Blue Jackets Changing on the Fly

After starting this season 0-7-0 the upper management of the Columbus Blue Jackets felt a change, a drastic change was needed...So this morning, after getting smoked by the New York Islanders last night, the 'Jackets fired head coach Todd Richards and hired John Tortorella...Torts contract is for this season and the next two, which is the same amount of time that was left on his contract with Vancouver...and Vancouver is paying "some of it"....Columbus had to send a third round draft pick to the Canucks

After a season full of injury on top of injury...The Blue Jackets scratched and clawed late last season to be a thorn in the rest of the NHL's side...When the season was over, Richards' job seemed secure and the 'Jackets were on everyone's list of teams to watch this season...That thought was bolstered by the off-season trade for Brandon Saad, and signings of a couple role players...

Well, if you have watched them, you have seen that they aren't very watchable...The numbers of mistakes made by their defense is horrifying...A team with high expectations starting 0-7 is no good, and a move of some sort seems to be demanded by either the media, the fans, or both...Richards ended last season getting high praise form both...Now he has been shown the door...How quickly things can change....

Tortorella, well known for being a pain in the ass to his players, has a 444-371-115 record as a head coach...And a Stanley Cup ring from his time as the Lighting head coach when they won it all in 2004...When Torts time ended with the New York Rangers being hated by his players, who made it clear they were happy he was gone...His tactics that worked when they were young kids coming up, had grown tired...

In Vancouver, Tortorella didn't have the players to play his style...And they didn't seem to willing to buy in to his temper and tactics...When the coach leaves the dressing room to go after the opposing coach in his team's dressing room, it says a lot about your team and/or a lot about how they feel about you, when they don't follow you in...

In Columbus, there are a number of young players, especially on the blueline, that could use a Tortorella kick in the ass...There are also guys like Brandon Dubinsky...

Dubinsky played for Torts in New York...He became the player he is because of Torts...Playing Tortorella hockey killed some of his offensive numbers, but he plays every other aspect of the game very well...He's a Tortorella guy...I just wonder if he wants to deal with it again...

Nick Foligno can play Torts hockey...He seems to fit  the mold...Saad can play it too...Christ, just walking in the door to Columbus killed his offensive numbers, so what the hell...Guys like Calvert and Atkinson, and Campbell will fit well into his system...

The guy who will have the most trouble with this move is rising superstar center, Ryan Johansen....

Johansen has all the skills...All the talent...He can play two-way hockey...But players like him often get caught in a tight spot with Tortorella...They are expected to play tight defense, physical, and then knowing their skills, Torts piles the bulk of the offensive pressure/load, on them...


I think Tortorella will help Columbus, but he may have to pull back on the asshole level slightly...His teams play D...This team has played no D so far...The 'Jackets will turnaround...I just don't know for how long...

The Weekly Hat-Trick

Welcome to the first installment of the Weekly Hat-Trick...Which if you don't get the Hat-trick reference, it means I'll be touching on three topics from each week...(a hat-trick is three goals)...Sad that I felt I needed to point that out, but in this day and age, people are becoming more and more clueless!


1. Fighting in Hockey...

The NHL season started Wednesday night, and Thursday morning, the overly soft, politically correct, gas-bag, talking heads were already at it...Yep, bitching about fighting in hockey...What get them the most riled up...This scrap, two seconds into the Vancouver and Calgary game...






Yeah, yeah, yeah...The game just started, what do they have to be pissed about...Ferland being a physical thorn in the side of the Canucks last season...Both teams started their physical guys to try to set a tone...Some people don't get that part of hockey...It's a physical game...Is fighting necessary?  Maybe not...Hockey is a beautiful game, that can be amazingly graceful while being controlled chaos at points...And I won't even give you all the pro-fighting bullet points about how it's good for the game...I'll just be blunt and honest...

I fucking like the fighting...I like a good hockey fight...Christ, when I was 6 my dad came home with boxing gloves and started teaching my brothers and I how to fight...And in my younger days when I was playing some younger-guy beer league hockey, I had a few fights...Some times a guy just needs to get punched...Shit, there were times guys felt the same about me...

Fighting in hockey = Good...Idiots on "Around the Horn" who know nothing about Hockey or Fighting, bad mouthing fighting in hockey = Bad

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2. MLB Wild Game...

