Brian Burke is proving a smashing success with the media in the Big Smoke. Alternatively charming and abrasive, the pugnacious GM reminds me of the big meaty uncles I adored as a child. Believe me, that Irish blood revels in an argument, in pulling your leg, in occasionally playing the eedjit and, from time to [...]
Scott Burnside of ESPN advises Toronto Maple Leaf fans to be prepared for a “big exodus” of players before the March 4th trade deadline. In something akin to a miracle, could Jason Blake actually have played well enough in the past six weeks to be trade bait? Certainly Nikolai Antropov and Tomas Kaberle have one foot [...]
The Ottawa Sun is reporting that Senators GM Bryan Murray will actively market his players as the trade deadline approaches. The paper suggests only Captain Daniel Alfredsson is an untouchable…the New York Post, an increasingly unreliable source, is reporting the New York Rangers are scheming with the Dallas Star concerning a return of pest Sean [...]
Sean Avery has resumed skating and is keen to kick-start his NHL career. With the Dallas Stars refusing to allow the asshole back into their line-up, some arrangements will be made to peddle the lumpen piece of filth. Scary thought. What GM, on a soft and sinking team, loves chippy, aggressive players? Especially ones who can be [...]
Would an airing of Vince Carter’s side of the story concerning his tumultuous time in Toronto benefit our understanding of why it is apparently so difficult for the city to retain elite level talent? About all we know about the causes of the end of Vinsanity are 1) a messy dispute about the removal of privileges his [...]
The Toronto Blue Jays are the only team in MLB this off-season who have not added a free agent with a Major League contract…more T Dot woes - ESPN let the Judas kitty out of the bag with their revelation that Chris Bosh has made his 2010 intentions clear to Toronto Raptor GM Bryan Colangelo; he’s [...]
Don Banks of S I didn’t waste much time breaking out the hyperbole; he proclaimed yesterdays Superbowl the best ever. It was a bittersweet Superbowl for yours truly. While the futures bet paid off handsomely (Pitt 6-1), the assorted game specific bests crumbled in the face of a spirited Arizona effort…the Arizona Cardinals put up [...]
Let me sing a little Evita Peron at ya, “There’s nothing more I can think of to say to you…” I’ve made my feelings clear concerning this afternoons gridiron throwdown and I am in no way backing off of my prediction of a mismatch. The Hines Wards injury saga gives the tiniest of pauses, obviously the Steelers would [...]
