REMEMBER WHEN YOUR MOTHER TOLD YOU…
“HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”…
REMEMBER THAT???
TROUBLE IS…MOM NEVER PLAYED FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
IF SHE HAD…SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU…
”NEVER TELL ANYBODY WHAT YOU’ REALLY THINK!!!”…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT ROBERTO LUONGO APPEARED ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA AS PART OF “AFTER HOURS”…
KEEP IN MIND…
THIS WAS JUST MINUTES AFTER THE CANUCKS HAD BEEN EMBARASSED 5-1 BY PHOENIX…
LUONGO WAS ASKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE PLANS TO SIGN AN EXTENTION WITH THE CANUCKS AFTER THIS SEASON…
THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE…
“I WANT TO WIN THE CUP…AND WHICHEVER TEAM IS GOING TO GIVE ME THE BEST CHANCE TO DO THAT…IS THE TEAM I WANT TO BE WITH”…
BIG MISTAKE…
LUONGO COULD HAVE RUN OVER SANTA CLAUS…ON CHRISTMAS EVE…AND BE FORGIVEN…
BUT TO SUGGEST…EVEN AFTER A VERY EMBARASSING LOSS…THAT THE ANSWER IS…”MOVING TO ANOTHER TEAM”…
WELL…IN THIS TOWN…THAT IS CAUSE TO BE LABLED A “HERITIC” AND TO BE EXCOMMUNICATED…
HE IS CERTINLY NOT THE FIRST CANUCK “STAR”…TO SPEAK IN THOSE TREASONIST TERMS…
THAT LIST INCLUDES BOTH PAVEL BURE AND MARKUS NASLUND…
AND AS YOU KNOW…BOTH WERE “CAST OUT” BY VANCOUVER HOCKEY FANS…
LET’S BE CLEAR…
LUONGO’S FUTURE IN THIS CITY WILL BE DECIDED BY ONE THING…AND ONE THING ONLY…
HIS PEFORMANCE THIS SPRING…PERIOD!!!
IN THE NEW NHL…THERE HAS BEEN NOT BEEN A SINGLE TEAM…ADVANCE TO THE STANLEY CUP FINAL…WITH A $7 MILLION DOLLAR GOALTENDER…
OR $6 MILLION…OR $5 MILLION…OR EVEN $4 MILLION…
IF INDEED THE PRIORITY IS TO WIN A CUP…
THEN THE CANUCKS WILL NEED ALL THE CAP SALARY THEY CAN FIND…
SO…PERHAPS ROBERTO LUONGO SHOULD NOT BE ASKING…
“WHAT CAN THE CANUCKS CAN DO FOR “ME”???”
BUT RATHER…”WHAT “I” CAN DO FOR THE CANUCKS???”
YOU KNOW…MOM WOULD LIKE THAT…
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Martin Brodeur
EVEN STEVEN SPIELBERG COULD NOT WRITE AND DIRECT THIS MOVIE…
ON SATURDAY IN MONTREAL…ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA…
IN A SEASON THE CANADIANS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 100TH BIRTHDAY…
MARTIN BRODEUR WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH PATRICK ROY…FOR MOST WINS…ALL TIME…BY A GOALTENDER…
THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 551…
BRODEUR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MONTREAL…
HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN ROY BROKE INTO THE NHL AND LED THE CANADAIANS TO THE FIRST OF TWO STANLEY CUPS…
EVEN HOLLYWOOD DOES NOT MAKE A HEROS THAT BIG…
IN HIS CAREER BRODEUR HAS TRADITIONALLY SAVED HIS BEST FOR THE HABS…
HE HAS 34 VICTORIES AGAINST THEM…MORE THAN ANY OTHER NON-DIVISIONAL TEAM…
8 TIMES HE HAS SHUTOUT THE CANADAINS…
AND HIS GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE AGAINST THE HABS IS 1.80…
THE BEST AGAINST ANY TEAM IN THE NHL…
THE DEBATE NOW IS…
WHO’S THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME…BRODEUR OR ROY???
