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This guy. pic.twitter.com/iRLTYmth9e
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) May 1, 2016
Maple Leafs Win Draft Lottery
LeafsNation called ‘foul’ last year after my beloved Oilers won the draft lottery (again) but, this year, they would not be disappointed. And Leafs fans get to enjoy a little schadenfreude as the Oilers drop out of the top 3 into 4th place. We got McJesus last year so whatever.
Basically, Auston Matthews is the top prospect for the upcoming draft and the Leafs now have the first right of refusal for drafting him. The only way Brenden Shanahan isn’t going to draft him is if Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff kidnaps Shanny’s family and holds them at gunpoint during the draft. Even then, Shanahan might decide its “family expendable.”
Calgary Flames General Manager Brian Burke had the quote of the day though:
‘If the Oilers win the draft lottery, I’ll beat the snot out of someone.’ LOL
Who’s Ready For Game 2?
What in the hell was I thinking?
I am a 40 year old man. I went and signed up to play soccer for a coed recreational league because, well, I want to play instead of just coaching. To be clear, I haven’t played on a team before… I’ve scrimmaged with the kids that I’ve coached but I haven’t been on a team as a player. I know the rules, I understand the game fairly well… I just have no skill and a general lack of fitness.
I got the list of my teammates by email today… I decided to check out who’s who by searching (read: creeping) them on Facebook. What is now freaking me out: I’ll be lucky if even one of them is over the age of 25. So from now until my first game on Monday night:
Edge: McDavid
Connor McDavid goes all the way to score a @SUBWAYCanada OT winner for the @EdmontonOilers pic.twitter.com/jROSuvHJ8y
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 2, 2016
Paging Dr. Dangles…
And, that, kids is why you take the body. And then you won’t end up looking like a tool on the highlight reel.
Super Bowl Fiddy
It’s my first time watching the Super Bowl in the United States of America; the hype is real. I don’t want to say that there’s tumbleweeds rolling down the middle of the streets of Honolulu but Americans love their football.
My God… it’s beautiful.
But I have just decided that I’m going to live-blog my first American Super Bowl experience.
1:24 Arrival of the most epic mountain of nachos I’ve seen in a while.
1:32 Folks behind me just gave Lady Gaga a standing O after her singing of the national anthem.
1:38 Wayne Gretzky? Canada’s religious idol makes an appearance.
1:45 McManus scores 3. Willem Defoe in a dress also scores.
1:55 Broncos offense rumbles out. Doritos commercial slays.
1:56 Happy Hour countdown begins.
2:00 Happy Hour begins.
2:06 I don’t understand what IS and what ISN’T a catch in the NFL. That looked pretty solid to me.
2:08 Sack. TD Broncos. Wow.
2:13 Talib is a fucking moron. Haw haw!! First down Panthers.
2:24 New Bourne movie? Hells to the yeah.
2:31 Talib is still a moron and Panthers TD.
2:42 Damarius Thomas’ head flies off after a huge hit… no wait, that’s just the ball. Shit.
2:48 It’s bizarre that there has NEVER been a punt returned for a TD in the history of the Super Bowl. EVER. That shit happens all the time in the Grey Cup, I think.
3:10 Ok, I don’t have it in me to live-blog a full game. I’m sure the results will be on the highlights at 11:00.
The Florida Panthers & Scott Mellanby’s “Rat Trick”
This is just one of those great hockey stories that the players, the organization and the fans got behind to make history;
As the team prepared for its home opener against the Calgary Flames on October 8, 1995, a rat entered the dressing room, startling several players. Scott Mellanby reacted by shooting the rat across the locker room with his stick, killing it. He then went out and scored two goals in a 4–3 victory over the Flames, leading the Panthers to their first win of the season. Vanbiesbrouck described the incident to reporters after the game, stating that while Mellanby failed to score a hat trick, he did manage a “rat trick”.