TEAM CANADA HAS BEEN GIVEN SOME VERY BAD NEWS…
WAYNE GRETZKY WILL NOT BE THE GENERAL MANAGER IN 2010…
PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY CANADA BOB NICKOLSON MET WITH GRETZKY IN TORONTO OVER THE WEEKEND…
GRETZKY HAS DECIDED THAT HIS PRIORITY MUST BE THE PHOENIX COYOTES…
ALTHOUGH HE DID THE LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN TO ACT AS A CONSULTANT TO HELP CHOOSE THE PLAYERS AND COACHES THAT WILL FORM TEAM CANADA…
GRETZKY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS A COACH…
HOWEVER WE SHOULD NOT BE ALL THAT SURPRISED THAT GRETZKY DOES NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH ALL THE PRESSURE THAT GOES WITH RUNNING THE TEAM…
TO SAY THE LEAST…HIS EXPERIENCE IN TORINO WAS A NIGHTMARE…
IT BEGAN WITH THE GAMBLING SCANDAL INVOLVING HIS ASSISTANT COACH IN PHOENIX RICK TOCCHET AND HIS WIFE JANET…
GRETZKY WAS ALSO OPENLY CRITIZED FOR HIS LOYALTY TO PLAYERS WHO CLEARLY WERE NOT THE BEST THIS COUNTRY HAD TO OFFER…
TODD BERTUZZI MADE THE TEAM…ERIC STAAL AND SIDNEY CROSBY DID NOT…
TEAM CANADA WAS SHUTOUT 2-0 BY BOTH FINLAND AND SWITZERLAND…
FINALLY WHEN THE RUSSIANS ELIMINATED CANADA…GRETZKY TOOK ALL THE BLAME…
QUOTE…”I’LL TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT WINNING…IT’S NOBODY ELSE’S FAULT”
HE ALSO SAID AT THE TIME…”I’M GOING TO RE-ASSESS WHERE I FIT”…
18 MONTHS LATER…WE KNOW…
STARTING NEXT MONTH NICHOLSON WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF FINDING A NEW GM…
THE GOOD NEWS IS…HE’LL HAVE AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF CANDIDATES…
ON THE TOP WOULD HAVE TO BE KEN HOLLAND IN DETROIT…
AS FOR A HEAD COACH…MIKE BABCOCK WOULD HAVE TO BE THE FRONT RUNNER…
ALTHOUGH BOTH KEN HITCHCOCK AND BRENT SUTTER WILL BE CONSIDERED…
WHOEVER TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PUTTING THIS TEAM TOGETHER…
IT’S CLEAR THE PRIORITY WILL BE TO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST TEAM POSSIBLE…
FORGET ALL THE MISPLACED LOYALTIES AND POLITICS…
WHEN IT COMES TO PRESSURE…VANCOUVER IN 2010 WILL MAKE TORINO LOOK LIKE TOFINO…
ANYTHING LESS THAN GOLD…WILL BE CONSIDERED A COMPLETE FAILURE…
IF NOTHING ELSE…IT DOES HELP EXPLAIN WHY GRETZKY NO LONGER WANTS THE JOB…
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Canucks
THE LAST TIME THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS PLAYED A GAME THAT MATTERED WAS APRIL THE 5TH…
THAT’S 5 MONTHS AGO…
THE SEASON ENDED WITH A WHIMPER…NOT A BANG…7-1 TO CALGARY…
IT COST GENERAL MANAGER DAVE NONIS HIS JOB…
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER STEVE TAMBELINI IS NOW THE GENERAL MANAGER IN EDMONTON…
MARKUS NASLUND IS IN NEW YORK…
BRENDAN MORRISON IS IN ANAHEIM…
TREVOR LINDEN HAS RETIRED…AND THE ORGANIZATION SUFFERED THE LOSS OF LUC BOURDON…
NEVER IN CANUCK HISTORY HAVE HOCKEY FANS IN CITY HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SO MUCH DRAMATIC CHANGE…
SO IT SHOULD NOT COME AS ANY SURPRISE THAT THESE FANS HAVE REAL CONCERN ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD THIS SEASON…
TO MANY THE NEW CANUCKS LOOK PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE ODD CANUCKS…
NASLUND AND MORRISON HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY…PAVOL DEMITRA AND STEVE BERNIER…