HERE’S WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY…
BRODEUR HAS 3 STANLEY CUPS…1 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL…4 VEZINA TROPHYS…
ROY HAS 4 STANLEY CUPS…3 VEZINA TROPHYS AND 3 CONN SMYTHE TROPHS…
BRODEUR CAREER GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE IS AN AMAZING 2.20…
ROY’S IS 2.54…
BRODEUR HAS 100 SHUTOUTS…
ROY HAS 66…
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS…BRODEUR IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME…
BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR ROY…
IN THE 93 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ROY DELIVERED…WHAT MAY BE…THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE BY ANY GOALTENDER IN HISTORY…
HE WON 10 STRAIGHT OVERTIME PLAYOFF GAMES TO LEAD THE CANADAINS TO THE STANLEY CUP…
THAT SPRING BRODEUR WAS JUST 21 YEARS OLD AND HAD PLAYED A MERE “4” GAMES IN THE NHL…
TOMORROW NIGHT…ROY WILL BE AT THE GAME ON TO HONOR HIM…
ALL BRODEUR HAS TO DO NOW…IS SUPPLY A HAPPY ENDING…
THAT…AND OF COURSE…FIND ENOUGH TICKETS FOR ALL HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY…
ON SATURDAY IN MONTREAL…ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA…
IN A SEASON THE CANADIANS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 100TH BIRTHDAY…
MARTIN BRODEUR WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH PATRICK ROY…FOR MOST WINS…ALL TIME…BY A GOALTENDER…
THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 551…
BRODEUR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MONTREAL…
HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN ROY BROKE INTO THE NHL AND LED THE CANADAIANS TO THE FIRST OF TWO STANLEY CUPS…
EVEN HOLLYWOOD DOES NOT MAKE A HEROS THAT BIG…
IN HIS CAREER BRODEUR HAS TRADITIONALLY SAVED HIS BEST FOR THE HABS…
HE HAS 34 VICTORIES AGAINST THEM…MORE THAN ANY OTHER NON-DIVISIONAL TEAM…
8 TIMES HE HAS SHUTOUT THE CANADAINS…
AND HIS GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE AGAINST THE HABS IS 1.80…
THE BEST AGAINST ANY TEAM IN THE NHL…
THE DEBATE NOW IS…
WHO’S THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME…BRODEUR OR ROY???
HERE’S WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY…
BRODEUR HAS 3 STANLEY CUPS…1 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL…4 VEZINA TROPHYS…
ROY HAS 4 STANLEY CUPS…3 VEZINA TROPHYS AND 3 CONN SMYTHE TROPHS…
BRODEUR CAREER GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE IS AN AMAZING 2.20…
ROY’S IS 2.54…
BRODEUR HAS 100 SHUTOUTS…
ROY HAS 66…
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS…BRODEUR IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME…
BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR ROY…
IN THE 93 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ROY DELIVERED…WHAT MAY BE…THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE BY ANY GOALTENDER IN HISTORY…
HE WON 10 STRAIGHT OVERTIME PLAYOFF GAMES TO LEAD THE CANADAINS TO THE STANLEY CUP…
THAT SPRING BRODEUR WAS JUST 21 YEARS OLD AND HAD PLAYED A MERE “4” GAMES IN THE NHL…
TOMORROW NIGHT…ROY WILL BE AT THE GAME ON TO HONOR HIM…
ALL BRODEUR HAS TO DO NOW…IS SUPPLY A HAPPY ENDING…
THAT…AND OF COURSE…FIND ENOUGH TICKETS FOR ALL HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY…
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The way we were
“MISTY WATERCOLOR MEMORIES”…
THAT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT OF THE ONCE MIGHTY…ANAHEIM DUCKS…
LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO THESE DUCKS WERE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS…
THE NEIDERMAYER BROTHERS CELEBRATED ON THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN…
BRIAN BURKE…SMILED…
IT WAS PERFECT…
NO…IT WAS BETTER THAN PERFECT…
“CAN IT BE…THAT IT WAS ALL SO SIMPLE THEN???”