When MLB added the extra Wild Card, I wasn't sure I liked the idea...But I think it's truly helped the races, proven by the tight, down to the wire, playoff races this season...But then two Wild Card teams' future coming down to one game kinda sucks...All year teams play 3 and 4 game series...And the rest of the playoffs are best of...I'd like to see the Wild Card be at least a best of three series...

Seriously...After seeing the tempers flare in Pittsburgh between the Pirates and the Cubs, did one game seem like enough...I would of loved to see at least one more game with that much heat between two teams...

Yes, this would make the playoffs go even longer, and we'll be dealing with possible snow showers in the World Series....I'll solve that too...Shorten the regular season...I can drop 40 games easy...And what the hell, lets add some of those classic, old school double-headers....Those were the days!

3. Katie Nolan...

Our pal Uncle B.O.B. hit this topic yesterday...And Katie Nolan and her rant has some serious heat to it, so why not jump on that bandwagon and grab some more page-views!?! I'm a page-view whore!  Here is Katie Nolan's rant, in case you somehow missed it...





I agree with everything she said...Greg Hardy is everything that is wrong with the NFL...The NFL, Dallas Cowboys, and the douche-bags in the media who clearly support him being an asshole, also showed us how they are everything that is wrong with the NFL...They have all backed up my view of ignoring the NFL...After these events I am firmly planted in my stance...They'll get none of my time or money...

And all those bad mouthing Katie Nolan for being the rare voice in the media to call out the NFL, and media shills/douchebags...You can all eat a dick!


Feel free to share your thoughts on this week's Hat Trick!

Penguins Making More Moves

There has been much speculation about the Penguins making another trade this offseason, after making the Phil Kessel trade with Toronto...Today they moved center, Brandon Sutter and a 2016 third round pick to Vancouver for Forward Nick Bonino, and Defenseman, Adam Clendening, and a 2016 second round pick...

Sutter has a year left on a contract that is a $3.3 million cap hit...Bonino is signed through the 2016-2017 season at an annual cap hit of $1.9 million...The two have similar offensive numbers and both play solid defense...The Penguins feel Clendening, who only has 21 NHL games under his belt, still has plenty of upside and expect him to be in their top 7 defensemen this season...

Then with the money they freed up, the Penguins signed forward, Eric Fehr to a three year, $6 million contarct...Fehr is a big, strong player who has put up 177 points in 454 NHL games, most with Washington.

Monday Moaning

They're getting really good at throwing Championship parties in Boston! Nice B-Cups!


Yeah, they have every right to run smack...Boston has been doing some serious ass-kicking over the last ten years...I saw one sign being held by a little kid, that said something like, 'I'm 8 years old and I can die now!' Then it had Pats Championship checked off...Sox Championship checked off...Celtics Championship checked off...And Bruins Championship checked off...I'm just hoping to see 1 championship in the Cleve, before I drop dead!

I would have posted that picture, but I came across this one...


Like I said, they've got this Championship party thing down in Boston!

Oh and here's one for Burrows and his buddies in Vancouver...



Oh, how's your city doing assholes? What too soon? What a STAIN...

So now that Hockey's long-ass season is over, and we're waiting for Football, we have Baseball, and their grossly, way to long season to help kill the time...There has been all kinds of talk about realignment and rule changes and blah, blah, blah...Here's what I would do if I was the all-powerful, ruler of Baseball...

1. DH for everyone...Screw the National League and their purists...DH in both leagues creates more jobs...The Union would love it, and that's good 'cause at some point we're gonna need their support on something...With the rare exception, watching Pitchers hit is like watching a retarded monkey try to hump a Football...

2. Shorten the season...No more cold ass April games...Season will start in May...No more World Series on a cold October/November evening...Season will end 1st week of October at the latest, so passionate, purists can still say "Fall/October Classic"...

3. No Interleague play...The beauty of the "All-Star" Game and World Series is not having seen your opponent...Us vs. Them...These ass-hats want the "All-Star" game to count for home field in the World Series, then this adds to the competitiveness...

