My second player in my continuing series of hockey players that I love isssssssssss
JASON SPEZZA!
Im in an extremely happy mood since its the Friday before a long weekend and I get to leave at 2 and I have awesome plans for tonight and so Jason Spezza became choice two for these reasons. The reason I love Jason Spezza is his smile! He is so so smiley and it makes me smile. And then his passing/playmaking ability makes me swoon and fall to my knees. Spezza has a really soft pass but has a great hard shot to the net and is an extremely unselfish player out there. Working with Heatley and Alfie, he realyl has no choice; those players are more talented than he is. But, he has an amazing eye and the ability to make sure those passes go through. During the Stanely Cup Finals, he, more than anyone else out there, was the person to defend. If he had the puck, you know the puck was going to be moving around and to all the right people. The only criticsm I have for Spetz is that he is not very good defensively. Um, not at all really. He tends to just focus on the play in the offensive zone and doesnt even think to hold back for a bit and take care of people behind him, allowing for smarter defenseman to go to the front of the net as an extra defender. And THAT BLOWS JASON. Dont freaking do that! If you want to be a complete player, learn your fundamentals. That being said, I heart you Jason Spezza. You make me smile because you are so smiley. And an amazing hockey player. Few more years, ya got Alfie beat.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Alot More Random Crap
I am really starting to run out of topics to talk about here -- the preseason seriously needs to begin. For one, watching sports is my biggest stress reliever (esp with friends), however, the Oakland Athletics decided to try and give me a hernia at the age of 22 instead of actually play baseball and stay healthy this season, so I need my hockey more than ever. I will never forget the NHL lockout in 2003 because I was living in Canada at the time (just my luck right? I get to see Bertuzzi and Naslund and then no freaking hockey) and because my friend Matty( who I'm going to see over Columbus Day!! Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria stand no chance) said to me after I bitched for a good 35 minutes about the bad day I was having, "Wow. So you become a girl when you have to use tools and when the NHL has a lockout. May hockey come back for the good of us all." And its true friends. May hockey come back for it is the equivalent of sunshine and roses for me. Or actually, I more compare it to the scene in the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy falls asleep in the poppies and is awakened by fresh snow. Replace the poppies here with lots of rubber pucks and happy dreams of the Stanely Cup and the snow with giant Canadian/Eastern European men who have clearly some disdain for the dentist and a razor blade. Mmm, toothless, hairy men. Um, in hockey uniforms. Or something.
So, I will not talk about how much I hate Sidney Crosby today although his clothing line with hot pink T-shirts is reaffirming every theory I have about him, nor will I address the growing Staal problem. Although, the Staal problem, with two of the brothers getting arrested in Minnesota, is a comedy forum just taunting me "Priya, go for it! Make fun of them! Go on! Its all right here! Run like the wind!" But I wont. With the impending arrival of Marc Staal to my Rangers, I have to be nice. Well that and Mommy Staal has the family I forsee myself having: 4 boys all who have gone to the NHL. With a little good luck and a decently attractive husband, they will hopefully not be as ugly or mentally retarded but you know, things happen.
What I will talk about is the an article similar to Paul Kukkla's on NHL.com. Its the players I cannot wait to see play. Some of my picks may be the same as Paul's but lets be honest: These guys should be almost everyones top pick. So here we are in no particular order:
1. Pavel Datsyuk
What to say about Pavel Datsyuk --- more like what not to say about Pavel Datsyuk! That mans hands are the softest yet powerful hands that exist in the NHL today. He can handle the puck like an egg and then bang that egg 90mph into the upper right hand corner of the net no matter whose there to try and stop it. He looks so funny out there, with his slumped shoulders and kinda hunched back but then he kicks it into gear and its explosive. He is so fun to watch out on the ice because hes like a secret. Everyone knows what a great rookie season he had but he did have a downturn (very slight but a downturn nonetheless) a few seasons after. After alot of growing up and maturing as a player in his technique and defensive play, he was a force in the Red Wings playoff games and scored key goals for them. Alot of critics say he cant be a big game player but I think thats because he plays for the freaking Red Wings! Have you seen their roster?! If their team has one more "leader" they will become the Yankees. He has not had the chance to lead his team in any capacity but why should he when he plays with the likes of Nick Lindstrum and Dominick Hasek? Plus, I think I would be a bit twitchy if I played for the Red wings, with people throwing octupi at me all the time. Creepy. But yes. Go Pavel!