APPRENTLY SO…
FIRST DUSTIN PENNER SIGNED WITH EDMONTON…
BURKE RE-ACTED BY GETTING INTO A “PISSING CONTEST” WITH EDMONTON GENERAL MANAGER KEVIN LOWE…
BURKE CALLED LOWE…”CLASSLESS AND GUTLESS”…LOWE CALLED BURKE…”A MORON”…
“IF WE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO IT ALL AGAIN…TELL ME…WOULD WE???”…
LATER THAT SUMMER… BURKE SIGNED TODD BERTUZZI AND MATHIEU SCHNEIDER TO CONTRACTS WORTH A COMBINED…$10 MILLION A SEASON…
TO FIND ROOM UNDER THE SALARY CAP…THE DUCKS WERE FORCED TO GIVE AWAY ANDY MCDONALD…
LAST SUMMER OWNER HENRY SAMUELI WAS SUSPENDED BY THE NHL FOR LYING TO THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION…
SAMUELI IS NOW FACING 5 YEARS IN PRISON…
“WHAT’S TOO PAINFULL TO REMEMBER…WE SIMPLY CHOOSE TO FORGET”…
IN NOVEMBER…BURKE JUMPED SHIP AND SIGNED A NEW DEAL IN TORONTO…
HE LEFT BEHIND A MESS…
SERIOUS CAP PROBLEMS AND 13 PLAYERS ABOUT TO BECOME “UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS”…
AT THE TRADING DEADLINE THE DUCKS HAD NO OPTION BUT TO CLEAN HOUSE…
CHRIS KUNITZ WENT TO PITTSBURGH…
SAMUEL PAHLSSON WENT TO CHICAGO…
TRAVIS MOEN WENT TO SAN JOSE…
AND BRENDAN MORRISON WENT TO DALLAS…
THE DUCKS ARE NOW IN 12TH PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
AND…THIS SUMMER THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY TOUGH DECISIONS ON BOTH…CHRIS PRONGER AND SCOTT NEIDERMAYER…
THESE DAYS HOCKEY FANS IN ANAHEIM HAVE ONLY THING THAT CAN EASE THE PAIN…
“HIT IT BARBRA”…
THAT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT OF THE ONCE MIGHTY…ANAHEIM DUCKS…
LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO THESE DUCKS WERE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS…
THE NEIDERMAYER BROTHERS CELEBRATED ON THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN…
BRIAN BURKE…SMILED…
IT WAS PERFECT…
NO…IT WAS BETTER THAN PERFECT…
“CAN IT BE…THAT IT WAS ALL SO SIMPLE THEN???”
APPRENTLY SO…
FIRST DUSTIN PENNER SIGNED WITH EDMONTON…
BURKE RE-ACTED BY GETTING INTO A “PISSING CONTEST” WITH EDMONTON GENERAL MANAGER KEVIN LOWE…
BURKE CALLED LOWE…”CLASSLESS AND GUTLESS”…LOWE CALLED BURKE…”A MORON”…
“IF WE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO IT ALL AGAIN…TELL ME…WOULD WE???”…
LATER THAT SUMMER… BURKE SIGNED TODD BERTUZZI AND MATHIEU SCHNEIDER TO CONTRACTS WORTH A COMBINED…$10 MILLION A SEASON…
TO FIND ROOM UNDER THE SALARY CAP…THE DUCKS WERE FORCED TO GIVE AWAY ANDY MCDONALD…
LAST SUMMER OWNER HENRY SAMUELI WAS SUSPENDED BY THE NHL FOR LYING TO THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION…
SAMUELI IS NOW FACING 5 YEARS IN PRISON…
“WHAT’S TOO PAINFULL TO REMEMBER…WE SIMPLY CHOOSE TO FORGET”…
IN NOVEMBER…BURKE JUMPED SHIP AND SIGNED A NEW DEAL IN TORONTO…
HE LEFT BEHIND A MESS…
SERIOUS CAP PROBLEMS AND 13 PLAYERS ABOUT TO BECOME “UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS”…
AT THE TRADING DEADLINE THE DUCKS HAD NO OPTION BUT TO CLEAN HOUSE…
CHRIS KUNITZ WENT TO PITTSBURGH…
SAMUEL PAHLSSON WENT TO CHICAGO…
TRAVIS MOEN WENT TO SAN JOSE…
AND BRENDAN MORRISON WENT TO DALLAS…
THE DUCKS ARE NOW IN 12TH PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
AND…THIS SUMMER THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY TOUGH DECISIONS ON BOTH…CHRIS PRONGER AND SCOTT NEIDERMAYER…
THESE DAYS HOCKEY FANS IN ANAHEIM HAVE ONLY THING THAT CAN EASE THE PAIN…
“HIT IT BARBRA”…
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sports Media
FIRST…LET US BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