4. No fan voting for the "All-Star"...If it's gonna count, then the teams should be picked to make it count, and it should be played to count...And then you wouldn't have a douchebag like Jeter ahead of Asdrubal Cabrera in the voting...Since Cabrera is fucking killing it! Not just with the bat either...10 years ago, Jeter wouldn't have made this play the Cabrera made Sunday...




So that's my plan...What do you got?

Sunday was Father's Day...Often Father's Day seems like an afterthought to many people...Bu not at the Beeze's house...After I got up early with the baby, once everyone else woke up, the Mrs. sent me back to bed...About an hour and a half later, the Little Beeze woke me up and said, "Dad, don't come down stairs yet, I'm not done with your surprise!" I of course obliged, and went back to sleep...And hour later he woke me up, and put his wrapped up surprise in my face...I got up and opened it...My boy who loves his arts and crafts, made me a poster full of pictures of him and his sisters...I was very proud, and I was happy to see the pictures of him when he was much smaller and didn't swear so much!

The wife made dinner later in the day, which is always rare, and exciting...Yes, it was good...It a fun and restful day with the kids...What else can I ask for?

There is another Little Beeze story I have to share...Every Friday is Pizza night here...This week, when the delivery came, it was female driver...He heard the voice, and when I closed the door, he asked, "Was she hot!?!" I replied "No" He was bothered by this, assuming all women are hot, and asked why...I had to say, "she just wasn't." He really had a problem with this, so I told him, "Hot girls don't have to deliver pizza." The Mrs. didn't like this response, but come on now gang...It's true...

So the boy asked, "What is a hot girl?" SO I showed him the end of my blog from a couple weeks ago...You know the one, with Kate Upton doing the "Dougie"...This is a hot girl...




The wife again wasn't happy, when her 6 year old boy kept saying, "She's so hot!"


That's it for now...Have a week...

Later, The Beeze.

Oh Canada....

That may be the only positive moment of the riot last night...Nothing like a riot to get the ladies wet!

For those who don't know, Vancouver Canucks fans, decided to go bat-shit crazy and riot last night after they lost game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals...Before I get ranting, here's a taste of what happened...



There are tons of videos out there, if you want to see more...

Fires, Multiple stabbings, guy pushed to his death from an overpass...Busted windows, overturned cars, looting...This is how Vancouver deals with a loss in the Stanley Cup Finals...And it's not the first time...These fucktards snapped like this in 1994 when they lost to the New York Rangers...

And before we go any further, YES, I'm judging the whole fucking city based on the action of a few...A few thousand that is...I saw a video earlier today, where some of these assholes were busting windows out in a store and a guy tried to stop them and calm them down...They proceeded to jump him as a mob, and beat the fuck out of him in the street...Is this the nice, safe, passive, you can leave your doors unlocked, Canada that Michael Moore went on and on about in his movie, "Bowling For Columbine"? Fuck that!

This is really got me pissed off...A couple weeks ago, my Canadian pal Hotch wrote a blog that had a section about how the Anti-Canadian sentiment was really pissing him off...I agreed...I loved the trips I have taken there, including when the Mrs. and I got hitched there...There is a lot of great things about Canada, but last night, made all of that harder for people to see...My wife and I have always talked about taking a trip too Seattle and then heading up to Vancouver...Guess what? I won't be going to that asshole city anytime soon...

Yes, I'm putting it on the whole city! I heard one asshole say that these people weren't real Canucks fans...Just hooligans wearing Canucks jerseys and shirts...REALLY? FUCKING REALLY!?! What a crock of shit!

And Vancouver, not only is your whole city being judged as being a bunch ass-hat, fucktards...But you have a lot of people feeling that way about your entire country...I know all of Canada isn't a bunch of idiot Canucks fans, because I've been there...Just as I know all of the United States isn't a bunch of idiot Cleveland/Ohio State fans...But not everyone has that same point of reference...

During the Finals I really started hating the Canucks...I always hated Luongo, but as the series went on, I started disliking the whole, trash talking, finger biting, dive taking, turtling, chicken-shit, choking team...But I never would have held that against the city...So what does the city do? They make it easy for me, and many others to hate them...Good luck washing that fuck stain off your city!

Later, The Beeze.

