Let's recap what happened to my favorite teams yesterday:
* Crosby involved in nasty tie-up on first shift of game, then Malkin leaves and doesn't come back after getting hit on the back of the knee. Yikes.
* B-Rob leaves training camp to see a back specialist. Last I checked, I'm on the depth chart for second base.
* Tomlinson signs with the Jets. I can't root against him, but I hate the Jets so much.
* Rex Ryan gets surgery to kill his massive blubber. Now there will be 50% less fat jokes on this site.
To that last point, maybe this proves that fat retards would rather just get surgery than, you know, have a healthy lifestyle. I don't see Ryan eating Waldorf salads and running 5Ks anytime soon.
Go Monday.
- Matt
Monday, March 15, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
No Suspension For Cooke
Are you kidding?
Are you fucking kidding?
This is the fallout from the asinine decision not to suspend Richards. Now it's officially headhunting open season. Thanks for nothing, NHL.
- Matt
Are you fucking kidding?
This is the fallout from the asinine decision not to suspend Richards. Now it's officially headhunting open season. Thanks for nothing, NHL.
- Matt
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Headshots and Starfuckers
Could be a pretty good album title.
This of course has to do with the Matt Cooke hit everyone is bitching about. I'll try to keep this as short and sweet as possible. Here's my thesis statement, dumbass:
The Matt Cooke hit will be good for the league.
OMG u r so bias!
1. People who talk like that have no rights as human beings, in my opinion.
2. Let me finish.
The Matt Cooke hit, like the Mike Richards hit before it, was a brutal, dirty hit. Why was it dirty? Because it gave a guy a friggin concussion. Sure, Savard was playing with his head down. Sure, Cooke tucked in his elbow so the hit was legal. Sure, he eased up slightly before his shoulder collided with Savard's head. If Savard gets right back up, is it still dirty? YEEEEESSSSSSS.
There's a reason the IIHF gives automatic two-game suspensions for headshots. Because they are, by definition, cheap shots that don't belong in sports. It's not like Cooke decided to show up on highlight reels around the country by lighting someone up. Richards didn't, either. Cooke followed through with the hit because it's a contract year, and he's paid to walk on the thin line between legal and illegal. If you were a contract employee that relied on finding loopholes to get paid, and right before your current contract expired, you found a big one, you'd take advantage of it. If you pretend you wouldn't, die.
So again, why is this good for the league? Because now Colin Campbell has to make a very tough decision. He's already set precedent with allowing this kind of hit to go unpunished, thanks to the starfucking double-standard set by the league offices, in which superstars only get suspended if they draw 2 major penalties for cheapshotting in 3 games. If Crosby hits Savard like that, I guarantee the league isn't even thinking suspension. But seeing as David Booth still can't watch TV without feeling dizzy, and Savard is probably (and should be) done for the season, hopefully the pressure is on to do something about headshots, regardless of who's doing the hitting.
In shortish, this has potential to bring about necessary change in a flawed system. I'm not pleased that it took someone's life being changed permanently to make it happen, but if there's any win in this whole situation, it's that the NHL may have had its hand forced on these matters.
And the Pens better resign Cooke. I don't want him on any other team in the league, much less an Eastern Conference one.
- Matt
This of course has to do with the Matt Cooke hit everyone is bitching about. I'll try to keep this as short and sweet as possible. Here's my thesis statement, dumbass:
The Matt Cooke hit will be good for the league.
OMG u r so bias!
1. People who talk like that have no rights as human beings, in my opinion.
2. Let me finish.
The Matt Cooke hit, like the Mike Richards hit before it, was a brutal, dirty hit. Why was it dirty? Because it gave a guy a friggin concussion. Sure, Savard was playing with his head down. Sure, Cooke tucked in his elbow so the hit was legal. Sure, he eased up slightly before his shoulder collided with Savard's head. If Savard gets right back up, is it still dirty? YEEEEESSSSSSS.
There's a reason the IIHF gives automatic two-game suspensions for headshots. Because they are, by definition, cheap shots that don't belong in sports. It's not like Cooke decided to show up on highlight reels around the country by lighting someone up. Richards didn't, either. Cooke followed through with the hit because it's a contract year, and he's paid to walk on the thin line between legal and illegal. If you were a contract employee that relied on finding loopholes to get paid, and right before your current contract expired, you found a big one, you'd take advantage of it. If you pretend you wouldn't, die.