IT IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY HOCKEY FAN…IN EVERY NHL CITY…TO QUESTION…OUT LOUD…HOW THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THEIR TEAM IS RUNNING THE SHOW…
SECONDLY…IT IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE “SPORT MEDIA” TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING…
BUT THERE ARE LIMITS…
THE GOLDEN RULE IS THIS…
“YOU CAN NOT BOO A HOME RUN”…
SATURDAY NIGHT THE CANUCKS HIT A GRAND SLAM WHEN THEY BEAT SAN JOSE 3-1…
THEY’VE NOW WON 4 IN A ROW AND 12 OF THEIR LAST 14…
THE CANUCKS NOW FIND THEMSELVES JUST 8 POINTS BACK OF CALGARY WITH TWO GAMES IN HAND…
STARTING TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES…16 OF THEIR LAST 18 GAMES…ARE AGAINST TEAMS BELOW THEM IN THE STANDINGS…
ADD IT ALL UP AND…THE CANUCKS HAVE A LIGITMATE SHOT TO WIN THE NORTH WEST DIVISION…
SO TRY AND IMAGINE THE RE-ACTION THIS MORNING FROM GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS WHEN HE PICKED UP THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE AND READ THE COLUMN BY ED WILLIS…
WILLIS RIPPED INTO GILLIS FOR NOT DOING SOMETHING AT THE TRADING DEADLINE…
THE ARGUMENT WAS THIS…
THERE ARE 6 FRONT LINE PLAYERS…WHO ARE PLAYING MILES BELOW THEIR MARKET VALUE…
TO WHICH WILLIS POSED THE QUESTION…
“IF NOT THIS SEASON…WHEN?”
THE ARTICLE CONCLUDED THAT MIKE GILLIS HAS WASTED…A “GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY” FOR THE CANUCKS TO WIN A STANLEY CUP…
“THAT SON-OF-A-BITCH”…
COME ON EDDIE…LET’S FORM A HALF CRAZED MOB…AND BURN “GILLIS” IN EFFIGY…
THE TRUTH OF MATTER IS THIS…
OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS PEOPLE IN THIS CITY HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO EXPECT THE WORST…AND RARELY HAVE WE BEEN SURPRISED…
BUT…MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…GILLIS KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING…
MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…THE CANUCKS ARE FOR REAL…
AND MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…WE SHOULD SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS RIDE…
HEY…WORST CASE SENARIO???
WE WILL STILL HAVE ALL THE SUMMER TO QUESTION…”OUT LOUD”…HOW GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS IS RUNNING THIS SHOW…
IT IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY HOCKEY FAN…IN EVERY NHL CITY…TO QUESTION…OUT LOUD…HOW THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THEIR TEAM IS RUNNING THE SHOW…
SECONDLY…IT IS THE BIRTH RIGHT OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE “SPORT MEDIA” TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING…
BUT THERE ARE LIMITS…
THE GOLDEN RULE IS THIS…
“YOU CAN NOT BOO A HOME RUN”…
SATURDAY NIGHT THE CANUCKS HIT A GRAND SLAM WHEN THEY BEAT SAN JOSE 3-1…
THEY’VE NOW WON 4 IN A ROW AND 12 OF THEIR LAST 14…
THE CANUCKS NOW FIND THEMSELVES JUST 8 POINTS BACK OF CALGARY WITH TWO GAMES IN HAND…
STARTING TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES…16 OF THEIR LAST 18 GAMES…ARE AGAINST TEAMS BELOW THEM IN THE STANDINGS…
ADD IT ALL UP AND…THE CANUCKS HAVE A LIGITMATE SHOT TO WIN THE NORTH WEST DIVISION…
SO TRY AND IMAGINE THE RE-ACTION THIS MORNING FROM GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS WHEN HE PICKED UP THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE AND READ THE COLUMN BY ED WILLIS…
WILLIS RIPPED INTO GILLIS FOR NOT DOING SOMETHING AT THE TRADING DEADLINE…
THE ARGUMENT WAS THIS…
THERE ARE 6 FRONT LINE PLAYERS…WHO ARE PLAYING MILES BELOW THEIR MARKET VALUE…
TO WHICH WILLIS POSED THE QUESTION…
“IF NOT THIS SEASON…WHEN?”