-- Crap, my hour for lunch is over but I will continue this at home later tonight.
So, I will not talk about how much I hate Sidney Crosby today although his clothing line with hot pink T-shirts is reaffirming every theory I have about him, nor will I address the growing Staal problem. Although, the Staal problem, with two of the brothers getting arrested in Minnesota, is a comedy forum just taunting me "Priya, go for it! Make fun of them! Go on! Its all right here! Run like the wind!" But I wont. With the impending arrival of Marc Staal to my Rangers, I have to be nice. Well that and Mommy Staal has the family I forsee myself having: 4 boys all who have gone to the NHL. With a little good luck and a decently attractive husband, they will hopefully not be as ugly or mentally retarded but you know, things happen.
What I will talk about is the an article similar to Paul Kukkla's on NHL.com. Its the players I cannot wait to see play. Some of my picks may be the same as Paul's but lets be honest: These guys should be almost everyones top pick. So here we are in no particular order:
1. Pavel Datsyuk
What to say about Pavel Datsyuk --- more like what not to say about Pavel Datsyuk! That mans hands are the softest yet powerful hands that exist in the NHL today. He can handle the puck like an egg and then bang that egg 90mph into the upper right hand corner of the net no matter whose there to try and stop it. He looks so funny out there, with his slumped shoulders and kinda hunched back but then he kicks it into gear and its explosive. He is so fun to watch out on the ice because hes like a secret. Everyone knows what a great rookie season he had but he did have a downturn (very slight but a downturn nonetheless) a few seasons after. After alot of growing up and maturing as a player in his technique and defensive play, he was a force in the Red Wings playoff games and scored key goals for them. Alot of critics say he cant be a big game player but I think thats because he plays for the freaking Red Wings! Have you seen their roster?! If their team has one more "leader" they will become the Yankees. He has not had the chance to lead his team in any capacity but why should he when he plays with the likes of Nick Lindstrum and Dominick Hasek? Plus, I think I would be a bit twitchy if I played for the Red wings, with people throwing octupi at me all the time. Creepy. But yes. Go Pavel!
-- Crap, my hour for lunch is over but I will continue this at home later tonight.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Jersey Talk
I am having a rather awful Saturday so I need to bitch about it for just one second. Apparently, the D line, has changed their shuttle buses. Rather than there being a Fenway shuttle bus, like there has been for the last months, you now have to take the Fenway bus at Reservoir. I did not know this. I also did not know that there is now a bus that goes outbound to Riverside. So, I wake up at the crack of friggen dawn today to run some errands early so I could have breakfast with friends and then a quiet day at home which has not happened in a long time. I go to Reservoir and because of it being early and I havent finished my coffee yet, I get on the Riverside bus. I finally just get off at Woodland and get back on the bus to Reservoir. I have already missed breakfast at this point because it takes 45 minutes to get to woodland (who knew?). I get back to Reservoir on the Kenmore bus and decide to get off since I could just take the Fenway express shuttle. The MBTA woman said I just got off the Fenway shuttle but I am convinced that there has always been a bus that says green line shuttle to Fenway. So, this bus finally shows up with the header of Fenway so I make sure it goes to Fenway and I get on and sit down. Nope. Its going to Riverside. I say hey bus driver, doesnt this go to Fenway? He said no it changed since you asked me. 2 MINUTES AGO. I had to wait til I got to NEWTON to get off and take the 60 to Kenmore. At this point its about 11:30 when I left my house at 8:45. And then my back pack broke at Trader Joes. And then my Trader Joes bag broke on the way back to Brighton. All with groceries held tightly inside them. And then I came home to find that my cat had clawed her way through the brand new 10lb bag of food I just bought her and there was cat food all over my just cleaned room. Then I ordered a sausage, pepper and onion sub at Bluestone. They made me a sausage pepper and onion pizza. Luckily for myself, I have MLB extra innings so I sat and watched the Oakland a's game (which they lost. to the Devil Rays.) and slept. until now. And now Im complaining. And now Im stopping but bear with me; Im unnecessarily cranky not only because of my day but sometimes being a girl sucks. But so much for quiet days.
