USA Hockey and NBA Trade Talk

I was watching the USA hockey team against Sweden yesterday and I honestly couldn’t think of anything better to do than watch hockey in the middle of the day.  So I cracked open a cold one and enjoyed a pretty easy win for team USA.  Granted, I have no idea how good Sweden is supposed to be at hockey.  All I know is that I enjoyed watching the 3-1 win, which seemed like more of a dominant win then the score shows.  I also read an article on the Chicago Sun-Times, where the team members were talking about how important Patrick Kane is to their team.  It’s always nice to hear that the best in the country are not only fans of one of your favorite players, but that they are looking for him to be the visionary leader.  It’s also funny how the team is looking for him to play at a top and he’s only 21 years old.

I was also hovering over a computer all day yesterday waiting for a big trade to happen.  And like every other year, rumors were aplenty, but none of them ever turned out to be completely true.  Tracy McGrady still hasn’t been traded and he may not even get traded.  The Bulls were supposed to make a giant splash, but winded up only trading John Salmons (though the team is still “expected” to trade Tyrus Thomas).  Nobody outside of the Chicago Bulls and the Milwaukee Bucks know who is actually involved in that trade and it happened last night.  It was first reported that the Bulls would receive Kurt Thomas and Fransisco Elson, but not it’s supposedly Hakim Warrick and Joe Alexander.  Bulls fans would most likely be far more excited if the Bulls received the latter two in the trade, having that Warrick and Alexander both have some talent and aren’t over 30 years old.  Kevin Martin of the Sacramento Kings is reportedly traded to the Rockets, but it is unclear whether or not it has anything to do with McGrady being dealt.

Young Blackhawks Like To Party

I’m sure some of you have already seen pictures of the Blackhawks players partying it up in the back of a limo, but, it just makes me laugh every time I see it.  Check out these photos.  Aren’t they hilarious?

John Madden looks so damn happy while he flexes his guns with a tall glass of champagne or white wine or whatever manly drink it is.  Then you have Kris Versteeg, looking like what a pimp would look like if he were a hockey player on the side, with those super… stylish… shades…. and tight black shirt.  One of the ladies sitting next to him looks confused… maybe she’s wondering where she can buy Versteeg’s outfit for herself. Next, we move on to the shirtless section of the party where, only the hockey players are shirtless and not the females.  Not a party I would be attending.

Patrick Kane certainly looks happy.  It’s probably the first time he’s ever been able to buy alcohol legally.  Hell, I was ecstatic when I turned 21 too, but this picture doesn’t fit stereotypical pro athlete parties.  The two girls he’s sitting with are bigger than he is!  And probably eight years older!  And they’re not very good looking! He’s got me beat with one thing, though.  I’m not writing this blog with two chicks sitting thigh by thigh with me.  But I don’t represent a professional hockey team.  Nor would I give two shits about where those chicks were sitting.

Brett Favre

This post is all about why Brett Favre will make another “triumphant” return to the NFL after, once again, telling the world that he plans on retiring.

First things first, how could you believe him when he says he’s “highly unlikely” to return?  He’s been retired and then came back two times now.  Favre doesn’t live by the NFL’s schedule, he works by his own clock.  He may as well try to do what Roger Clemens tried with the Houston Astros.  Try to negotiate a deal where he only has to play home games and still get paid 500 times the average American’s salary.

Favre loves playing football way too much to retire after, arguably, his best season of his Hall of Fame caliber career.  Do you want to know how much Favre loves football?  All you have to do is look at the injuries he suffered in the middle of the NFC Championship game against the New Orleans Saints.  If he’s willing to play through that type of pain at his age, you know he’ll want to come back for more of the game he loves.

His teammate, and wide out target, Bernard Berrian has the best quote of them all when it comes to Favre’s possible return.  From espn.com: “It’s still early.  Way too early.  Brett is liable to change his mind five, 10 times down the road.”  Aint that the truth.

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