80 POINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH 87 POINTS…
ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT SURROUNDED THE $20 MILLION OFFER TO MATS SUNDIN ON JULY THE 1ST…TURNED OUT TO BE AN ENDLESS SOAP OPERA THAT IS NOW USED BY DOCTORS TO HELP CURE INSOMNIA…
TOMORROW THE CANUCKS WILL OPEN THEIR PROSPECTS CAMP…
IT WILL BE THE FIRST REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FANS TO SEE THE TEAMS FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK CODY HODGSON…
AND CERTAINLY THERE WILL SOME ATTENTION SPENT ON MICHAEL GRABNER…WHO HAS SO FAR BEEN ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS FOR THE SCOUTING STAFF…
NOW COMPARE THIS TO WHAT THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS PULLED OFF YESTERDAY…
SIDNEY CROSBY AND 8 OTHER PLAYERS HAND DELIVERED SEASON TICKETS TO 35 CUSTOMERS…
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WENT TO THE STANLEY CUP FINAL…
QUITE SIMPLY THE PENGUINS ARE NOT TAKING THEIR FANS FOR GRANTED…
IT’S A MISTAKE THE CANUCKS CAN NOT AFFORD TO MAKE…
YES…THE TEAM HAS SOLD OUT 215 STRAIGHT GAMES…
AND YES…THERE ARE 8 THOUSAND NAMES ON THE WAITING LIST FOR SEASON’S TICKETS…
BUT…AS GREAT AS THE HOCKEY FANS ARE IN THIS CITY…THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT THEY’LL PUT UP WITH…
IT’S EASY TO FORGET THAT JUST 10 YEARS AGO THE CANUCKS AVERAGED A MERE 14 THOUSAND FANS A GAME…
THAT’S 5 THOUSAND EMPTY SEATS PER GAME…
WHAT THESE FANS NEED NOW IS A REASON TO BELIEVE…
THE SOONER THEY GET IT THE BETTER…
THAT’S 5 MONTHS AGO…
THE SEASON ENDED WITH A WHIMPER…NOT A BANG…7-1 TO CALGARY…
IT COST GENERAL MANAGER DAVE NONIS HIS JOB…
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER STEVE TAMBELINI IS NOW THE GENERAL MANAGER IN EDMONTON…
MARKUS NASLUND IS IN NEW YORK…
BRENDAN MORRISON IS IN ANAHEIM…
TREVOR LINDEN HAS RETIRED…AND THE ORGANIZATION SUFFERED THE LOSS OF LUC BOURDON…
NEVER IN CANUCK HISTORY HAVE HOCKEY FANS IN CITY HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SO MUCH DRAMATIC CHANGE…
SO IT SHOULD NOT COME AS ANY SURPRISE THAT THESE FANS HAVE REAL CONCERN ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD THIS SEASON…
TO MANY THE NEW CANUCKS LOOK PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE ODD CANUCKS…
NASLUND AND MORRISON HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY…PAVOL DEMITRA AND STEVE BERNIER…
80 POINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH 87 POINTS…
ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT SURROUNDED THE $20 MILLION OFFER TO MATS SUNDIN ON JULY THE 1ST…TURNED OUT TO BE AN ENDLESS SOAP OPERA THAT IS NOW USED BY DOCTORS TO HELP CURE INSOMNIA…
TOMORROW THE CANUCKS WILL OPEN THEIR PROSPECTS CAMP…
IT WILL BE THE FIRST REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FANS TO SEE THE TEAMS FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK CODY HODGSON…
AND CERTAINLY THERE WILL SOME ATTENTION SPENT ON MICHAEL GRABNER…WHO HAS SO FAR BEEN ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS FOR THE SCOUTING STAFF…
NOW COMPARE THIS TO WHAT THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS PULLED OFF YESTERDAY…
SIDNEY CROSBY AND 8 OTHER PLAYERS HAND DELIVERED SEASON TICKETS TO 35 CUSTOMERS…