THE ARTICLE CONCLUDED THAT MIKE GILLIS HAS WASTED…A “GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY” FOR THE CANUCKS TO WIN A STANLEY CUP…
“THAT SON-OF-A-BITCH”…
COME ON EDDIE…LET’S FORM A HALF CRAZED MOB…AND BURN “GILLIS” IN EFFIGY…
THE TRUTH OF MATTER IS THIS…
OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS PEOPLE IN THIS CITY HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO EXPECT THE WORST…AND RARELY HAVE WE BEEN SURPRISED…
BUT…MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…GILLIS KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING…
MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…THE CANUCKS ARE FOR REAL…
AND MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…WE SHOULD SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS RIDE…
HEY…WORST CASE SENARIO???
WE WILL STILL HAVE ALL THE SUMMER TO QUESTION…”OUT LOUD”…HOW GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS IS RUNNING THIS SHOW…
Friday, February 20, 2009
Bad Jobs!
WE CAN NOW ADD ANOTHER ENTRY…TO THE LIST OF…
“WORST JOBS IN THE WORLD”…
“HOSTING A RADIO SPORTS TALK SHOW…IN TORONTO”…
IT’S RIGHT NEXT TO…”INJECTING STERIODS INTO THE BUTT OF A-ROD”…
IMAGINE LIVING THIS NIGHTMARE…
YOU WAKE UP EVERY MORNING…GO TO WORK…
AND SPEND YOUR ENTIRE DAY TALKING TO LOSERS…ABOUT…LOSING…
IN THAT TOWN IT ALWAYS BEGINS AND ENDS WITH…“THE LEAFS”…
WHY???
IT’S BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE THE LEAFS LAST MADE THE PLAYOFFS…
AND 42 YEARS SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY SAW THE STANLEY CUP FINALS…
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE “27TH WORST RECORD” IN THE ENTIRE NHL…
WHAT’S THERE TO TALK ABOUT???
THEN THERE’S THE RAPTORS…
THESE DAYS THE RAPS CAN BE FOUND IN 14TH PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE…
HELLO…TORONTO???…
THIS IS VANCOUVER CALLING…”THE GRIZZLIES HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP”…
IN FLORIDA…THE BLUE JAYS ARE AT TRAINING CAMP…
LAST SEASON THE JAYS FINISHED 11 GAMES OUT…
IT’S BEEN ALMOST 2 DECADES SINCE THEY WERE IN A PLAYOFF GAME…
“LET IT GO TORONTO”…”LET IT GO”…
AND THEN THERE’S THE ARGO’S…
A TEAM THAT IN 2008 MANAGED TO WIN A GRAND TOTAL OF 4…COUNT ‘EM…4 GAMES…
TOMORROW THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS ARRIVE…ALONG WITH MATS SUNDIN…
THE SAME MATS SUNDIN…WHO DUMPED THEM IN DECEMBER…
THE FANS ARE EXPECTED TO “BOO” HIM…
THAT’S WHAT 13 YEARS BUYS YOU IN TORONTO…
NOT EVEN MIKE MYERS COULD MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THE LEAFS COULD SOME DAY BECOME WINNERS…
HIS MOVIE “THE LOVE GURU” HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 7 RAZZIES…
INCLUDING “WORST PICTURE OF THE YEAR”…
IN THE MEANTIME…THE PHONE BOARDS IN TORONTO ARE JAMMED…
YOU’D THINK…SOONER OR LATER…THOSE PEOPLE WOULD GET TIRED OF LOSING…
OR…AT LEAST GET TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT IT…
BUT…YOU’D BE WRONG!!!
“WORST JOBS IN THE WORLD”…
“HOSTING A RADIO SPORTS TALK SHOW…IN TORONTO”…
IT’S RIGHT NEXT TO…”INJECTING STERIODS INTO THE BUTT OF A-ROD”…
IMAGINE LIVING THIS NIGHTMARE…
YOU WAKE UP EVERY MORNING…GO TO WORK…
AND SPEND YOUR ENTIRE DAY TALKING TO LOSERS…ABOUT…LOSING…
IN THAT TOWN IT ALWAYS BEGINS AND ENDS WITH…“THE LEAFS”…
WHY???
IT’S BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE THE LEAFS LAST MADE THE PLAYOFFS…
AND 42 YEARS SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY SAW THE STANLEY CUP FINALS…
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE “27TH WORST RECORD” IN THE ENTIRE NHL…
WHAT’S THERE TO TALK ABOUT???
