From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Figured I’d join Before I got Drafted.

June 28, 2009

Hey, did you hear Michael Jackson died? No shit. I’m not making this up. Good thing the good Reverend Jesse is involved now. Phew! Through it all, the NHL managed to press on and hold their draft in Montreal Friday night. Naturally, I watched the whole thing. The Islanders had the first pick and took [...]

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What? Was Sheena Easton Busy?

June 20, 2009

Congratulations to Boston’s Manny Fernandez, Tim Thomas, Zdeno Chara and coach Claude Julien for bringing home the hardware at the NHL Awards in Las Vegas Thursday night. Of course I would have traded any of the awards given for one giant cup, as I’m sure they would have too, but there’s always next year. The [...]

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I hate to do it….

June 19, 2009

It’s been killing me to have to write something positive about the New Jersey Devils, but here goes. The Devils have resigned one of my favorite tough guys, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeBlond. PL3 as he’s known to his friends was one of the only reasons to watch the perennially dreadful Lowell Devils last season. He and Matthew [...]

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Whoop-de Friggin Do. Penguins Win.

June 15, 2009

For me, the hockey season ended a month or so ago when the Bruins were defeated. For the rest of the hockey world, it ended Friday night when Pittsburgh beat Detroit in a very exciting game 7. Much like the rest of the hockey world, I had counted the Penguins out after they went down [...]

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Instigator, Schminstigator

June 3, 2009

The Red Wings are going to win the Stanley Cup, and the NHL fucked up the instigator rule one more time, but I am not going to get into that. OK, for a second I will. Why does the rule book only apply to certain players? In other sports, if someone broke the rules, let’s [...]

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