i am so said that the toronto maple leaf season has come to an end this evening...i just don't know what to say or do. i am completely in shock and i wasn't expecting this at all. here are two e-mails that i wrote earlier this evening...

the leafs played and won their game 7 on monday night. they gave it there all and knew that they had to win. normally, the team leading 3-2 that loses game 6 has a tough time in game 7. this year...not the same. this game was totally like game 7 of the second round between the leafs/blues 10 years ago in 92/93. the leafs beat the blues (with cujo as their goalie at the time) 6 - 0. you might remember that wendel had this wicked slapper that knocked off cujo's helmet.

anyway...about this game tonight. i am sitting here on my couch feeling like absolute poo. i really hate the flyers so much. i hate primeau, roenick, amonte, leclair, the whole damn team!!! i absolutely despise brashear. he is so damn annoying. don't know if cbc showed it but espn was such flyers-focused coverage. they showed brashear getting out of his yellow lamborghini. what a chump!

anyway, the leafs just didn't get it done tonight. they didn't come to play. you could tell in the first 10 minutes that the flyers were dominating (just like game 1, 2, 4 and 5). the flyers were strong but not moreso than any other game. i think that the leafs were just weaker this evening. they just couldn't pull it off. i'm interested to see what was really wrong with owen nolan. the one time he had any jump was during overtime in game 6 (he was on fire but that was the only time). and that concussion to mogilny in game 3 must have affected him more than we actually know cause after that game...he hasn't done too much for the rest of the series. i must say that sundin is unbelieveable - he is such a talented player...so many amazing moves. it is incredible to watch him. belfour was solid all season and bailed this team out so many times this year. he just had an off game tonight and lost his composure a few times but really, can you blame him? his team wasn't playing in front of him.

i don't know what else to say other than...
Congrats on a great season Toronto!
and

KICK SOME ASS OTTAWA!!!
GO SENATORS!!!

have a good evening boys,
i know i won't...

now for round 2 of my comments...

sundin - great player...lots of heart...but didn't really show the production that is required from your best offensive player. he had a lot of dazzle, was great on the draws but just was missing something. although i hate him, you can see the killer instinct that roenick possesses. we need sundin to display instinct like that.

quinn - gotta get out of one of his jobs. it's time to get a legit coach in there or a legit GM. we need to retool the front office

lumme/berg - give me a freaking heart attack whenever they are on the ice. damn, lumme has definitely gotta go. one thing that we are still severely lacking is the fact that we don't have a good defensive defenseman. we are missing the bob rouse's, sylvain lefebvre's, danny markov's and jason smith's of the world. truely sadly missing that element to the game.

next year - gone should be hoglund, belak (maybe keep him as a 7th or 8th defensemen), housley, lumme, tucker (i think that we can get a good defencemen for him), reichel, renberg (could be expendable).

hopefully gilmour plays another season...could be an effective 3rd or 4th line centre behind sundin, antropov and one more guy. wingers - mogilny, nolan, roberts are strong.

who is out there?
good night...

i'll leave it all at that for now...

i hate blogger

folks. it's getting late. it's sunday night. and that only means one thing. i have to go back to work tomorrow and my fantastic weekend has come to an end. i had a great weekend with my parents and friends. it was fantastic to hang with everyone and see as much as i did. i gots to tell ya more about it...but it's off to bed now....

night.

congrats to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. I just saw them sweep the Detroit Red Wings. Steve Rucchin just scored the game winner in game 4 of overtimne. I feel so bad for Curtis Joseph right now. And bad for Steve Yzerman. But, I definitely feel horrible for Curtis Joseph. Best of luck to you Cujo...

Off to bed...

i am so sad. triple overtime - and they just lost to recchi and the damn flyers. man, the last two games have been crazy. i watched game 3 in a sports bar at miller park cause i was at the brewers game. i didn't watch any of the baseball game. i had my back to the field the entire time and i was watching the tv in the bar. there was no volume on the tv though cause it was all muted. instead, i got to listen to bob uecker doing the play by play commentary for the brewers. everyone else in the bar must have been wondering who the hell i was and i was even there. the only reason, if you're wondering, was cause i was tailgating for the first time prior to the game with my classmates. that was fun. but i am so glad i got to watch the game.

now, the stage is set for game 4. i rushed home today...turned on the TV at 5:52 pm (6:52 pm EST) just in time for the game. right? WRONG!!! and all i got to say...is DAMN you MICHAEL JORDAN. because mr jordan decided to retire again after this season (can i add - for the 3rd time???) so, as a result - every network and their brother decided to show coverage of the MJ game. thus, the Leaf-Flyer game got bumped in favour of the Wizards-76ers. what the fugg??? so, i was frantic and i was looking around everywhere on every other channel to see where i could find the game. CBC Newsworld? Nothing. ESPN2? Nothing. it was brutal. then, i switched to an internet search...looking for live streaming tv but again, couldn't find anything that worked. so, i ended up listening to almost 6 periods of hockey on mojo radio - AM 640. it was so nerve racking not being able to see what was happening. one funny thing was that i was so productive during the game. i got so much stuff done. i made dinner, did the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the living room, clean my bathroom and did 2 loads of laundry, it was all very productive. and then...that damn mark recchi ended it. that sucked huge.

now, it's a best 2 out 3 series and the leafs really have to stop being so outplayed. they are relying on belfour so much (and he is playing amazingly).

so, the last two leafs games have been all eyes and no ears and then all ears and no eyes. let's see what saturday entails...
have a good night,

blogger is pissing me off...