THEN THERE’S THE RAPTORS…
THESE DAYS THE RAPS CAN BE FOUND IN 14TH PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE…
HELLO…TORONTO???…
THIS IS VANCOUVER CALLING…”THE GRIZZLIES HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP”…
IN FLORIDA…THE BLUE JAYS ARE AT TRAINING CAMP…
LAST SEASON THE JAYS FINISHED 11 GAMES OUT…
IT’S BEEN ALMOST 2 DECADES SINCE THEY WERE IN A PLAYOFF GAME…
“LET IT GO TORONTO”…”LET IT GO”…
AND THEN THERE’S THE ARGO’S…
A TEAM THAT IN 2008 MANAGED TO WIN A GRAND TOTAL OF 4…COUNT ‘EM…4 GAMES…
TOMORROW THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS ARRIVE…ALONG WITH MATS SUNDIN…
THE SAME MATS SUNDIN…WHO DUMPED THEM IN DECEMBER…
THE FANS ARE EXPECTED TO “BOO” HIM…
THAT’S WHAT 13 YEARS BUYS YOU IN TORONTO…
NOT EVEN MIKE MYERS COULD MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THE LEAFS COULD SOME DAY BECOME WINNERS…
HIS MOVIE “THE LOVE GURU” HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 7 RAZZIES…
INCLUDING “WORST PICTURE OF THE YEAR”…
IN THE MEANTIME…THE PHONE BOARDS IN TORONTO ARE JAMMED…
YOU’D THINK…SOONER OR LATER…THOSE PEOPLE WOULD GET TIRED OF LOSING…
OR…AT LEAST GET TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT IT…
BUT…YOU’D BE WRONG!!!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
2010
THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS…
THEY’RE LIKE WATCHING YOUR BRAND NEW MERCEDEZ GOING OVER A THOUSAND FOOT CLIFF…
WITH GARY BETTMAN IN THE FRONT SEAT…
THERE ARE MIXED FEELINGS…
YES…THERE IS EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE EVENT…
LIKE EXPO 86…THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HELLUVA PARTY…
BUT JUST LIKE WAKING UP NEW YEARS DAY…YOU KNOW THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME PAIN…
THIS “HANGOVER”…WILL COST AT LEAST…$5 BILLION…
THE FACT WE WERE KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT SUCH THINGS AS…THE SECURITY COSTS AND THE ATHLETES VILLIAGE…IS A COMPETE BETRAIL BY…LOCAL…PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL POLITICIANS…
SHAME ON ALL OF THEM…
SHAME ON ALL OF US... FOR NOT DEMANDING BETTER…
IT’S NOT LIKE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE…
IN 1976…”OLYMPIC STADIUM” IN MONTREAL COST $1 BILLION DOLLARS…
IT TOOK THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 30 YEARS TO PAY IT OFF…
NOBODY CAN SAY HOW MANY YEARS IT WILL TAKE “BRITISH COLUMBIA” TO CLEAR ITS’ DEBT…
HOW’S THAT FOR A LEGACY???
NEVERTHELESS…IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS…
THE GAMES WILL GIVE THIS PROVINCE AN ECONOMIC SHOT IN THE ARM…RIGHT AT TIME…WHEN WE NEED ONE…
THEY WILL ALSO LEAVE US WITH AN IMPROVED TRANSIT SYSTEM…AND A NEW CONVENTION CENTER…
“VANOC” HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN GETTING THE VENUES READY...
WHICH MEANS…THE WORLD WILL SEE US IN THE BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT…
WHICH MEANS…”TOURISM” IN THIS PROVINCE WILL BENEFIT FOR YEARS TO COME…
THE RICH AND FAMOUS WILL GET THEIR SUPER HI-WAY TO WHISTLER…WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THESE GAMES…
THERE WILL BE LOTS TO FEEL PROUD ABOUT…CANADA WILL “OWN THE PODIUM”…
FINALLY THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL SEE…FIRST HAND…WHAT OUR ATHLETES ARE CAPABLE OF…WHEN THEY ARE PROPERLY FUNDED AND ALLOWED ON COMPETE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD…
AND FOR HOCKEY FANS…
THE BIGGEST AND BEST TOURNAMENT…EVER…
SO…ENJOY THE GAMES…BATHE IN THEM…AND ABOVE ALL…REMEMBER TO TELL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN…
WHY NOT???