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WENT TO THE STANLEY CUP FINAL…
QUITE SIMPLY THE PENGUINS ARE NOT TAKING THEIR FANS FOR GRANTED…
IT’S A MISTAKE THE CANUCKS CAN NOT AFFORD TO MAKE…
YES…THE TEAM HAS SOLD OUT 215 STRAIGHT GAMES…
AND YES…THERE ARE 8 THOUSAND NAMES ON THE WAITING LIST FOR SEASON’S TICKETS…
BUT…AS GREAT AS THE HOCKEY FANS ARE IN THIS CITY…THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT THEY’LL PUT UP WITH…
IT’S EASY TO FORGET THAT JUST 10 YEARS AGO THE CANUCKS AVERAGED A MERE 14 THOUSAND FANS A GAME…
THAT’S 5 THOUSAND EMPTY SEATS PER GAME…
WHAT THESE FANS NEED NOW IS A REASON TO BELIEVE…
THE SOONER THEY GET IT THE BETTER…
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Mats Sundin
RUMORS CAN BE A VERY UGLY THING…AND I THINK IT’S ABOUT TIME WE HAD ONE…
THE HOTTEST RUMOR SURROUNDING MATS SUNDIN GOES LIKE THIS…
THE NEW YORK RANGERS ARE SAID TO BE SHOPPING AROUND SCOTT GOMEZ IN AN EFFORT TO GET ENOUGH CAP SPACE TO SIGN SUNDIN…
ON THE TOP OF THE LIST IS SAID TO BE…THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
NOW BEFORE YOU DISMISS IT AS LITTLE MORE THAN THE RAVINGS OF SOME BLOGGER ON CRACK…
LOOK AT THE FACTS…
GOMEZ HAS A LIMITED “NO TRADE” CLAUSE…
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH IT MEANS AT THE END OF THE SEASON HE HANDS THE RANGERS A LIST OF 3 TEAMS THAT WILL NOT ACCEPT A TRADE TO…
AS FAR AS WE KNOW…THE CANUCKS ARE NOT ON THAT LIST…
FOR THE RECORD…CHRIS DRURY HAS A “NO MOVEMENT” CLAUSE IN HIS CONTRACT WHICH MEANS HE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE…
GOMEZ HAS 5 YEARS LEFT ON HIS DEAL WITH THE RANGERS AND WILL MAKE $8 MILLION THIS SEASON…
THE CANUCKS ARE ONE OF ONLY A FEW TEAMS THAT HAVE THE CAP SPACE...THE ASSETS AND THE OWNERSHIP TO MAKE THIS DEAL WORK…
THE KEY IS THE ASSETS…
HOW MUCH WOULD VANCOUVER GM MIKE GILLIS GIVE UP FOR A 29 YEAR OLD CENTER WHO SCORED JUST 16 GOALS LAST YEAR AND COLLECTED A MERE 70 POINTS…
CERTAINLY NOT A FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE…
BUT THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT GENERAL MANAGER GLEN SATHER IS LOOKING FOR…SO THERE’S THAT…
BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS SUNDIN…
SO FAR HE STILL HAS NOT SAID HE WANTS TO PLAY THIS SEASON…LET ALONE PLAY IN NEW YORK…
BUT WITH TRAINING CAMP JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY…CLEARLY A DECISION IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY…
THAT WAS THE CASE WITH JOE SAKIC…
TODAY SAKIC SIGNED A ONE YEAR DEAL WITH THE AVALANCHE…
OTHER UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW…
BRENDAN SHANAHAN IS TALKING TO ST.LOUIS…
GLEN MURRAY IS TALKING TO NASHVILLE…
AND MARK PARRISH IS TALKING TO THE CANUCKS…THE DEVILS…THE ISLANDERS AND THE SENATORS…
20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE OILERS TRADED WAYNE GRETZKY WE LEARNED TWO THINGS…
THE FIRST IS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE…
AND SECOND…EVERY TRADE STARTS WITH A RUMOR
THE HOTTEST RUMOR SURROUNDING MATS SUNDIN GOES LIKE THIS…
THE NEW YORK RANGERS ARE SAID TO BE SHOPPING AROUND SCOTT GOMEZ IN AN EFFORT TO GET ENOUGH CAP SPACE TO SIGN SUNDIN…
ON THE TOP OF THE LIST IS SAID TO BE…THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
