Posted Sunday June 16, 2013, About: Adam Oates: Sidney Crosby didn't have MVP season

The same thing happened to Craig Anderson. Dude was the best keeper in the league during the first half of the season by a wide margin and picked up an injury. Probably needed to get to maybe 35-40 games played to be considered, but only got 24.

Posted Tuesday May 28, 2013, About: Alfredsson discusses retirement

He'll be back. The Sens are too close to contending again for him to just walk away. A decent signing on D and maybe a trade to swap some of the young prospects for experience and they will be right in the thick of things at the top of their conference.

Posted Tuesday May 28, 2013, About: Seahawks hold team meeting to address PED suspensions

The veterans decide to hold a meeting on how not to get caught. What a joke.

Posted Monday April 29, 2013, About: Dickey headed for an MRI

It'll be funny when June hits and Ricky Romero is back to being the #1 for the Jays because everyone else is either ineffective or injured.

Posted Thursday April 25, 2013, About: Anthopoulos' claims rankle rival GMs

It's the professional baseball equivalent to throwing **** at the wall and seeing what sticks.

Posted Sunday April 07, 2013, About: Canucks reportedly wanted Leafs goalie, picks for Roberto Luongo

It just blows my mind Gillis hasn't clued into the fact he's going to have to buy out Luongo to get rid of him. I don't get how he hasn't figured out whoever takes him off his hands is doing him a favour and that he is offering no value in this exchange.

He's like those idiots on Kijiji who want $400 and for you to take over the 2 years left on their smartphone contract.

Posted Monday April 01, 2013, About: Canucks talking to multiple teams about Luongo

Luongo is not going to be dealt because every team in the league knows he's going to be a free agent this summer. Vancouver is going to have to swallow the pill and buyout Luongo, as it is the only way he's leaving Vancouver. Otherwise they will have to trade Schneider and stick with Luongo.

I said last year that they should have swapped with Montreal for Price. Trade a Montrealer for a Western Boy, then move Schneider. The problem is that was Mike Gillis didn't have the balls to make a bold move like that. Gillis isn't the guy that built the Canucks. It was mostly the work of Burke and Nonis that he's been coasting on for years now.

Posted Friday March 15, 2013, About: Realignment's biggest losers

I look whether it would be similar to Brampton and them losing the Battalion to North Bay. They put the team there in the sprawl and nobody really cared. In the sprawl areas North of Toronto there is a large minority population. In Markham 55% of the population is visibly minorities. Not to say minorities aren't hockey fans, but given the example of Brampton you see hockey doesn't necessarily just become popular among the minority population because you put a team there.

I think if you put another team in Ontario, you put it in Hamilton. Build an arena on the Northwest edge of the city and make it accessible to Burlington, Oakville, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Guelph etc. Putting it in Markham is just the big dream of some stupid developer, not really based in reality. And I believe Quebec gets a team well before any other team goes into Ontario.

Posted Wednesday March 13, 2013, About: Red flags fly after ugly Halladay outing

It's unfortunate, but both the Jays and Phillies rode him hard and now we're seeing the effects of it. The innings, the complete games. I know back in the day players didn't have relievers and closers and pitchers were more durable, but really Roy was that old school throwback. By rights he probably would have had 3 or 4 Cy Young's if not for a line drive off the shin that derailed one of his seasons and another where Johan Santana was just slightly better than him in the AL.

Posted Friday March 08, 2013, About: Kekalainen dismisses 'silly' trade report

That is definitely an angle the Blue Jackets could attack a rebuild from. The reality is that it's the North Americans that yearn for big market teams when they sign contracts. Europeans are a little less inclined to be impressed by the big city and probably wouldn't have a particular bias against Columbus in the same way a North American might. What's interesting is that I can't recall that many swedes passing through Columbus to this point. Having a Scandinavian GM could definitely have an impact on players considering the team.

Posted Thursday March 07, 2013, About: Kekalainen dismisses 'silly' trade report

He started in the NHL as a scout with the Sens. He helped draft Hossa, Havlat and Emery, so the guy clearly has an eye for talent. You'll notice that the Sens drafting went South after he left in 2002 and Muckler came in. He was with the Blues for a couple years and most recently was a GM in Finland. So I'd say that the Blue Jackets are definitely in good hands. You'll notice the Blues rising to prominence also seemed to coincide with him being involved with the club.

