Tuesday, July 22, 2008

FREE LEAFS TICKETS! (It's Really Not That Exciting)

So if anyone made it down to the ACC last Wednesday for the press conference you'd have come away with a pair of Leafs/Sabres tickets for the first pre-season game of the year...

If you didn't go down don't worry. I've got you covered just go here and enter the draw for the tickets. They are giving away all the tickets for this game so might as well try. Why not? It will be a nice treat to see a young offensive team play together for the first time...yes I'm talking about Buffalo...

Friday, July 18, 2008

A New Season and A New Hope

So today I decided to apply to the Yardbarker Blog Network. I have not posted during the off season nor did I post in the second half of the 07-08 season while I was over in England but rumblings are happening and the season is fast approaching.

The NHL has released the 2008-09 schedule and there are a few exciting (not really) games to mention here...

We'll start with the biggies first. New Years day Chicago will host Detroit in the 2009 version of the "Outdoor Classic". I'm all about these outside games. it's really cool to see how the elements of the outdoors play a factor in the games (see shoot-out from last year) And the best part of it all is that it's going to be in Wrigley Field. Awesome. I've been to Wrigley a few times (baseball games) and it's is hands down the most beautiful stadium I have ever been in. Anyone who's got tickets for this is in for a treat.

Secondly, There will be 4 teams heading to the other side of the pond to start the season. Tampa and the Rangers will play in Prague on October 4th and 5th while The Eastern Conference Champion Penguins and The Joke of a Team from Ottawa will play on the same nights in Stockholm.

Montreal will be hosting the 2009 All-star game...Other than the possibility of an amazing opening ceremony that would be considered the NHL's equivalent of Tuesdays MLB's All-Star game (because of the possibilities of all the Hall of Famers) this will be boring...

Toronto will Open the season facing Detroit. There, now everyone that's been moaning about them never coming here can shut up. Honestly, why would you want the Leafs to play Detroit a bunch of times in a season? Did you see where they finished last year? did you see where we finished? c'mon...smarten up.

And finally...(I'm only picking my top 5 because I'm lazy) The Leafs and Habs Hall Of Fame Game on November 8th. Mats Sundin will score a hat-trick...For Montreal.

Just wait and see...

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 15th and I Decide To Post Again...Whatever...

So it's been the better part of 7 months since my last post. Just typing again gets me pissed off about The Leafs.

Anyways, thought I'd pass along this little e-mail that I received from Matt Stajan...(you're an idiot if you actually think Matt sent this): *click the image to read the letter*

What the hell is this bullshit? For the first time since I've been born The Leafs have been very open about the fact that they will be doing their best to re-build this year...Cliff got rid of some dead weight (Raycroft, Wellwood, Tucker...) and picked up some young potential (and I use the term "potential" lightly) But maybe this is one of those "Thank you everyone for coming...We're going to be shit this year so we're going to drop ticket prices by 5%. We'll still have the most expensive tickets in the league but now the douchebag that works on Bay St. that makes 45k a year and dresses like he's 6 figures will be able to buy some nice Platinum seats, play on his blackberry and miss the first 6 minutes of the 2nd and 3rd periods 2 times this year instead of just once"...YAY! there's more "Everyone here who took time off work today to come down here and show your on-going support for the Leafs, we thank you. And to show our thanks everyone here will get a FREE Leafs window decal and a hologram sticker. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!" then all the fat Italian men will cheer and clap and that will be it.

Part of me actually wants to go to this because it's going to be such a shit show but the better part of me knows that it's going to blow and there won't be a single woman in attendance.

...Someone let me know how this goes. Looks like another long year for the Blue and White.