THEY’RE ONES PAYING FOR THEM…
THEY’RE LIKE WATCHING YOUR BRAND NEW MERCEDEZ GOING OVER A THOUSAND FOOT CLIFF…
WITH GARY BETTMAN IN THE FRONT SEAT…
THERE ARE MIXED FEELINGS…
YES…THERE IS EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE EVENT…
LIKE EXPO 86…THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HELLUVA PARTY…
BUT JUST LIKE WAKING UP NEW YEARS DAY…YOU KNOW THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME PAIN…
THIS “HANGOVER”…WILL COST AT LEAST…$5 BILLION…
THE FACT WE WERE KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT SUCH THINGS AS…THE SECURITY COSTS AND THE ATHLETES VILLIAGE…IS A COMPETE BETRAIL BY…LOCAL…PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL POLITICIANS…
SHAME ON ALL OF THEM…
SHAME ON ALL OF US... FOR NOT DEMANDING BETTER…
IT’S NOT LIKE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE…
IN 1976…”OLYMPIC STADIUM” IN MONTREAL COST $1 BILLION DOLLARS…
IT TOOK THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 30 YEARS TO PAY IT OFF…
NOBODY CAN SAY HOW MANY YEARS IT WILL TAKE “BRITISH COLUMBIA” TO CLEAR ITS’ DEBT…
HOW’S THAT FOR A LEGACY???
NEVERTHELESS…IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS…
THE GAMES WILL GIVE THIS PROVINCE AN ECONOMIC SHOT IN THE ARM…RIGHT AT TIME…WHEN WE NEED ONE…
THEY WILL ALSO LEAVE US WITH AN IMPROVED TRANSIT SYSTEM…AND A NEW CONVENTION CENTER…
“VANOC” HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN GETTING THE VENUES READY...
WHICH MEANS…THE WORLD WILL SEE US IN THE BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT…
WHICH MEANS…”TOURISM” IN THIS PROVINCE WILL BENEFIT FOR YEARS TO COME…
THE RICH AND FAMOUS WILL GET THEIR SUPER HI-WAY TO WHISTLER…WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THESE GAMES…
THERE WILL BE LOTS TO FEEL PROUD ABOUT…CANADA WILL “OWN THE PODIUM”…
FINALLY THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL SEE…FIRST HAND…WHAT OUR ATHLETES ARE CAPABLE OF…WHEN THEY ARE PROPERLY FUNDED AND ALLOWED ON COMPETE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD…
AND FOR HOCKEY FANS…
THE BIGGEST AND BEST TOURNAMENT…EVER…
SO…ENJOY THE GAMES…BATHE IN THEM…AND ABOVE ALL…REMEMBER TO TELL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN…
WHY NOT???
THEY’RE ONES PAYING FOR THEM…
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Anything is possible!
THE PHILADELPHIA PHILIES WIN THE WORLD SERIES…
THE ARIZONA CARDINALS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL…
AND THE UNITED STATES HAS ELECTED ITS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT…
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!
SO LASTNIGHT WAS IT TOO MUCH TO BELIEVE THE CANUCKS COULD GO INTO SAN JOSE AND WIN A HOCKEY GAME???
APPARENTLY SO!!!
THEY CAME CLOSE…BUT DEVIN SETOGUCHI TIED WITH 40 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD PERIOD…
AND THEN PATRICK MARLEAU WON IT FOR THE SHARKS IN OVERTIME…
AS A RESULT…THIS MORNING THE CANUCKS WOKE UP IN A THREE WAY TIE FOR 8TH PLACE…IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
AND THERE ARE 4 TEAMS NOW WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THAT LAST PLAYOFF SPOT…
ALL OF THEM…HAVE GAMES IN HAND…
ADD TO THAT…THE CANUCKS DO NOT PLAY AGAIN FOR ANOTHER WEEK…
WHICH MEANS…WHEN THE ALL-STAR BREAK IS FINALLY OVER…
THEY’LL FIND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE TIGHTEST PLAYOFF RACES IN NHL HISTORY…
LET’S START AT THE BOTTOM AND WORK UP…
RIGHT NOW DALLAS IS IN 12TH PLACE…
BUT THE STARS ARE IN FLORIDA TONIGHT AND AT HOME TO ATLANTA NEXT TUESDAY…
COLORADO IS IN 11TH PLACE…SHOULD THE AVALANCHE WIN THEIR TWO GAMES…THEY CAN CATCH CANUCKS IN THE STANDINGS…
MINNESOTA PLAYS TORONTO ON MONDAY… A WIN ALSO PUTS THE WILD INTO A TIE WITH THE CANUCKS….
