Some Loose Thoughts

So with the Baseball season now being over for a few days and the talk of the world is now where which free agent is going where I figured it would be time for us to take a step back from the Hot Stove talk for a bit. We will let it simmer for a little while and come back in a few months. So now will begin, in completely random intervals, Hurricane’s Hockey Talk.

I know everyone has been waiting for it since the season is 2 weeks old, but I need to get a feel for the league before I start commenting. As such I will post the 2009-2010 inagrual post at some point in the future.

But in anticipation I bring you the single greatest shot in little dudes 1 on 1 hockey.

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So I was walking down the street yesterday and there was a whole lot of commotion at 47th and 6th, and me being curious I had to take a look. And of course it wavs 467 million russion Hockey fans chanting “Ovi, Ovi” ax Ovechkin was driving a zamboni down the street. This of course is the biggest none story ever, but what is amazing is on of NYC’s finest in this video as he Ovi is driving.

“Watch your feet guys! I am not calling an ambulance for anyone!”

Really asshole, really? He has to get suspended, right? I mean what are people thinking when they say stupid shit like this.

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“Other Great Moments in Alex Ovechkin Vehicular History.”

• Last season, NHL cameras captured Ovechkin and teammate Mike Green(notes) taking a spin on a Verizon Center maintenance cart and nearly getting decapitated in the process. On the list of things at which Ovechkin excels, please add “massive metal door limbo.”

• In March 2009, Ovechkin revealed his newest toy: a $250,000, 200-mph Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series, one of only 350 made worldwide.

• Also in March: Ovechkin became the latest Washington, DC athlete to sing the Eastern Motors’ jingle in a commercial, while asking the crew for “shots vodka please.”

• In July 2008, Ovechkin told Sport-Express in Russia that he has “accelerated to 165 miles per hour” and was once stopped for speeding near the White House. From a translated version of that interview:

“I’ve exceeded the speed limit in more than three times, for that in the United States a fine is not enough. They take your license and put you in jail. But I was lucky. The police recognized me and let me go. I gave them 10 tickets that I had with me to the Washington Capitals game.”

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People always wonder why hockey players do not talk more on the radio, do not give more interviews and are overall less in the spotlight than other Athletes. But the answer is very simple, they are either retarded or can’t speaka the englasia… And in this video you get both.

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it is kind of sad but this video is somewhat true. It is by Ryan Parker and called “Black Guys Don’t Play Hockey,” .

After finding his site I found this other song called “the two A-Rods” which is just fantastic.

“And when Roger or Red Sox come looking for them,
They both seem to know how to choke,”

Great line, just a great line

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It is amazing how things seem to fall like domino’s. Mark Sachez, who was celebrated in April when the draft occured, signed a 50 million dollar contract and did a photo shoot for GQ, in which he got the women in the photo’s with him. Oh but how qickly they fall. Now, the A-Hole of the NHL is canoodling with his girl and he is no where to be seen.. Well played.

NY Post -  HILARY Rhoda isn’t just a football fan — she’s also a hockey fan. Having dated new Jet QB Marc Sanchez (after posing with him in GQ and helping him celebrate his $50 million contract), the curvy brunette looked very cozy with Ranger Sean Avery last night at Brother Jimmy’s in Murray Hill. “They were doing shots of Jack Daniels and Patron, and she had her hands on his arm as they canoodled at the corner of the bar,” said our spy. “Sanchez was nowhere to be found.”

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WOW, people in Minnesota literally have nothing to do. Please go to the 1:20 mark where the owner of the Wild interviews a 4th grader, who wants 3k a year and will put $300 away for college

Can not figure out how to embed. Enjoy Kelley!

(NOTE: figured out how to Embed…)

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Lets See, unlike the NY fans out there, I currently have three great teams to root for, so lets run it down from least concerned:

Red Sox (odds? who cares, we will win): Lester = Good, Beckett = Good, Papelbon = Good, Team = Good, Management = Good, Prospects = Good……………So in short everything is good

Bruins (+110) - HUGE game tonight. They are down 2-1 and at Carolina. Boston is by far the better team and I believe they will come out on win 4-1 tonight, with Goal 4 being an empty netter. Julian needs to get this team to play 60 minutes of hockey and for the love of everything good and holy please take Chara off line 1 of the power play

Celtics (+4.5, =/-) 189  - Prediction C’s & the OVER. Alston is out, who is covering Rondo? Pierce only played 16 minutes last game, so he is rested, Jesus will play great. Let D. Howard get his (20/20) and stop Turk & Lewis from shooting 3’s and we blow them out.

From our friends at Barstool Sports; CUE THE DUCKBOATS

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Yesterday, as a Boston sports fan, was one of the best days I can remember in recent history

• First the Boston Red Sox absolutely smoked the O’s, with rookie reliever/starter phenom Justin Masterson on the mount. Papi went 2-4 with 2 walks and Pedroia went 4-6 with 3RBI and 3 runs. Big 4 game swept cancels out bizarro world in the AL east
• Next and Ethiopian and Kenyan won the Men’s and Women’s Boston Marathon
• 1 hour later my friends wife crossed the finish line at 3 hours and 36 minutes AND raised over 12k for Dana Farber Cancer Research, way to go Emily!
• 6 Hours later Shawn Thornton, Byron Bitz & Timmy “Venzna” Thomas took a 3-0 lead against the hated Habs in the first round of the playoffs
• A few short minutes later Jesus Shuttlesworth was putting up 28 in the second half and 6 points in the last 30 seconds to help the Celtics battle back to a 1-1 tie against the bulls

But the star of the Boston day night (besides Emily) was Rajon Rondo, who fought through a sprained ankle and had a triple-double of 19 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds (7 offensive, really?).

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This is one sick goal. Very Impressive. Bruins play the Hab’s on Thursday, and of course the only place the game can be seen is in Boston, or Professor Thom’s in NYC… So you know where I will be..

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BAM.. Boston Bruins will host a game at Fenway Park on New Years Day in 2010. The only problem I have with this is now I have to spend NYE 2010 in Boston.

From Boston Herald:

Don’t breathe a word of this. Because nobody’s supposed to know. But the Boston Bruins [team stats] will host the NHL’s Winter Classic outdoor hockey game against an unnamed opponent Jan. 1 at Fenway Park [map]!

Our spies on Lansdowne Street say the League has given its blessing to a 2010 New Year’s Day game in the Hub of Hockey, choosing Boston over New York and Philadelphia.

League reps had visited all three cities and, in Boston, looked at both Fenway and Gillette Stadium . However, scheduling around any Patriots [team stats]post-season play was a tricky proposition, we’re told, and ultimately Fenway got the nod.

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