Till Bits
The stupid's so thick I couldn't pick just one, so here are some assorted bits...
Today's Coxbag marks a new low for DC Talk. After spending the majority of his replies talking about the dysfunctional mess that is MLSE, he then bashes Quinn at the end for not being able to get along with them. He used to just flip-flop from column to column, now he can't stay on message for even one whole mailbag. To be fair, though, siding with MLSE or Quinn is like Sophie's Choice in reverse for Damien.
I was impressed Steve Simmons managed to write today's mea culpa for MLSE with Richard Peddie's hand somewhere around his ribcage. You may snicker, but how else is he going to get insider info like last summer's blockbuster about Sundin's career-ending hip problem? BTW, Mats has 12 goals and 18 helpers in 25 games. And Steve still has a job. Anyway, the piece itself is some nonsense about how no one's ever interfered with Brylcreem Jr's decisions - except mandating that his rebuilding plan included making the playoffs every year. The headlines for Steve-O's last two efforts? "Leafs Problems Go All The Way To The Top," and "GM Blew It, Not The Board." I'm so confused! And hey, whatever happened to Landon Wilson?
The Ottawa Shitizen doesn't do 180s, thankfully. Their sports reporting comes in only one flavour: wrong. Here's the take from definitely-not-a-porn-pseudonym Hugh Adami:
And as the 8-11-5 Leafs are flirting with last place in the NHL standings and their playoff hopes this season become an even bigger laugh, they're also without a major rebuilding tool. They're facing the June entry draft without a first-round pick in hand. Ferguson gave that pick away to the San Jose Sharks last June...
Which is when the Sharks used it, slaphead. The Leafs have a first in the upcoming draft. All the more reason to can Brylcreem now, cause if he has the keys much longer all we'll get from it is Yanic Perreault's 14th stint in Toronto. Wasn't Perreault Rick Vaive's linemate one year? I think the first time the Leafs dealt him was over stealing a bottle of CC from Punch Imlach's glove compartment.
Also notable: the article's lede is about how JFJ's dead father would feel about this mess. Classy!
Finally, Bobby Holik is laughing at the Leafs:
Actually Bobby's an expert on how stupid GMs can be - after all, he was signed to the worst contract in NHL history. Imagine a bigger Matt Stajan making 9M per. Oh, stop it, you're killing me! Now watch him score a hat trick tonight. And remember, we're one game closer to something or other. Go Leafs Go!
Today's Coxbag marks a new low for DC Talk. After spending the majority of his replies talking about the dysfunctional mess that is MLSE, he then bashes Quinn at the end for not being able to get along with them. He used to just flip-flop from column to column, now he can't stay on message for even one whole mailbag. To be fair, though, siding with MLSE or Quinn is like Sophie's Choice in reverse for Damien.
I was impressed Steve Simmons managed to write today's mea culpa for MLSE with Richard Peddie's hand somewhere around his ribcage. You may snicker, but how else is he going to get insider info like last summer's blockbuster about Sundin's career-ending hip problem? BTW, Mats has 12 goals and 18 helpers in 25 games. And Steve still has a job. Anyway, the piece itself is some nonsense about how no one's ever interfered with Brylcreem Jr's decisions - except mandating that his rebuilding plan included making the playoffs every year. The headlines for Steve-O's last two efforts? "Leafs Problems Go All The Way To The Top," and "GM Blew It, Not The Board." I'm so confused! And hey, whatever happened to Landon Wilson?
The Ottawa Shitizen doesn't do 180s, thankfully. Their sports reporting comes in only one flavour: wrong. Here's the take from definitely-not-a-porn-pseudonym Hugh Adami:
And as the 8-11-5 Leafs are flirting with last place in the NHL standings and their playoff hopes this season become an even bigger laugh, they're also without a major rebuilding tool. They're facing the June entry draft without a first-round pick in hand. Ferguson gave that pick away to the San Jose Sharks last June...
Which is when the Sharks used it, slaphead. The Leafs have a first in the upcoming draft. All the more reason to can Brylcreem now, cause if he has the keys much longer all we'll get from it is Yanic Perreault's 14th stint in Toronto. Wasn't Perreault Rick Vaive's linemate one year? I think the first time the Leafs dealt him was over stealing a bottle of CC from Punch Imlach's glove compartment.
Also notable: the article's lede is about how JFJ's dead father would feel about this mess. Classy!
Finally, Bobby Holik is laughing at the Leafs:
As for the panic in Toronto, Holik chuckled. Again.
"There always is a situation up there,"Actually Bobby's an expert on how stupid GMs can be - after all, he was signed to the worst contract in NHL history. Imagine a bigger Matt Stajan making 9M per. Oh, stop it, you're killing me! Now watch him score a hat trick tonight. And remember, we're one game closer to something or other. Go Leafs Go!
Yeah, Simmons is a special piece of work. My theory is that he is jealous that Cox gets recognized as the worst sportswriter in Toronto and he wants some recognition. He's using his same tricks.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I guess...
I've often been confused by the Beavis-and-Butthead effect the Leafs have on the Ottawa press, who simply can't help themselves from repeatedly typing "Leafs Suck" while giggling. I guess a fourth-rate city deserves a fourth-rate press corps, but didn't these guys at least go to class on the first day of journalism school?
I can't imagine such a clumsy use of schadenfreude from the Toronto press...unless it's in reference to the failures of Toronto teams, of course. We used to have a near-100% bash-the-home-side curmudgeon rate in T.O. until Dave Feschuk was apparently neutered and declawed.