Apparently the A's have a player named Furmaniak (literally pronounced Fur - maniac) who is their new shortstop while the injuries continue to plague them. And the Devils Rays Mascot had a birthday today so all the masocts around the MLB and surrounding teams were at the game. So Rays announcers went on and on about how Furmaniak is the leader of all mascots and he would be their speaker at the next convention. So, Rays announcers must have a lot of time on their hands since their team has been in last place ever since their sad existence started. And they are rather amusing. I kind of wonder if Furmaniak knew that they were talking about him like that cuz thats kinda messed up.
Anyway, hockey. The title of the post is jersey talk. As you all may or may not know the NHL has had a deal with Reebok to not only parade around Sydney Crosbys sexually questionable ass but also to design aerodynamic jerseys. So they have apparently designed a new jersey that according the website "enhances skill". Right. Or its just a giant marketing ploy to get NHL fans to buy new jerseys. NHL fans are the most loyal around because once you love hockey you never stop loving hockey and people are not about to stop supporting their teams. I am pretty lucky to be a fan of a first six team, its been a while since the Rangers did anything drastic. They really only introduced the third jersey and not much else has changed. But other fans have not been so lucky. For example, the Ducks used to be the Mighty Ducks. And their uniforms were purple. Then they were the mighty ducks and had green. Then they became the Ducks and went orange. And then there is the capitals. They changed their jersey last season. And now they have another change. Oh, and the buffalo sabres. Oh and the Canucks. Those are pretty big fan bases. And the Reebok jersey is changing logos as well as materials. The NHL sweater is one of the few sports traditions. They are still made out of wool (granted a wool blend) and are just big blankets of comfy nhl sweater. Now, they are tighter fitting to the body (apparently to accentuate the players size -- why this important I have no idea. NHL players will soon be allowed to jump out of cakes and sing seductively) but allow for more speed. I kind of like them but will miss wool sweaters so so much. They are just so classic. But I hopefully think that it will be like baseball socks. When I see guys who pull up their socks (like my beloved Barry Zito) its such a throwback and I love it. Maybe guys will be allowed to wear the old school sweaters but i think that may wishful thinking. Considering how many logos have changed it doesnt seem like it. The Rangers one seems a bit odd -- like off center but I dont know. I liked them at the all star game but they seemed like a novelty at that point. It will seem so odd to the first day of preseason and everyone in different jerseys. But its not going to do the one thing that the NHL needs most. MORE FANS! If someone doesnt watch the sport in the first place no one is gonna give a flying fuck that the jerseys changed. So how about new fans before we design jerseys that are nicer than the shit NASA gives out to astronauts.
Sorry about the bitchy post. Stupid MBTA.
Apparently the A's have a player named Furmaniak (literally pronounced Fur - maniac) who is their new shortstop while the injuries continue to plague them. And the Devils Rays Mascot had a birthday today so all the masocts around the MLB and surrounding teams were at the game. So Rays announcers went on and on about how Furmaniak is the leader of all mascots and he would be their speaker at the next convention. So, Rays announcers must have a lot of time on their hands since their team has been in last place ever since their sad existence started. And they are rather amusing. I kind of wonder if Furmaniak knew that they were talking about him like that cuz thats kinda messed up.