NOW BEFORE YOU DISMISS IT AS LITTLE MORE THAN THE RAVINGS OF SOME BLOGGER ON CRACK…
LOOK AT THE FACTS…
GOMEZ HAS A LIMITED “NO TRADE” CLAUSE…
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH IT MEANS AT THE END OF THE SEASON HE HANDS THE RANGERS A LIST OF 3 TEAMS THAT WILL NOT ACCEPT A TRADE TO…
AS FAR AS WE KNOW…THE CANUCKS ARE NOT ON THAT LIST…
FOR THE RECORD…CHRIS DRURY HAS A “NO MOVEMENT” CLAUSE IN HIS CONTRACT WHICH MEANS HE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE…
GOMEZ HAS 5 YEARS LEFT ON HIS DEAL WITH THE RANGERS AND WILL MAKE $8 MILLION THIS SEASON…
THE CANUCKS ARE ONE OF ONLY A FEW TEAMS THAT HAVE THE CAP SPACE...THE ASSETS AND THE OWNERSHIP TO MAKE THIS DEAL WORK…
THE KEY IS THE ASSETS…
HOW MUCH WOULD VANCOUVER GM MIKE GILLIS GIVE UP FOR A 29 YEAR OLD CENTER WHO SCORED JUST 16 GOALS LAST YEAR AND COLLECTED A MERE 70 POINTS…
CERTAINLY NOT A FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE…
BUT THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT GENERAL MANAGER GLEN SATHER IS LOOKING FOR…SO THERE’S THAT…
BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS SUNDIN…
SO FAR HE STILL HAS NOT SAID HE WANTS TO PLAY THIS SEASON…LET ALONE PLAY IN NEW YORK…
BUT WITH TRAINING CAMP JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY…CLEARLY A DECISION IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY…
THAT WAS THE CASE WITH JOE SAKIC…
TODAY SAKIC SIGNED A ONE YEAR DEAL WITH THE AVALANCHE…
OTHER UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW…
BRENDAN SHANAHAN IS TALKING TO ST.LOUIS…
GLEN MURRAY IS TALKING TO NASHVILLE…
AND MARK PARRISH IS TALKING TO THE CANUCKS…THE DEVILS…THE ISLANDERS AND THE SENATORS…
20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE OILERS TRADED WAYNE GRETZKY WE LEARNED TWO THINGS…
THE FIRST IS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE…
AND SECOND…EVERY TRADE STARTS WITH A RUMOR
Monday, August 18, 2008
Mats Sundin
IT’S OFFICIAL…
OLIVER STONE HAS AGREED TO WRITE AND DIRECT “THE MATS SUNDIN STORY”…
THIS SAGA HAS NOW PRODUCED MORE CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAN THE MOON LANDING…
HERE’S THE LATEST…
SUNDIN WILL PLAY THIS SEASON WITH THE NEW YORK RANGERS…
THE STORY COMES FROM LARRY BROOKS OF THE NEW YORK POST…WHO SAYS SUNDIN HAS…IN HIS WORDS…”DECLARED HIS INTEREST IN PLAYING FOR THE RANGERS THIS SEASON”…
HOWEVER BROOKS DOES NOT NAME HIS SOURCES…ONLY THAT THEY ARE…QUOTE…”WELL CONNECTED”…
ACCORDING TO BROOKS THE RANGERS PLAN TO PLAY SUNDIN ON A LINE WITH MARKUS NASLUND AND NIKOLAI ZHERDEV…
THERE’S JUST ONE LITTLE PROBLEM…
THE RANGERS HAVE ONLY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN CAP SPACE…
THEIR TWO TOP CENTERS SCOTT GOMEZ AND CHRIS DRURY EACH MAKE OVER $ 7 MILLION A SEASON…BUT THEY BOTH HAVE NO TRADE CLAUSES…
IN THE SUMMER THE RANGERS SIGNED WADE REDDEN AND MICHAL ROZISVAL TO ANCHOR THEIR BLUELINE…
BOTH WERE UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS…AND BOTH GOT LONG TERM CONRACTS…
REDDEN WILL BE PAID $6.5 MILLION A SEASON…ROZISVAL WILL GET $5 MILLION…
SO UNLESS THE RANGERS ARE WILLING TO BLOW UP THEIR TEAM IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS…SUNDIN IS NOT GOING TO NEW YORK…
BROOKS ALSO CLAIMS HIS SOURCES TELL HIM…PHILADELPHIA IS SUNDIN’S SECOND CHOICE…
