The Leafs Suck
About a month ago a friend of mine directed me to a hockey rumor blog called Hockeybuzz. The main blogger there is Eklund. He really seems to have excellent sources because a lot of what he writes ends up happening. It is a site I visit almost every day.
Along with Eklund there are several other bloggers who contribute. Many of them are focused on a single team. One of those teams is the Toronto Maple Leafs and their blogger is a microcosm of why the Leafs are becoming the most hopeless franchise in hockey (Thanks to the Islanders the Leafs are not quite there yet).
Basically the Leaf blogger (I am not going to name him but he should be easy enough to find) blows smoke up our ass about how good the team is and how great the off season moves are. The sad part is I think he actually believes it and so does the Leaf nation. So as my public service to delusional Leafs fans everywhere I offer you: 4 Reasons Why the Maple Leafs Will Miss the Playoffs this Year.
1. Bryan McCabe: 5 years, 25 million spells overpaid for a player who is only useful on the power play. He should be getting Sheldon Souray type money not Chris Pronger money. The fact that he is the number one defenceman speaks volumes to the sorry state of the team’s defence core.
2. Andrew Raycroft: Tell me how trading one of the best young goalie prospects (Tuukka Rask) for basically a third string goalie on one of the weakest teams in the league is helpful. Now he is your number one goalie? It would have been much better to go with Tellqvist as the number one and keep Rask.
3. The Leaf fans: For believing the swill that comes out of the front office and accepting it.
4. John Ferguson Jr: He has proved to be quite adept at selling the teams future to make the team almost mediocre. Much like many Leaf fans and those reporting on them he thinks things are just fine.
The bottom line is that no defence and no goaltending equal no playoffs. No matter what color your glasses are.
Along with Eklund there are several other bloggers who contribute. Many of them are focused on a single team. One of those teams is the Toronto Maple Leafs and their blogger is a microcosm of why the Leafs are becoming the most hopeless franchise in hockey (Thanks to the Islanders the Leafs are not quite there yet).
Basically the Leaf blogger (I am not going to name him but he should be easy enough to find) blows smoke up our ass about how good the team is and how great the off season moves are. The sad part is I think he actually believes it and so does the Leaf nation. So as my public service to delusional Leafs fans everywhere I offer you: 4 Reasons Why the Maple Leafs Will Miss the Playoffs this Year.
1. Bryan McCabe: 5 years, 25 million spells overpaid for a player who is only useful on the power play. He should be getting Sheldon Souray type money not Chris Pronger money. The fact that he is the number one defenceman speaks volumes to the sorry state of the team’s defence core.
2. Andrew Raycroft: Tell me how trading one of the best young goalie prospects (Tuukka Rask) for basically a third string goalie on one of the weakest teams in the league is helpful. Now he is your number one goalie? It would have been much better to go with Tellqvist as the number one and keep Rask.
3. The Leaf fans: For believing the swill that comes out of the front office and accepting it.
4. John Ferguson Jr: He has proved to be quite adept at selling the teams future to make the team almost mediocre. Much like many Leaf fans and those reporting on them he thinks things are just fine.
The bottom line is that no defence and no goaltending equal no playoffs. No matter what color your glasses are.
posted by The Silver Fox at 09:58
2 Comments:
Well, I strongly disagree with your Leafs notion, but at least your taste in science fiction is trying to redeem you. Nice blog.
James
Hi Phil,
Thanks for your interest in A World of Bloggers. The bonus about winning that "Bestest Blog of the Day" award has meant my blog has had huge popularity, but has made it hard to choose for Canada from the four who have asked.
I enjoyed reading your blog but unfortunately I enjoyed Frank's blog more as he has posted some great art work of his on it.
None the less, I have added your link to the "Blogs that link here" sidebar because as they say "you can never have too many links".
Regards,
Reeholio
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