Monday Moaning

Another weekend behind us, but plenty to talk about...I'll start this week with the big news in Cleveland...The Browns traded TE Kellen Winslow Jr. to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....

So far the opinions on this are mixed...Some think the Browns should have gotten more than a 2nd round pick this year, and a 5th rounder next year...With his history of injuries, and being a pain in the ass...I think it's a good deal...

(didn't you know...he's a soldier....Soldier my ass K-2...You're a douche!)

The Browns seem to be re-building on the fly...But they haven't done much other than getting this dolt outta here...I hope there are more moves to come....

In other NFL news The Chiefs pulled off a hell of a deal, snagging Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel from the Patriots, for their 2nd round pick...

The Denver Broncos starting improving their defense,(adding Brian Dawkins) and then pissed off their quarterback Jay Cutler by talking to Tampa Bay about a possible 3 team trade that would send him there, and bring Cassel to Denver...All I can say is what the f*ck were they thinking!

Moving onto Hockey...The New York Rangers lost their first two games under new coach John Tortorella...They played tough...Tougher then they had most of the season...But they still couldn't score...Then the Colorado Avalanche came to Madison Square Garden Saturday night...The Rangers nutted up and looked like a different team...Thumping the Avs 6-1....

Everyone stepped up in this game (except that pussy Redden) including Drury and Gomez....Then it got fun...With less then 5 minutes left in the game their were 66 minutes in penalties...Apparently the Avalanche don't like getting their asses kicked...First was a little scuffle where Ian Laperriere was being his typical punk ass self trying to throw in some cheap shots from behind...Who was the free Ranger on the ice...That candy ass Redden...Everyone else had a hold of somebody...Hey Wade, drop your gloves and grab the f*cker...

Laperriere later got himself a misconduct penalty along with teammate Cody McLeod, and Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky....Then Colton Orr pounded some Colorado punk (Chris Stewart)....That was followed by Darcy Tucker going after Paul Mara...Mara Immediately put his ass on the ice....

The best part of this may have been NHL security having to get between Avs coach Tony Granato, and Rangers assistant Jim Schoenfeld....

The worst part was having to explain why everyone was fighting at the end of the game to my daughter....She's been watching hockey with me since she was a baby...I've never had to explain it before, and I have to say it was hard...I'm all for fighting in hockey...I've never had a problem with it...But I have to say I was stumped...I tried to tell her how it's a physical game and sometimes players get upset...But for some kids that may not make sense...She went along with me, but I could tell that she didn't like the fighting...This has bothered me since I put her to bed that night...I have to say I'm okay that she didn't like the fighting she didn't like the fighting...But I hope it doesn't turn her off to the game...I also think it's bothering me because she's questioning things now...A sure sign that she's growing up....

I've got nothing good from the little Beeze this week...He was sick all weekend...If you want to find out about his weekend, read this....http://thebeezewax.blogspot.com/2009/02/puke.html ...

Next up...Notre Dame Hockey!

Friday night was the last regular season home game for the Fighting Irish and they did not disappoint, as they beat the shit out of the Michigan State Spartans 5-0....The Irish goal scorers were...Captain Erik Condra with 2...Justin White...Billy Maday...and Christiaan Minella....Goalie Jordan Pearce made 15 saves in the shutout victory.

Saturday night the Irish went to Michigan State and beat them 2-1...This was the first time Notre Dame has swept the Spartans since the 1978-79 season...The Goal scorers were...Erik Condra, and Christian Hanson....Pearce made 19 saves while earning his 26th victory of the season....

The Fighting Irish finish the regular season with a overall record of 27-5-3...Their conference record is 21-4-3-3...

I'm calling it right now...The Irish are taking the National Championship this year!

Now one last thing before I get outta here...I've been slowly puuting together a new site...I guess you could call it The Beezewax 2.0...My hope is that it will be just something fun...A place top talk shit about whatever...I have a few forums set up, and I'll be posting something new on the home page Monday night to maybe get some shit started...If you hover over the HOME link a link to YOU GAB will pop up also....I hope you'll check it out, and let me know what you think....

http://thebeezewax.spruz.com/

And don't forget to stop by the GAB...

http://www.yougabsports.com/

That's all for now...Have a good week...

Later, The Beeze.

Tortorella Hits The Ground Running

This was originally posted late last night at You Gab Sports....

http://www.yougabsports.com/

John Tortorella started his new job tuesday...The now Head coach of the New York Rangers jumped right in to the fire...After a team meeting Tuesday morning they hit the ice...

There were several new drills at practice...Most of them emphasizing up-tempo skating and puckhandling...Both of these being staples of Tortorella's style of play....

Tortorella also made sure to chat with several players on the ice during the morning workout...He held conversations with team captain Chris Drury, alternate captain Scott Gomez, and defenseman Wade Redden...He should have just kicked Redden's weak a$$...Fucking over-priced pussy that he is...

Torts commented on his chats by saying..."Your best players need to be your decision-makers, and they're going to get every opportunity to win hockey games for us as long as they show me they are going to compete hard, because that is something they can control."

Tortorella also explained he will taking charge of the forwards, and the Power Play...Which has struggled all season....."I think it's important that the head coach has the power play, because you are dealing with a lot of your top people, and I think that a very important aspect of a head coach is how to get the most out of your top people." He continued by saying..."Obviously if we are going to win, the power play is going to have to produce better than it has been."

Torts plans on letting assistant coach Jim Schoenfeld handle the defense pairings and penalty-kill during games...

Other changes made by Tortorella were...The removal of statistics and standings that were posted on the wall near the workout room at the training center... "because this is a fresh start," stated the head coach....He also made it known that stepping on the big Rangers' logo located on the carpet in the dressing room is a big fucking no-no...

When asked about getting to know his new team on the fly, and having 3 games in the next 4 days....

"Losing knocks you down," explained Tortorella. "I am going to push them; but as a coach you also have to understand when you need to be with them. I think this is a time to try and get them feeling decent about themselves."

He also said the best cure for the Rangers right now is simple..."There would be nothing better than a win."

I liked Renney, but this team needed a change and a spark...Torts may be the right guy for the job...I really like his attitude and the style of play he brings...Let's hope he gets the Blue shirts on track....

Later The Beeze.