HOWEVER THE FLYERS HAVE MORE CAP PROBLEMS THAN THE RANGERS AND WILL HAVE TO DUMP AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS IN SALARY BEFORE THE START OF THE SEASON…
THE STORY HAS ONE MORE TWIST…ACCORDING TO BROOKS…
SUNDIN HAS NO INTEREST IN PLAYING FOR THE CANUCKS…THE LEAFS OR THE CANADIANS…
THE AGENT FOR SUNDIN…J.P. BARRY DENIES ALL OF IT…
ACCORDING TO BARRY...MATS SUNDIN HAS STILL NOT DECIDED IF HE IS GOING TO PLAY THIS SEASON…AND THE TWO HAVE NOT EVEN DISCUSSED WHICH TEAM HE WANTS TO PLAY FOR…
IN THE MEANTIME BARRY NOW SAYS THERE ARE NOW JUST 5 TEAMS IN THE RUNNING…INCLUDING THE CANUCKS…
IF IT ALL FEELS LIKE YOU’VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE…YOU’RE RIGHT…YOU HAVE…
SO UNTIL SUNDIN FINALLY MAKES UP HIS MIND…WE’LL ALL BE A LOT BETTER OFF SPENDING OUR TIME WATCHING BATMAN
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Hockey Hall of Fame-Class of 2008
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ARGUE WITH GLENN ANDERSON OR IGOR LARINONOV GETTING INTO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
JUST AS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE LAST YEAR TO ARGUE WITH MARK MESSIER…RON FRANCIS…SCOTT STEVENS AND AL MACINNIS…
HOPEFULLY THIS IS A SIGN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME WILL ADOPT THE SAME KIND OF STANDARDS FOUND IN BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL…
IN THE PAST THAT HAS SIMPLY NOT BEEN THE CASE…
TWO YEARS AGO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE INDUCTED DICK DUFF…
283 CAREER GOALS SHOULD NOT GET ANYBODY IN ANY HALL OF FAME…
BUT DUFF PLAYED MOST OF HIS CAREER IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO AND WON STANLEY CUPS IN BOTH OF THOSE CITIES…
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THE HALL HAS WELCOMED…
BUN COOK…HARRY WATSON…WOODY DUMART…FERNIE FLAMAN…AND HERBIE LEWIS…
ANY OF THOSE NAMES RING A BELL…
ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN ARE…
PAVEL BURE…DINO CICCARELI…DOUG GILMOUR…AND ADAM OATES…
IN 1989 THE HALL GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO VLADISLAV TRETIAK…
IT WAS CLEARLY A POLITICAL MOVE IN AN EFFORT TO BRING SOVIET PLAYERS INTO THE NHL…
ON THE OTHER HAND THE HALL HAS ALSO REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE WHA…
BIG NAMES SUCH AS BOBBY HULL AND GORDIE HOWE HAVE BEEN INDUCTED…
BUT BORDERLINE PLAYERS SUCH AS…MARC TARDIF…J.C. TREMBLY AND PAUL HENDERSON REMAIN OUT…
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW POLITCAL IT CAN GET…
IN 1993 NHL PRESIDENT GIL STEIN GOT L.A. OWNER BRUCE MCNALL TO NOMINATE HIM…
IT CREATED SUCH A STINK THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION AND FINALLY STEIN WITHDREW HIMSELF FROM THE NOMINATION…
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HOCKEY FANS GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES ITS YEARLY INDUCTEES…
FORTUNATELY THIS YEAR…THEY GOT IT RIGHT…
JUST AS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE LAST YEAR TO ARGUE WITH MARK MESSIER…RON FRANCIS…SCOTT STEVENS AND AL MACINNIS…
HOPEFULLY THIS IS A SIGN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME WILL ADOPT THE SAME KIND OF STANDARDS FOUND IN BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL…