Bruins Win Stanley Cup 4-0 /Luongo Still Sucks

Hey Roberto Luong, you feel like talking anymore shit about the guy who out played the shit out of you? Let's see he's got the Cup and the Conn Smythe...What the fuck do you have, you mental case!?!

The Bruins went into Vancouver, and took it the Canucks in game seven...The Canucks started out playing well...It was looking like a great game...Hell Vancouver had to try and show up for that Sedin that said they'd win...Eventhough him and his brother had been non-existent in the finals...

But once Patrice Bergeron knocked in the first goal, off of a great pass from Brad Marchand, you could feel it happening...Luongo was going to make sure LeBron James isn't stealing his title for the King of the Choke...

In the second period, Marchand scored his first of 2 goals, the second being an empty netter...But the kill shot came when while on the penalty kill, Bergeron broke in on Luongo and was taken down by Christian Erholf, as they went crashing into the ice and net, the puck beat them across the goal-line...It was done then...Yes there was a period left, but Tim Thomas wasn't going to allow a comeback, as he stopped all 37 of Vancouver's shots...

The Canucks looked to tap out late in the third...They had been physically beaten the entire series, and it was showing...They had no offense, especially from there top two lines...

All four of the Bruins lines played great hockey...Guys like Paille, Campbell, Thornton, who don't get much credit, played excellent two-way hockey...43 year old Mark Recchi, didn't look 43 playing with Beregron and Marchand...And picking up Rich Peverly in the Blake Wheeler deal really paid off, especially how well he filled in for Nathan Horton, on the Krejci/Lucic line...This was a true team victory!

As for Vancouver, I have grown to really dislike these guys...They played like punks...And Luongo did what I said he would...He choked, just as he always does...Because he's an overrated cunt! Oh and people of Vancouver way to go...Nothing says class, like starting fires and riots after your team loses...



Didn't you do this before...Oh yeah, back in '94 when the Rangers beat you...Glad to see you're still acting like fucking children!

Congrats Boston, and the Bruins!

Wow, in the ten years I've been married to a gal from Boston, we've seen The Patriots win 3 Super Bowls, The Red Sox win the World Series twice, The Celtics won a title, and now the Bruins win the Stanley cup...Bostonians, you're lucky fucking people!

Later, The Beeze

Roberto Luongo Is An Overrated Cunt

Yeah I said it...And if you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed me tweeting that few times...I have made a habit of tweeting throughout the Stanley Cup Finals...And Luongo, and Burrows have taken most of my hate...And now it will continue...

After game 5 Luongo decided to criticize Boston goalie Tim Thomas, and how he plays...mainly talking about the game winning goal Thomas gave up in game 5...Here's what he said...

"It's not hard if you're playing in the paint. It's an easy save for me, but if you're wandering out and aggressive like he does, that's going to happen. He might make some saves that I won't, but in a case like that, we want to take advantage of a bounce like that and make sure we're in a good position to bury those."

okay, not too bad...But the guy who gave up 8 goals in game 3 may want to shut his mouth...Just for the record, Thomas has given up 6 goals in 5 games...Only 6 goals from the 171 shots he has faced...In those same 5 games Luongo faced 155 shots and has given up 14 goals, and was yanked and put on the bench during the third period of game 4...So again, Luongo may want to shut the fuck up...

Then after getting a bit of heat for running his mouth, this dolt Luongo opened it again, saying, "I said he might make some saves that I don't. I was just saying, on that particular play, I would have played it different. That's the difference between me and him. I have been pumping his tires ever since the series started. I haven't heard one nice thing he had to say about me. That's the way it is."

Umm, why would Thomas have to say nice about Luongo, you overrated cunt!?! By the way, it's not that Thomas hasn't said anything nice about you...He hasn't said anything about you...That's the difference, he doesn't talk about the guy at the other end...He just goes out there and plays his game...And guess what? Thomas isn't an overrated cunt! Luong is...I'll Take Tim Thomas any day before an overrated cunt!




Later The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

Nice cans, but fuck Burrows bitch!

If you don't know what she and I are talking about, look below...

Yes, Canucks douchebag, Alexander Burrows, bit the finger of Patrice Bergeron in game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals...So what happened? The pussies running the NHL did nothing about it...Burrows went on to score two goals in game 2, helping his team to a 2-0 series lead...The Big Wigs in the NHL have a knack for being inconsistent when it comes to punishment...If this would have been Sean Avery, he would have been suspended for the rest of the series, fined, and new rules would have been written saying his mouth can't be open within 2 feet of another player...

