Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Early Wednesday Hockey Thoughts

Fuck this week was hard, I want to get something out every week and this was the best I could do.

Brendan Shanahan says the NHL is going to keep the All Star draft in 2012. I'm a big fan of the NHL trying new stuff, but it just wasn't very good. If they're going to do it again at least get Gerry Dee to host it. No offense James Duthie, you're just not very funny. (as long as you say "no offense" before something mean, it's cool)

Don Cherry nails it, which is more rare than it used to be.

How many hockey sticks can you buy for $15,000?

I have a feeling Canucks fans are overvaluing Schneider as an offseason trade piece, remember Halak was a starter and a playoff hero and all Montreal got for him was Lars Eller and some other guy who's name doesn't need to be remembered.

I can't remember an NHL season where the MVP is less obvious, D. Sedin, Kesler, Toews, Thomas, Stamkos, Yandle. I think it has to be Daniel, right? Highest scorer on the team with the best record. Twin brothers winning the Heart Trophy in back to back years. That's fairly incredible. To celebrate they should knock up the Williams sisters just to see what happens.

It's probably not feasible but would Olympic size ice cut down on concussions? I guess you could just build all new arenas Olympic size and have different playing areas like baseball.

I think there's a better than 50/50 chance Winnipeg gets a team NEXT season (either Atlanta or Phoenix). Go Jets!!!!!

Friday, March 11, 2011

It`s been a while

My next failed attempt as a blogger is starting..........now. Once I miss a post or two it feels hard to come back to. We'll see how long this lasts.

If I were negotiating on behalf of the NFL owners and we wanted to get a larger percentage of revenues without bending on other issues, we could create a new issue. That way instead of saying "we're losing 2% of revenue and they won't budge on guaranteed contracts" the leader of the player's union can say "if we take only 2% less in revenue they'll scrap the 18 game schedule".

The reason I want to blog again is this post I made a while back, it's very poorly written but I kind of nailed it. just sayin

I enjoy the CFL but if you want me to keep defending it to my NFL buddies they're going to have to stop announcing the awards 5 months after the season ends. That's bush league.

My prediction for Jays starting rotation is Romero, Morrow, Cecil, Litsch, Jo-Jo Reyes. It's the most patient and probably the smartest. One, Two, Three are set. Every interview I read with AA is talking up Litsch. Jo-Jo Reyes has no options and is probably going to be this year's Dana Eveland.

Drive Angry sounds like a really good movie, you should go see it.