IN THE PAST THAT HAS SIMPLY NOT BEEN THE CASE…
TWO YEARS AGO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE INDUCTED DICK DUFF…
283 CAREER GOALS SHOULD NOT GET ANYBODY IN ANY HALL OF FAME…
BUT DUFF PLAYED MOST OF HIS CAREER IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO AND WON STANLEY CUPS IN BOTH OF THOSE CITIES…
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THE HALL HAS WELCOMED…
BUN COOK…HARRY WATSON…WOODY DUMART…FERNIE FLAMAN…AND HERBIE LEWIS…
ANY OF THOSE NAMES RING A BELL…
ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN ARE…
PAVEL BURE…DINO CICCARELI…DOUG GILMOUR…AND ADAM OATES…
IN 1989 THE HALL GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO VLADISLAV TRETIAK…
IT WAS CLEARLY A POLITICAL MOVE IN AN EFFORT TO BRING SOVIET PLAYERS INTO THE NHL…
ON THE OTHER HAND THE HALL HAS ALSO REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE WHA…
BIG NAMES SUCH AS BOBBY HULL AND GORDIE HOWE HAVE BEEN INDUCTED…
BUT BORDERLINE PLAYERS SUCH AS…MARC TARDIF…J.C. TREMBLY AND PAUL HENDERSON REMAIN OUT…
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW POLITCAL IT CAN GET…
IN 1993 NHL PRESIDENT GIL STEIN GOT L.A. OWNER BRUCE MCNALL TO NOMINATE HIM…
IT CREATED SUCH A STINK THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION AND FINALLY STEIN WITHDREW HIMSELF FROM THE NOMINATION…
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HOCKEY FANS GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES ITS YEARLY INDUCTEES…
FORTUNATELY THIS YEAR…THEY GOT IT RIGHT…
Monday, June 16, 2008
Tiger Woods
IT’S OK TO HAVE FUN…EVEN AT THE U.S. OPEN…
TIGER WOODS IS NOT ONLY THE GREATEST ATHLETE ON THE PLANET…
HE’S ALSO THE BEST SHOW…
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS TIGER HAS DELIVERED SOME OF THE BEST “MONEY” SHOTS YOU’LL EVER SEE IN GOLF…
BUT THE MEMORY THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE YEARS…IS THE REACTION OF PURE JOY AND ENTENSE EXCITEMENT WHEN HE DROPS A PRESSURE PUTT…
THE BOYS AND GIRLS AT NBC CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT…
IN EVERY KEY SITUATION THEY HAD MULTIPLE CAMERA ANGLES…THAT NOT ONLY ALLOWED YOU TO SEE THE REACTION OF TIGER WOODS…BUT ALSO OF THE CROWD…
NOW THAT’S “MUST SEE T.V”…
THE NHL HAS FOUND SOME OF THAT SAME MAGIC IN ALEXANDER OVECHKIN…AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE WILL BE THE CORNER STONE OF THEIR MARKETING NEXT SEASON…
EACH AND EVERY GOAL SCORED AT EURO 2008 HAS BEEN MET WITH THE OVER THE TOP CELEBRATION THAT IS STANDARD IS SOCCER…
NEVERTHELESS THE NFL IS NOT SOLD…
TERRELL OWENS…CHAD JOHNSTON AND JOE HORN HAVE BEEN FINED $10’S OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR PUTTING ON A SONG AND DANCE AFTER SCORING A TOUCHDOWN…
HOWEVER WHEN YOU’RE AS BIG AS THE NFL YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE THE “NO FUN LEAGUE”…
HERE’S THE PROBLEM WITH BOTH THE NFL AND THE NBA…
FAR TOO OFTEN…WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYERS…IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BIG MONEY AND THE BIG EGO’S…
THROW IN SOME SERIOUS TRASH TALK AND IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH FOR ONE PLAYER TO GET IN THE FACE OF ANOTHER…
THAT’S WHAT MAKES TIGER WOODS SO GREAT…
IT’S NEVER ABOUT WHO HE’S PLAYING AGAINST…
