Help Me, Jeebus

Please, please, please let it be the Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Tampa Lightning or New York Islanders whose ball falls first out of that stupid lottery machine tonight.
I do not want to hear about Phil Kessel for Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin for the rest of my life, despite the fact that I support [...]

April 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: HiR:tb | 2 comments

“Gustavsson” Scores a Goal on Sportsnet: Thanks, Joe Bowen

Sometimes in professional sports, in the latter portion of a lost season, one can get the impression that folks are just mailing it in.  Akin to garbage time in a game too far out of hand to salvage, the idea is that a team can be so far out of contention for a championship or [...]

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Boston Bruins, Hockey | 11 comments

Phil Kessel: The True Story

Imagine, if you will, Brian Burke sitting at his desk in the MLSE offices today.   Any GM
of the Leafs  is no doubt a busy man, but  Burkie’s recently been a bit busier than most.  On top of the usual day to day stuff, he’s still dealing with some of the remnants left behind by the [...]

September 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Boston Bruins, Hockey, NHL, Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs | 10 comments

The Albert Canadian Tire Ad

Posts two days in a row after a month of silence?  What what?
I can’t let the NHL playoffs pass without observing that it’s a shame that Boston defenceman Andrew Alberts didn’t play for a Canadian-based team, and about twenty years ago.  The reasons for this are, in my opinion, obvious – provided you spent some [...]

April 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Boston Bruins, Hockey, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs | 10 comments

Gr8 Game Seven Coming

Watching Game 6 of the Caps/Flyers series tonight, I was struck by how great a game Mike Green was having. From the hit he laid on Sami Kapanen (the one where they had to get the Philly Fire Department to pick l’il Sami out of the rigging up in the rafters) to his rapid [...]

April 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Adopt-a-team Project, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals | Leave a comment