Anyway, hockey. The title of the post is jersey talk. As you all may or may not know the NHL has had a deal with Reebok to not only parade around Sydney Crosbys sexually questionable ass but also to design aerodynamic jerseys. So they have apparently designed a new jersey that according the website "enhances skill". Right. Or its just a giant marketing ploy to get NHL fans to buy new jerseys. NHL fans are the most loyal around because once you love hockey you never stop loving hockey and people are not about to stop supporting their teams. I am pretty lucky to be a fan of a first six team, its been a while since the Rangers did anything drastic. They really only introduced the third jersey and not much else has changed. But other fans have not been so lucky. For example, the Ducks used to be the Mighty Ducks. And their uniforms were purple. Then they were the mighty ducks and had green. Then they became the Ducks and went orange. And then there is the capitals. They changed their jersey last season. And now they have another change. Oh, and the buffalo sabres. Oh and the Canucks. Those are pretty big fan bases. And the Reebok jersey is changing logos as well as materials. The NHL sweater is one of the few sports traditions. They are still made out of wool (granted a wool blend) and are just big blankets of comfy nhl sweater. Now, they are tighter fitting to the body (apparently to accentuate the players size -- why this important I have no idea. NHL players will soon be allowed to jump out of cakes and sing seductively) but allow for more speed. I kind of like them but will miss wool sweaters so so much. They are just so classic. But I hopefully think that it will be like baseball socks. When I see guys who pull up their socks (like my beloved Barry Zito) its such a throwback and I love it. Maybe guys will be allowed to wear the old school sweaters but i think that may wishful thinking. Considering how many logos have changed it doesnt seem like it. The Rangers one seems a bit odd -- like off center but I dont know. I liked them at the all star game but they seemed like a novelty at that point. It will seem so odd to the first day of preseason and everyone in different jerseys. But its not going to do the one thing that the NHL needs most. MORE FANS! If someone doesnt watch the sport in the first place no one is gonna give a flying fuck that the jerseys changed. So how about new fans before we design jerseys that are nicer than the shit NASA gives out to astronauts.
Sorry about the bitchy post. Stupid MBTA.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Updating! FINALLY!
So, now that I have constant internet access, I can actually start updating this beast again. Plus since I'm in training and have NOTHING to do for work yet, I can look like I'm being productive instead of laughing at the gmail list (WOOOORD UP kids). So, the offseason. Holy Hell huh?! Daniel Briere turned in Daniel Greedy-Air, Chris Drury is a Ranger and Scott Gomez is a Ranger. Now, Scotty Gomez was the most shocking news for me since, as you all know, I hate the god damn mother f^&%&^*(%^&$% ing NJ devils and now one of the most precious Devils has now joined in on the longest lasting love relationship in my life. However, despite Scott Gomez being from Alaska, I'm really excited. He is EVERYTHING the Rangers need. Chris Drury too, however, Scotty Gomez has proved himself in the Eastern Division (even though he only had like 13 goals last year). Signing both of them is the smartest move a Rangers GM has made since Gretzky. Gomez costed roughly the worth of my entire life (including future spouse/millions of cats) but he has no pressure on him. Hes not the go to guy at all. The Rangers have Drury to fall back on who actually had a good season last year. Gomez worries me a bit because he gets moody out on the ice but he is generally solid. I am worried that this signing will hurt my dear Petr Prucha's future but alas. Apparently the new catchphrase in the NHL is "If it doesnt work out try TRY the Blue Jackets!" Think about it -- every guy who has been forcasted to have a sick career has ended up there -- Manny Malhotra etc. At least Rick Nash was home grown talent -- although notably him and Gilbert Brule are following same career pattern of lets be super huge for a second, get injured for like 2 years and come back and kick ass again. And I sae Gilbert Brule play in Vancouver and guy will totally kick ass. He reminds me of a young Paul Kariya (how the hell did he end up on the blues?!).
Speaking of Van-City, WE HAVE TREVOR LINDEN! HESSSS BACK! and so so old! But hes like the Chris Chelios of the Canucks! Its siiiiick. Maybe they will take away the C from Naslund and let Linden have it for his last year. Speaking of last years, TEEMU Selanne make up yor damn Finnish heartthrob mind. When I saw him cry in the finals in june, I mustve cried out a liter of turpentine ( I dont cry real tears). Alas, I have cut myself on my chair rather deeply and now need to go find a band aid. I will continue this at some point this weekend. Peace and go to Maine.
Speaking of Van-City, WE HAVE TREVOR LINDEN! HESSSS BACK! and so so old! But hes like the Chris Chelios of the Canucks! Its siiiiick. Maybe they will take away the C from Naslund and let Linden have it for his last year. Speaking of last years, TEEMU Selanne make up yor damn Finnish heartthrob mind. When I saw him cry in the finals in june, I mustve cried out a liter of turpentine ( I dont cry real tears). Alas, I have cut myself on my chair rather deeply and now need to go find a band aid. I will continue this at some point this weekend. Peace and go to Maine.
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