COLUMBUS IS IN CALGARY TONIGHT…A WIN GETS THEM TO WITHIN A POINT OF VANCOUVER…
EDMONTON AND ANAHEIM ALSO PLAY NEXT MONDAY…WHICH COULD PUSH BOTH TEAMS 2 POINTS AHEAD OF VANCOUVER…
HERE’S THE MATH…
THERE ARE 8 TEAMS IN THE WEST…FIGHTING FOR THE LAST 4 PLAYOFF SPOTS…
BY NEXT WEDNESDAY ALL 8 OF THOSE TEAMS COULD BE SEPARATED BY A MERE 4 POINTS…
THE CANUCKS HAVE 38 GAMES REMAINING…15 OF THOSE GAMES ARE WITH THOSE OTHER 7 TEAMS…
AS A DISSAPOINTING AS LASTNIGHT WAS FOR CANUCKS FANS…
THE GOOD NEWS IS…THE FATE OF THEIR SEASON IS STILL VERY MUCH IN THEIR OWN HANDS…
REMEMBER…ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE…
THE ARIZONA CARDINALS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL…
AND THE UNITED STATES HAS ELECTED ITS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT…
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!
SO LASTNIGHT WAS IT TOO MUCH TO BELIEVE THE CANUCKS COULD GO INTO SAN JOSE AND WIN A HOCKEY GAME???
APPARENTLY SO!!!
THEY CAME CLOSE…BUT DEVIN SETOGUCHI TIED WITH 40 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD PERIOD…
AND THEN PATRICK MARLEAU WON IT FOR THE SHARKS IN OVERTIME…
AS A RESULT…THIS MORNING THE CANUCKS WOKE UP IN A THREE WAY TIE FOR 8TH PLACE…IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
AND THERE ARE 4 TEAMS NOW WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THAT LAST PLAYOFF SPOT…
ALL OF THEM…HAVE GAMES IN HAND…
ADD TO THAT…THE CANUCKS DO NOT PLAY AGAIN FOR ANOTHER WEEK…
WHICH MEANS…WHEN THE ALL-STAR BREAK IS FINALLY OVER…
THEY’LL FIND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE TIGHTEST PLAYOFF RACES IN NHL HISTORY…
LET’S START AT THE BOTTOM AND WORK UP…
RIGHT NOW DALLAS IS IN 12TH PLACE…
BUT THE STARS ARE IN FLORIDA TONIGHT AND AT HOME TO ATLANTA NEXT TUESDAY…
COLORADO IS IN 11TH PLACE…SHOULD THE AVALANCHE WIN THEIR TWO GAMES…THEY CAN CATCH CANUCKS IN THE STANDINGS…
MINNESOTA PLAYS TORONTO ON MONDAY… A WIN ALSO PUTS THE WILD INTO A TIE WITH THE CANUCKS….
COLUMBUS IS IN CALGARY TONIGHT…A WIN GETS THEM TO WITHIN A POINT OF VANCOUVER…
EDMONTON AND ANAHEIM ALSO PLAY NEXT MONDAY…WHICH COULD PUSH BOTH TEAMS 2 POINTS AHEAD OF VANCOUVER…
HERE’S THE MATH…
THERE ARE 8 TEAMS IN THE WEST…FIGHTING FOR THE LAST 4 PLAYOFF SPOTS…
BY NEXT WEDNESDAY ALL 8 OF THOSE TEAMS COULD BE SEPARATED BY A MERE 4 POINTS…
THE CANUCKS HAVE 38 GAMES REMAINING…15 OF THOSE GAMES ARE WITH THOSE OTHER 7 TEAMS…
AS A DISSAPOINTING AS LASTNIGHT WAS FOR CANUCKS FANS…
THE GOOD NEWS IS…THE FATE OF THEIR SEASON IS STILL VERY MUCH IN THEIR OWN HANDS…
REMEMBER…ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE…
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