'THE BEST TYPE OF HOCKEY'

George Costanza once said that the 'airport pickup' is a "binding social contract."
So, late last night - with the mercury dropping, and a fresh coating of snow blanketing the city skyline - Milan Lucic made the trek and lived up to the code.
What are friends for?!
"It was nice," Tyler Toffoli laughed of his longtime chum-turned-flannel-clad chauffer. "Obviously, I figured he'd want to pick me up and he had some dinner ready for me when I got back to the house.
"Then, went right to bed."

Understandable.
It's been a wild 24 hours for the newest Flames forward, who was acquired from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Tyler Pitlick, prospect Emil Heineman and a pair of draft picks Monday.
He caught the last flight west and landed in Calgary at 11 p.m. last night, before getting to the Scotiabank Saddledome bright and early meet everyone and get fitted for his gear.
Tonight, he'll play his first game in his new colours, patrolling the right side on a line with Dillon Dube and his former OHL teammate, Sean Monahan.
And he can already sense the buzz in his new hockey home.
"There were a couple fans there (at the airport), which was nice," Toffoli said. "A couple people on the plane recognized me when I was getting off - and obviously when Looch was getting out of the car, they saw him and were all excited about that, too.
"I know a lot of the guys here and coming into the room, it didn't feel like a new team that much. But at the same time, I was definitely nervous to come in the locker-room and get on the ice."

Head Coach Darryl Sutter - who had Toffoli with the Stanley Cup-winning Kings in 2014, and beyond - said he'll have to manage the winger's ice time tonight. He is, after all, coming off a stretch of three games in five nights, and will play another back-to-back set, beginning tonight against the Blue Jackets.
As it stands, he won't get his first, full practice with the team until Thursday.
So, in the meantime, communication is key. In the 12 minutes Toffoli, Dube and Monahan spent on the ice together at the morning skate, there was plenty of chatter as they look to develop some early chemistry.
"At the end of the day, with me coming in, it's about going out there and playing, and talking as much as possible on the ice to make things easier," Toffoli said. "We'll see how everything goes and hopefully we can be successful and keep this thing rolling here.
"I think (Monahan) was 15 years old when I was playing with him (in the OHL). He's a little bit better than he was then, but he's a great player, he's been a really good player in the league for a long time. Coming here, he's definitely a guy that you want to be playing with and I'm excited for the opportunity."
The feeling, certainly, is mutual.
Toffoli had 28 goals last year and was on pace for 44, if not for the abbreviated schedule. He's a four-time 20-goal man with a career high of 31, and - at 29, and signed for another two seasons - is one of the NHL's best at generating chances for himself.
He brings an element that immediately transforms the look of the Flames' forward corps, and promises to be a terror for opposition netminders in the weeks and months to come.
The Flames have a chance tonight to win their seventh straight - a season long - and Toffoli can't wait to be part of it.
"Coming here, I'm obviously really excited and knowing the way that they've been playing, I want to fit in and make it as seamless as possible," he said.
"I'm really excited to be in the lineup and to be playing meaningful hockey again.
"That's the best kind of hockey to be playing."