Written on April 29th, 2009 by goatdieselone shout
First things first, whoever taped that fake Rangers game last night and somehow transferred it to my PVR, GOOD ONE!!! I thought for a minute there, the Rangers actually lost to Caps last night Ha Ha Ha….Ok, so maybe it wasn’t a big joke but that slimy goal Semin scored sure was a big joke. Ovechkin may be the best player in the game but god damn can he please start wearing a full visor and tint that mothereffer blacker than tar. Because if I have to stare at that putrefying mug while he celebrates for at least another 4 games, I either have to stop eating 6 hours before a game or just listen to games on the radio instead.
Sin City had his choices for the first round and did pretty damn good, going 5/8 and he was 1 goal from being right in the Rangers series (think I’m bitter???). Well since my computer was pooched I never got to call my picks for the first round (I was 7/8 by the way…that was a blatant lie) now I will give you my 2nd round choices and I encourage Sin City and even our baseball guru The Sheik to get in on the fun, HECK, all of you should chime in too!!!
ROUND 2, LET’S GET IT ON!!!
Vancouver vs. Chicago- Let me tell you first off, this series is my favourite and my least favourite at the same time. Favourite because I love both the teams and least because I want them both to be in the Western finals, which is obviously impossible. Both Chicago and Vancouver looked fairly sexy in their respective first round series with goaltending as opposed to goal scoring being the difference in both series. But in this series, I like the ‘Nucks. Better goalie, more experience and the only Canadian team left. Vancouver in 7.
Anaheim vs. Detroit - What can you say about Anaheim? No one in their right mind thought they would actually help fulfill San Jose’s destiny as playoff choke artist but they did! What does that mean in their next series against the boys from Motown? The same thing War means to Edwin Starr, “ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, HUH!!!”. Detroit in 5
Pittsburgh vs. Washington – Let me tell you right now, if the NHL was a 13 year old boy, the series would be Miley Cyrus in a shower. Gary Bettman must be harder than a slab of marble tile right now just thinking of having Sid the kid vs. Ugly Alex for a possible 7 games. As for me, I will get a bucket ready for all the close ups of Ovey and a pillow ready for all the interviews with Sidney Crosby. Either way, this series will be great for the young NHL superstars and for creating some excitement for hockey in the States in a time that it desperately needs it. Pens in 7
Boston vs. Carolina – Two teams with two very different first rounds will be meeting in this match up. Boston will have been off for over a week before their first game on Friday, while Carolina will only have 2 days off. So I guess this story comes down too, who do you think has the bigger advantage? The team who came back from a 3-2 series deficit to beat the favoured team at their own rink? Or the team who swept a team that squeaked in the playoffs? For me, when it comes to the playoffs and hockey, I gotta believe the more rest the better.
If you didn’t see it yet…WAKE UP. Everyone is all abuzz with Ovechkin’s goal celebration from the other night after netting his 50th of the season. Why you ask? Some people seem to think that making hockey exciting is a bad idea? First they want to take fighting out of the league (bad idea #1), then they want to move Canadian teams to places like Nashville who are in the playoff race every year, yet have no one to watch them (bad idea #2) and now people are telling the BEST PLAYER (suck it Crosby) in the league that he can’t celebrate when he scores his 50th goal of the season? Its ridiculous! People like my buddy Coletrain, who is a hockey die hard, say they don’t have a problem with the celebration, its the fact that it’s pre-meditated. I can live with that I guess but so are all of Sid the Kids interview answers and I don’t complain…ZING!!! See the problem with the NHL die hards is they want their young guys to play like the old guys. Now don’t get me wrong I LOVE tradition and hockey is one of the sports with the deepest traditional values (FIGHTING) and I love that about hockey but today’s viewing audience isn’t the same as it was back in the black and white days. People these days want everything 20 minutes ago, 3 times faster and 5 times bigger. Sure watching Orr, Richard and the boys flying end to end was fun but so was watching Theron Fleury ride his stick like a horse. People need to calm down and let this kid do his thing, I mean its the least the NHL can give us, I mean they don’t want us watching fights anymore, so you might as well let us see some goals and celebrations.
Here’s the clip and just so you know it was a 1 on 4…UNREAL!!! Celebrate OV CELEBRATE!!!
What did you think? Too much? Not enough? Keep it coming?
I was watching Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday night (surprise) and I saw Don Cherry talking about Alexander Ovechkin and his crazy goal celebrations. Until that point, I had never really thought too much about his celebrations, except maybe his first goal in the league but that was because he truly just looked like a kid who scored his first goal in Tyke.
If you aren’t familiar with Cherry and his views (you’re definitely not Canadian) but he is probably the definition of OLD SCHOOL. He was a coach of the notoriously “chippy” Boston Bruins in the ’70s and lets just say he wasn’t shy when it came to letting his “opinion” be heard. When his coaching days ended, he continued to let his opinions be heard every Saturday night after the first period of hockey games on the CBC for the past 20 some odd years.
Continuing with his trend of outspoken tirades that more often then not fall on European shoulders, he went after AO for celebrating too much like a soccer player. Cherry suggested someone may/should take it to the physical level to deter such things in the future. When Ovechkin was asked by the Washington Post about it, he said, “I think he is a funny guy (Cherry), old guy. He likes old fashioned hockey, so he don’t like probably my celebrations” (just so you know that is the wording he used).
So what is your stance on the matter? Does Cherry have a point? Should Alex the Great turn down the celebration meter to a 6 instead of a 10? Is Ovechkin right and Cherry is just a old miser that can’t get used to the now?
Personally, I like the way Alex makes every goal seem as though its his first and as far as I know he isn’t one of those guys skating by the other teams bench and rubbing it in. He is just jumping around on the ice and usually slamming his face in the boards trying to get to the crowd or just trying to pump them up, home or away. Like we have said here before, hockey could use a little more life in its players and Ovechkin always supplies that. So I say, leave him be Cherry, if hes not being a sore sport and ruining the game then let it be. At least he’s not fighting, rightReefer???
Written on February 10th, 2009 by Shaun Sinclair2 shouts
Kobe and LeBron
I don’t give a rat’s ass. That was Kobe Bryant’s response when a reporter asked him how he felt after Lebron James overtook his title of “youngest player in the history of the NBA to reach 12,000 career points” (Lebron reached the mark just after his 24th birthday, while it took Kobe until he was 25). This reaction fell perfectly in line with how I’m used to viewing Kobe – he’s an arrogant, self-centered megastar who can’t be bothered with the suggestion that another player might just be better than he is. To Kobe, he doesn’t owe it to anyone to give a more “politically correct” response. He’s not the type to give us one of these gems we’re so used to hearing from more humble athletes: “Uhh, yeah, you know, Lebron is a great player. I can’t believe how he’s so, umm, dominant at such a young age… I’m not sure who’s a better player, but, you know, individual stats don’t matter and it’s all about the team.” Like him or not, Kobe’s telling us how he actually feels. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass. He thinks/knows he is a better player than Lebron James, and he won’t beat around the bush just to seem like a nice guy. He’s too good for that. (more…)