Remember when they wrote the "Avery Rule" two days after this happened...



But enough of that...The biggest reason the Bruins are down 2-0 is their defensemen get caught pinching in too often...Goalie Tim Thomas gets too aggressive and over compensates for his defensemen, especially when they are down, or in OT, and then gets out of position because of it...He needs to rein it in...

In other Hockey news...Wednesday I wrote about the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers, and their move to Winnipeg...And before that I wrote about the shitty, non-supportive fans in Atlanta...So I was thrilled to see this weekend, that Winnipeg sold out their 13,000 Season Ticket plans in 17 minutes...Hey Atlanta, eat a dick! Hey Gary Bettman, fuck you for doubting the people of Winnipeg...You can choke on a load too!

Next up...Did you hear about USA_SOCCER?
To Baseball...The topic of Buster Posey getting injured in a collision at home plate, just won't die...I've read too many blogs about it...Commented too many times...Heard too many talking heads chime in on it...Well here is my last statement on it...HOPEFULLY...

Scott Cousins made a hard-nosed Baseball play, that players are taught to do...Posey, as a catcher knows the risks of playing the position...It's not Cousins' fault that Posey's stupid spike got stuck in the ground...It's Baseball, and while it's not as physical/violent as Football or Hockey, there are still aggressive, physical, contact plays in it...It was a clean play...

And.....Fuck you San Fransisco Giants Fans...After one of your own was beaten nearly to death by asshole Dodger fans, you fucking cocksuckers turn around and make death threats to Cousins...Fuck you fucking fucks!

On to more asshole fans...A group of Ohio State/Jim Tressel fans, showed up at his house, and did cheers and sang songs, showing their love and support for this cheating ass-hat...Tressel responded by coming out, and guaranteeing a victory over Michigan this year...For_Real!
What an asshole!

Ahhh, shit...Once again the baby is awake...She has been making a habit out of waking up sometime between 11 PM and 1 AM, and staying up for a couple hours...Wanting to play or just hang out with Dad...Maybe she just wanted to get her cute face in another blog...

I was going to writ a bit about what acunt Paris Hilton was this past week on the O & A show...She then threw a hissy fit after being on the View...But maybe I'll save that one just for itself tomorrow...Instead we'll end with Kate Upton, dancing and being hot...




I swear to God I heard her say she wants to fuck The Beeze!

Have a week...

Later, The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

Today we celebrate Memorial Day...A day we honor men and women, who are much braver than I'll ever be...We honor them for their service to our country...It's because of them, that I can write a blog, that begins with a lovely lady teasing us with a bit of side-boob!

God Bless America!

So far my Memorial Day weekend hasn't been very exciting...Saturday I knocked out a double at The Fish House...Then I knocked back a few Sam Adams...Then I had to deal with a 5 month old who didn't want to sleep...Luckily, the wife let me get a few extra hours of sleep Sunday morning...

Thank God, because then I had to rush around to get yard work done, before it started to rain again...Yes, the weathermen in the Cleve promised perfect weather for the weekend...So just after the grass was cut, and the hedges and bushes were trimmed, the rain started again...

So, I'm expecting nothing but solid rain for Monday's big parade that the kids are in...Can't wait!

I have to say, I'm having trouble coming up with any sports shit to write about...Wednesday I gave ESPN a bit of a BEATING...Then, Friday I made my stand for all BLOGGERS...

Then of course there is the Stanley Cup Finals...The match up is set...Boston vs. Vancouver...I'm rooting for the Bruins, but this is gonna be a tough battle...Vancouver has plenty of firepower, and a strong blueline...Yes Luongo is a good goalie...But I'll always thing he's overrated, and I'm still waiting for him to choke...

The Bruins have to grind out every point they get...Tim Thomas has proven all year, that he can win games on his own, but he'll need help from his defensemen in this series...The Bruins are a better team when they are playing with a lead, so their offense has to get out to good starts...I expect to see 7 games in this series...Sadly, thanks to the NHL and NBC, we have to wait until Wednesday for the puck to drop...Too much time between games!

