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"Brains...."

So Gary Bettman gets a raise.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Apparently, destroying all the good in hockey is money well spent
Why must all hockey fans suffer this ignoramus?
Did we do something bad?
Is Basket ball gods sport?
Or is Bettman a Zombie, with supernatural dickish powers?



Stupid Zombies.

Mon Capitan

Looks like Mats will remain in Blue and White, thank god.
I am really glad Sundin will remain a Leaf, no matter what anyone says, he is the heart and soul of the Buds, and now they don't really have anyone to step up and hold that title (Kaberle will be there in a couple years). Remember what happened last time the Leafs traded their heart and soul? Yeah, me too. *shudder*.

Not only did he stay, but he took a pay cut, down to a measly *coff* 5.5 Miiiiiilllion Dollars (puts pinky to corner of mouth), although it is only a one year deal, which is actually beneficial to both Mats and the Leafs, leaving both more options for next year.

The only downside is now the cap room is even tighter, and we still need a goal scorer and a back up twine-minder, oh yes, to re-sign Carlo and Williams. Kronwall and Harrison are as good as trade fodder to me.

Snazzy.

I Don't Even Know What To Say

Behold, possibly the most surreal photograph ever taken, two things you thought you would never see in the same building let alone in this way. I am pretty much speechless, make your own jokes, my mind still hasn't come out of Schwarezincup shock.

This Is The End

Dance Giger Dance!

Well here we are, and what a ride it has been eh?
Regular season roller coaster for us Leafer's which gave us plenty to bitch about while the teams that made the playoffs went about their bid-ness.
And the cup goes to (insert drum roll) the Mighty Malicious Mallards, or rather The Ducks of Anaheim. 4 games to 1 over the much hated Senadromes.
Glee is not something that I often experience, but team Ottawa did it again. Sure I'll be getting the 'atleast we made the playoffs, 40 years, conference champs, ooga booga boo' speech from all the little Trojans. Choking on hockeys biggest stage however, is something that I get to hold over them.
And I can also unclench, I would have had to move to Tibet, or Antartica or West New Jersey or something if the Senachumps took home Lord Staney's Mug, because their fan base would have gone from fun rival to impossible gloat-monsters.
Good on you Anaheim, you winning the cup was just Ducky!

Canada's Team

Warning, Incoming Rant.
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I won't cheer for the Senators, I just won't, no matter how much the media, the public, the players or even god tries to convince me it is the propper thing to do.
It seems every time I turn around there is someone else telling me who I should be cheering for this finals, and why I am wrong for not betraying my loyalty to my teams rivalry.

This article ended up being the straw that broke the proverbial Leaf Fan's back. Stating there is no rivalry between the Senators and the Leafs is a rediculous and stupidly arrogant thing to say. And there is no way around that.
Saying that Leaf fans only want the Senators to loose because we are bitter? Wow, sorry, but you are dillusional. Am I bitter that the Senators are in the finals? No I am not, in fact, I believe they are quite deserving of being the EFC champs, they are a very tallented and hard working team and have earned every playoff win. That dosn't mean I should cheer for them, although it means I have come to respect the Senators as a team (didn't see that comming did ya?).

I have been called jelous numerous times, and the fact is, yes I am jelous. Denying that would be as pompous as saying that I should cheer for the Senators because they happen to call Canada home. I bet every fan is jelous of the Sens or the Ducks if they arn't fans of those teams. It is human nature, you have something I wish I had, that is the definition of jelousy, I can't help that.

I have been told that I am unpatriotic because I wont cheer for the Sens, now this actually gets me mad. The truth is, the Ducks are more Canadian than the Senators, with 19 Canadian born players to the Sens 14. That means that the cup will actually spend more time in the hands of Canadians if the Ducks win than it will if the Sens win, and more Canadians will get their name on the cup. Who is unpatriotic now?

When it comes down to it, it really won't be the end of the world if the Senators win the cup for Leaf fans, but it will be a huge pain in our asses. Every one of us knows a Sens fan in person, or participate in online blogfests with them and have to deal with them on a daily basis. If the Sens win, we will never hear the end of it, never. Combine that with the rivalry that has become the Battle of Ontario and you have reason enough not to want the Senators to win if you are in the Leaf camp, thats what a rivalry is. I know all to well that those of Senators Ilk would not cheer for the Buds where the situations reversed, and the media probably would not be hounding them near as much to switch sides because they are 'Canada's team' . Thats because Leaf nation and our (biased) media is comfortable enough in the fact that we have enough of our own fans to get by without bandwagoners. My feelings have further been proven true by many realistic Sens fans who don't give a skyward shit if Leaf fans cheer for their team.

It dosn't matter that I don't cheer for the Sens, get over it, focus on your own fans, focus on your team, and leave me the hell alone. I grow weary of this.

Go Ducks Go.

The Corruptor

My little brother is now a Leafs fan.
Not my little brother in the biological sense, but you know Big Brothers/Sisters of Canada?
Yeah, that little guy.
He wasn't much into hockey, well the NHL anyway when I met him. The only player he really knew anything about was Wayne Gretzky (his favourite I might add) but he didn't have a favourite team.
Since he is pretty much a sports fanatic, I figured I'd expose him to more hockey. So I did, we went through my old hockey cards (Hadn't looked at those things in years), played NHL 07 of the playstation, hell I even showed him my old video tapes of the 93 Leafs/Blues series (stupid movers lost the Wings series, I burnt the Kings series).
He also noticed my brand new, pretty much never worn (for late season purchase reasons) Leaf hat. He wanted to wear it, so I did the next best thing, gave him my old one.
Now he is a Leaf fan, and shall remain so, if I have anything to do about it.
Good thing I got him on the right track before he became a Sens fan or something, *shudder* there is no comming back from something like that.

Also, if you can donate the time, Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada still needs a ton more volunteers, click the link if you want to find out more on how to do so.

Emiliooooooo

And thats why I shouldn't cheer for anyone.

Look what happens?

Why the hell is my sports karma so bad? What did I do huh?


Emilioooooooo.