THE FIGHT IS ALWAYS BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE COURSE…
ONCE AGAIN TODAY WOODS CAME OUT ON TOP…
LET’S BE HONEST…HE’S THE REASON YOU WATCHED…
BECAUSE THIS IS SHOW BUSINESS…AND TIGER “IS” THE SHOW…
TIGER WOODS IS NOT ONLY THE GREATEST ATHLETE ON THE PLANET…
HE’S ALSO THE BEST SHOW…
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS TIGER HAS DELIVERED SOME OF THE BEST “MONEY” SHOTS YOU’LL EVER SEE IN GOLF…
BUT THE MEMORY THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE YEARS…IS THE REACTION OF PURE JOY AND ENTENSE EXCITEMENT WHEN HE DROPS A PRESSURE PUTT…
THE BOYS AND GIRLS AT NBC CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT…
IN EVERY KEY SITUATION THEY HAD MULTIPLE CAMERA ANGLES…THAT NOT ONLY ALLOWED YOU TO SEE THE REACTION OF TIGER WOODS…BUT ALSO OF THE CROWD…
NOW THAT’S “MUST SEE T.V”…
THE NHL HAS FOUND SOME OF THAT SAME MAGIC IN ALEXANDER OVECHKIN…AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE WILL BE THE CORNER STONE OF THEIR MARKETING NEXT SEASON…
EACH AND EVERY GOAL SCORED AT EURO 2008 HAS BEEN MET WITH THE OVER THE TOP CELEBRATION THAT IS STANDARD IS SOCCER…
NEVERTHELESS THE NFL IS NOT SOLD…
TERRELL OWENS…CHAD JOHNSTON AND JOE HORN HAVE BEEN FINED $10’S OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR PUTTING ON A SONG AND DANCE AFTER SCORING A TOUCHDOWN…
HOWEVER WHEN YOU’RE AS BIG AS THE NFL YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE THE “NO FUN LEAGUE”…
HERE’S THE PROBLEM WITH BOTH THE NFL AND THE NBA…
FAR TOO OFTEN…WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYERS…IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BIG MONEY AND THE BIG EGO’S…
THROW IN SOME SERIOUS TRASH TALK AND IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH FOR ONE PLAYER TO GET IN THE FACE OF ANOTHER…
THAT’S WHAT MAKES TIGER WOODS SO GREAT…
IT’S NEVER ABOUT WHO HE’S PLAYING AGAINST…
THE FIGHT IS ALWAYS BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE COURSE…
ONCE AGAIN TODAY WOODS CAME OUT ON TOP…
LET’S BE HONEST…HE’S THE REASON YOU WATCHED…
BECAUSE THIS IS SHOW BUSINESS…AND TIGER “IS” THE SHOW…
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Alexander Ovechkin
HOCKEY IS A GREAT GAME…
IT MUST BE TO SURVIVE THE WAY THE NHL HAS MANAGED IT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS…
TONIGHT THE LEAGUE WILL HAND OUT ITS AWARDS…
THE STAR OF THE SHOW WILL BE ALEXANDER OVECHKIN…WHO WILL CERTAINLY WIN THE HART TROPHY AS THE PLAYER CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE TO HIS TEAM…
IT SHOULD READ…THE MOST VALUABLE TO HIS LEAGUE…
SIDNEY CROSBY MAY BE THE FACE OF THE NHL…BUT OVECHKIN IS THE PLAYER WHO GETS YOU OUT OF YOUR SEAT…
THINK ABOUT IT…
WHEN IT COMES TO TEAM SPORTS…IS THERE ANOTHER ATHLETE OUT THERE WHO MEANS MORE TO HIS SPORT???
THERE’S TOM BRADY IN FOOTBALL…DEREK JETER IN BASEBALL…DAVID BECKHAM IN SOCCER…AND KOBE IN BASKETBALL…
ALL OF THEM ARE BIGGER STARS THAT OVECHKIN…AND ALL OF THEM PLAY ON A MUCH BIGGER STAGE…
BUT ASK YOURSELF THIS…
WOULD YOU STOP WATCHING MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IF BRADY RETIRED???
THE BIGGEST SPORTS NAME ON THE PLANET IS TIGER WOODS…
IF TIGER IS NOT PLAYING THIS WEEKEND AT THE U.S. OPEN….ARE YOU WATCHING???