So again, why is this good for the league? Because now Colin Campbell has to make a very tough decision. He's already set precedent with allowing this kind of hit to go unpunished, thanks to the starfucking double-standard set by the league offices, in which superstars only get suspended if they draw 2 major penalties for cheapshotting in 3 games. If Crosby hits Savard like that, I guarantee the league isn't even thinking suspension. But seeing as David Booth still can't watch TV without feeling dizzy, and Savard is probably (and should be) done for the season, hopefully the pressure is on to do something about headshots, regardless of who's doing the hitting.
In shortish, this has potential to bring about necessary change in a flawed system. I'm not pleased that it took someone's life being changed permanently to make it happen, but if there's any win in this whole situation, it's that the NHL may have had its hand forced on these matters.
And the Pens better resign Cooke. I don't want him on any other team in the league, much less an Eastern Conference one.
- Matt
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Penguin Trades. Not Feeling Creative Today.
Trade #1: 2nd round pick for Jordan Leopold
ANALysis: Classic Ray Shero. A late second rounder for a guy who plays against the top lines of other teams. The Pens' D was looking really shitty for the last month or so, and adding another d-man to the mix, especially a good one, is just super cool. Was this move made with the Caps in mind? Most likely, yes.
Trade #2: Martin Skoula and Luca Caputi for Alex Ponikarovsky
What the Leafs get: Trade bait and a prospect. As I write this, Skoula has been traded to the Devils. So basically the Leafs get a prospect and a pick. Or what they should have expected for Poni all along. This is hardly a steal for any side. Caputi will put up 4th line numbers this year for the Leafs, and maybe third line numbers next season. Eventually, he could be a top six forward. He could also drop off the face of the Earth. One thing's for sure: I'll miss his name more than his play.
What the Pens get: Ponikarovsky is the "winger for Geno" that fans were hoping for. He's a 20-goal scorer on other teams, and a career +56 on the friggin Leafs. He should get a medal for that. He's also childhood friends with Ruslan Fedotenko, so here's hoping the new Russian Connection line (Feds and Poni are Ukranian, but they speak Russian) has a base for some chemistry. I'd say Poni seems like a younger Sykora in production, but I've only seen him play against the Penguins. And I didn't pay attention then. In short, the Pens' offense gets better.
Overall: Penguins upgraded their defense and offense while sacrificing a pick, prospect, and 8th d-man. Tell me any team wouldn't do that, and I'll call you a liar.
- Matt
ANALysis: Classic Ray Shero. A late second rounder for a guy who plays against the top lines of other teams. The Pens' D was looking really shitty for the last month or so, and adding another d-man to the mix, especially a good one, is just super cool. Was this move made with the Caps in mind? Most likely, yes.
Trade #2: Martin Skoula and Luca Caputi for Alex Ponikarovsky
What the Leafs get: Trade bait and a prospect. As I write this, Skoula has been traded to the Devils. So basically the Leafs get a prospect and a pick. Or what they should have expected for Poni all along. This is hardly a steal for any side. Caputi will put up 4th line numbers this year for the Leafs, and maybe third line numbers next season. Eventually, he could be a top six forward. He could also drop off the face of the Earth. One thing's for sure: I'll miss his name more than his play.
What the Pens get: Ponikarovsky is the "winger for Geno" that fans were hoping for. He's a 20-goal scorer on other teams, and a career +56 on the friggin Leafs. He should get a medal for that. He's also childhood friends with Ruslan Fedotenko, so here's hoping the new Russian Connection line (Feds and Poni are Ukranian, but they speak Russian) has a base for some chemistry. I'd say Poni seems like a younger Sykora in production, but I've only seen him play against the Penguins. And I didn't pay attention then. In short, the Pens' offense gets better.
Overall: Penguins upgraded their defense and offense while sacrificing a pick, prospect, and 8th d-man. Tell me any team wouldn't do that, and I'll call you a liar.
- Matt
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