Posted Thursday March 07, 2013, About: Kekalainen dismisses 'silly' trade report

UFAs simply can't be part of the planned rebuild. Look at what Ottawa is doing. The last 2 years they've signed fringe players to keep roster spots warm until prospects are ready to take them over. Nobody wants to sign with Columbus because they are losers and in Ohio. So they have to build from within with controllable assets before they can attract free agents. A good young core and winning will help them bring in the players they need.

Posted Monday March 04, 2013, About: Flacco's agent: 'It's nice to be right'

If not for 2 brutally blown coverages, the one that won them the game in Denver in round 2, and the Chris Culliver blown coverage TD in the Super Bowl we wouldn't even be having this conversation. Both of those passes were absolute prayers that were horribly defended and resulted in touchdowns. Both padded Flacco's stats through sheer luck and made his stats look like he's something he's not.

Posted Wednesday February 20, 2013, About: Bruins coming after Alfie?

Ottawa doesn't need salary relief. Alfie is making a pro-rated $1 mil this year on the last year of his contract. His cap hit is $4.875m. The Sens don't need any salary relief at all.

Posted Wednesday February 20, 2013, About: Bruins coming after Alfie?

Trade us Seguin and we'll talk. Otherwise bugger off. The Sens will be a competitor next year and rumour has it that Alfie will stick around for another year. He's not going anywhere folks.

Posted Sunday February 10, 2013, About: Will NFL widen field to reduce concussions?

My bad on that one. Either way, the CFL has 2 additional players on the field.

Posted Sunday February 10, 2013, About: Will NFL widen field to reduce concussions?

The part that gets me about widening the field is wouldn't that help runners get the edge better? A guy like Kaepernick can already get the edge pretty well, think adding more space. Sure it would open up the passing game as well, but I think it would boost the run game as well. The other part people are forgetting in spreading the field is that the CFL actually has 26 players on the field, not 24.

Posted Sunday January 13, 2013, About: Brian Burke's firing still a mystery

There's no way he doesn't get another kick at the can. He'll end up in a hockey backwater, not one of the marquee jobs. If I were picking a destination I could easily see Columbus. They're a team that has struggled to have an identity. Burke becomes the public face. It would be great, because nobody really cares about Columbus.

The reason he failed is that he didn't have anyone's coattails to ride in Toronto because Ferguson and Fletcher didn't leave him much of a base to work from. He won that Cup because of Bryan Murray's drafting abilities. All he really did was make a big free agent signing in Niedermayer and trade where he had all the leverage in Pronger. When he tried to replicate that impact trade in Toronto for Kessel he began digging his own grave.

I definitely think he made progress with the Leafs, but as you mentioned, many of his failings caught up to him. I think the Leafs will be competitive pretty soon once they get a goalie. And I say that from the perspective of a Sens fan.

Posted Tuesday January 08, 2013, About: Singletary interviewing for Bears coaching vacancy

I don't think Singletary was as bad as people are making him out to be. The part I liked about him was that he demanded accountability. He could easily be credited with turning around Vernon Davis' career. Obviously Harbaugh came in there and turned things around in 1 season, but he was also a guy who knew how to groom a quarterback. Singletary coached during the stupid era where the Niners were churning offensive coordinators every season and really had no support for Smith at QB so he was left tossing in the wind for the most part. Cutler is an established QB, they have a few weapons on offense and solid, if old defense. I'm sure Mike learned a thing or 2 from the whole experience that he could bring the table this time around.

Posted Sunday December 30, 2012, About: Bills may fire Chan Gailey and GM

It would be, I just can't see him in Buffalo. Buffalo doesn't get first pick of coaches. They get what's left after the quality teams pick. Star coaching candidates don't beat a path to Buffalo. I'd put them at the bottom of the pecking order this off-season, below Cleveland too.

Posted Sunday December 30, 2012, About: Bills may fire Chan Gailey and GM

You do realize this is the Bills right? I'm sure they could offer half the property in Upstate New York and it probably wouldn't be much of an incentive.