OF COURSE NOT…
BUT GOLF IS NOT A TEAM SPORT…
TIGER DOES NOT PLAY EVERY THIRD SHIFT…OVECHKIN DOES…
NOW CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE MOST EXCITING PLAYER IN THE GAME DID NOT PLAY IN EVERY ARENA IN THE NHL LAST SEASON…AND WHY HE WILL NOT PLAY IN EVERY ARENA IN NHL NEXT SEASON???
NOT SINCE GRETZKY IN THE 80’S HAS THE NHL ENJOYED THIS KIND OF STAR POWER…
ALSO UP FOR THE HART ARE JAROME IGINLA AND EVGENI MALKIN…AND THE ONLY REASON CROSBY IS MISSING IS BECAUSE OF AN ANKLE INJURY…
IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER…
CHECK OUT THE NOMINEES FOR THE CALDER…
NICKLAS BACKSTROM…PATRICK KANE AND JONATHAN TOEWS…
IN A WEEK FROM NOW THE NHL WILL HOLD IT’S ENTRY DRAFT…
SAY HELLO TO STEVEN STAMKOS…AND NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE JOHN TAVARAS…
IN THE PAST WHEN THE LEAGUE HAS BEEN ON THIS KIND OF A ROLL…THEY’VE CANCELLED THE SEASON…
BUT DO NOT FEAR HOCKEY FANS…NOT EVEN THE NHL CAN SCREW THIS UP…
IT MUST BE TO SURVIVE THE WAY THE NHL HAS MANAGED IT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS…
TONIGHT THE LEAGUE WILL HAND OUT ITS AWARDS…
THE STAR OF THE SHOW WILL BE ALEXANDER OVECHKIN…WHO WILL CERTAINLY WIN THE HART TROPHY AS THE PLAYER CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE TO HIS TEAM…
IT SHOULD READ…THE MOST VALUABLE TO HIS LEAGUE…
SIDNEY CROSBY MAY BE THE FACE OF THE NHL…BUT OVECHKIN IS THE PLAYER WHO GETS YOU OUT OF YOUR SEAT…
THINK ABOUT IT…
WHEN IT COMES TO TEAM SPORTS…IS THERE ANOTHER ATHLETE OUT THERE WHO MEANS MORE TO HIS SPORT???
THERE’S TOM BRADY IN FOOTBALL…DEREK JETER IN BASEBALL…DAVID BECKHAM IN SOCCER…AND KOBE IN BASKETBALL…
ALL OF THEM ARE BIGGER STARS THAT OVECHKIN…AND ALL OF THEM PLAY ON A MUCH BIGGER STAGE…
BUT ASK YOURSELF THIS…
WOULD YOU STOP WATCHING MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IF BRADY RETIRED???
THE BIGGEST SPORTS NAME ON THE PLANET IS TIGER WOODS…
IF TIGER IS NOT PLAYING THIS WEEKEND AT THE U.S. OPEN….ARE YOU WATCHING???
OF COURSE NOT…
BUT GOLF IS NOT A TEAM SPORT…
TIGER DOES NOT PLAY EVERY THIRD SHIFT…OVECHKIN DOES…
NOW CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE MOST EXCITING PLAYER IN THE GAME DID NOT PLAY IN EVERY ARENA IN THE NHL LAST SEASON…AND WHY HE WILL NOT PLAY IN EVERY ARENA IN NHL NEXT SEASON???
NOT SINCE GRETZKY IN THE 80’S HAS THE NHL ENJOYED THIS KIND OF STAR POWER…
ALSO UP FOR THE HART ARE JAROME IGINLA AND EVGENI MALKIN…AND THE ONLY REASON CROSBY IS MISSING IS BECAUSE OF AN ANKLE INJURY…
IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER…
CHECK OUT THE NOMINEES FOR THE CALDER…
NICKLAS BACKSTROM…PATRICK KANE AND JONATHAN TOEWS…
IN A WEEK FROM NOW THE NHL WILL HOLD IT’S ENTRY DRAFT…
SAY HELLO TO STEVEN STAMKOS…AND NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE JOHN TAVARAS…
IN THE PAST WHEN THE LEAGUE HAS BEEN ON THIS KIND OF A ROLL…THEY’VE CANCELLED THE SEASON…
BUT DO NOT FEAR HOCKEY FANS…NOT EVEN THE NHL CAN SCREW THIS UP…
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