"There are those who would suggest that Michael Peca should make sure his own backyard is tidy before he starts dumping dirt in others.

While the dust had pretty much settled Thursday, there were still a few Calgary Flames willing to discuss TSN hockey commentator Peca's public diss of defenceman Jay Bouwmeester in which he basically said the big defenceman was fun to play against because he was soft.

"He's just a casual player with tremendous speed," said the former NHLer turned broadcaster. "I enjoyed playing against him. He turned pucks over, he made the game easy to play. He wasn't a tough guy to play against, he didn't play tough. He was one of those guys you look forward to playing against."

Well, those comments not only got Flames president and CEO Ken King's dander up for a blistering rebuttal Wednesday but also had a few of JayBo's teammates scratching their heads in wonderment. While they agreed everyone is entitled to an opinion, they weren't sure where Peca was coming from given some of his past history.

Particularly when he suggested that defenceman Wade Redden should have taken a million-dollar deal to stay in the league rather than hold onto a fat salary in the AHL.

"Didn't like it," said veteran defenceman Cory Sarich. "It's all right to have your opinion, but I thought it was a little uncalled for. I didn't like the comments toward Jay and the part I really didn't like was when he was talking about Wade Redden and how he should take a little less to come back.

"I seem to recall Mike Peca sitting out a whole year because of contract negotiations, so that was a little bit tough to listen to."

Craig Conroy, who's never at a loss for words on any subject and who one day will be a superior TV hockey commentator should he choose that route, also has a long memory.

While he also raised Peca's holdout season, he wondered if he wasn't just trying to make a name for himself by being a little controversial."