a sad-sack club going nowhere but near the basement and about to make wholesale changes.

Harness racing

Live harness racing continues today at 12:30 p.m. at the

city track with a 13-dash card.

The $2,400 feature goes in Race 9 where young and highly regarded Ryan Desroche handles Rose Run Quest from the outside 5 post in a field that includes Drivingthedragon N, Woggy Rocks, Smiley Bayama and Czar Seelster. Desroche also handles Woodmere Arcticblue and Eagle Jolt for trainer Marc Campbell, who is taking part in the North America Driving Challenge Jan. 7-9 at Miami Valley of Ohio against Ontario drivers James MacDonald, Trevor Henry, Doug MacNair, Billy Davis and a host of USA-based drivers.

At Pompano Park, Florida, Wally Hennessey won the $11,000 New Year’s Eve Open aboard Drachan Hanover in 1:52, winning over another Islander, John MacDonald, who was driving Sing For Me George.