Now before I go...When you're at your local parade, or watching the ballgame, while the grill is fired up...Be sure to remember why we have the day off...And what was given up so that we can do what we do...

Happy Memorial Day...Here are some lucky folks who made it home...




Later, The Beeze.

Gary Bettman Has Saved the NHL

After much talk, and way too much bitching and whining from no good, former shitty backup goalie, cunt-rags like Glenn Healy...Gary Bettman put his foot down, and first kept Vancouver's Green Men from touching the glass of the visiting teams penalty box...Then they were banned...

God forbid fans have fun, and have a little interaction with the players...Hockey fans have always taunted, and razzed players...But twats like Healy bitched, and Bettman, listened...Once again, Bettman had pissed me off...

But wait...What is this? My God Gary Bettman, you are a genius! The Green Men have been replaced with a nice set of creamers!


You've won me over Bettman...I'm all in with you asshole! I'll take nice cans over Green dudes doing hand-stands any day!

Later The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

I hope all had a happy Easter...Or if that isn't your thing, I hope you had a good weekend...Mine was alright...But before I get to that...Let me pimp something I started Friday...The first of a series that I call IGNORANCE_WAS_BLISS...

So let me hang my head first...My New York Rangers lost their series to the Washington Capitals Saturday...They played hard...They gave the Capitals every thing thy had...But sadly, they didn't have much scoring...Goalie Henrik Lundqvist did all he could, as he has all year...Oh, and he got snubbed for a Vezina nomination...But I like the Rangers' future...They have stopped bying big-name players, and started drafting well, and developing well...Their blue line is stocked with talent...And guys like Dubinsky, Callahan, and Anisimov give them a nice core...Plus guys like Boyle and Prust, 4th liners before, have show they can play like second and on special teams...I have high hopes for next season...

Right now I'm rooting hard for the Chicago Blackhawks, after the crap CANUCKS fans pulled...It's a must win for the 'Hawks...I'll let you know what happens...(2-2 in second intermission) If the 'Hawks don't win it, then I'm pulling for whoever is playing the Canucks, and there overrated goalie Roberto Luongo...

Canucks fans weren't the only people talking trash lately...The Habs and Bruins have been going at it hard...Canadiens fans weren't happy about Andrew Ference flipping them the bird...




Then Saturday night injured Canadiens player Max Pacioretty talked some smack via Twitter about Brad Marchand, which got the Bruins fans talking shit about Pacioretty's broken neck and concussion...WOW! All this social media has made us all so much more classy!

But enough Hockey for now...Sunday morning I was awakened by the sound of two kids searching for Easter baskets...Oh the joy of kids finding candy, and toys...Yes, we give them a couple of small toys, and less candy...After the dental hell we went through with our oldest, fuck the candy, go play!

In the afternoon, the Little Beeze and I were heading to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History...He loves that joint...Before we left he dropped a deuce...To everyone's surprise, his shit was totally, and completely blue...Seriously blue...He didn't feel sick...Nothing hurt...Just some blue logs...Then I saw that the wife had left a couple of the tablets for coloring eggs, out on the table...She said one was missing...How much you want to bet it was blue, and the little dolt thought it was candy!?!

So to the Museum we went....Here's a tip...Go on Easter! Place was almost empty...Hell, they didn't even charge us for the parking...Here he is with Triceratops...



('Hawks and Canucks are tied at 3 now)

Last week I wrote about my disgust over how the American media has been gushing over the upcoming Royal Wedding...It's gotten worse...All the morning shows are talking about it...The Nightly News is spending at least 10 minutes on it...Every network is sending shit-tons of staff to cover it...My Mother-in-law showed up today to visit for the week, and said she was getting up at 4:00AM Friday to watch this horse shit...

Seriously America, what is wrong with you? Why? Why? are you so obsessed with powerless, figureheads, from the country that or forefathers fled from? ANSWER ME!?!

Before I go, I thought I'd give you a quality, Easter Hockey Fight...Evgeny Artuykhin ain't taking anyone's shit apparently...



And, the Blackhawks just won 4-3 in overtime...They have beaten the Canucks in 3 straight games...Unreal how the Canucks are folding...Tune into Versus on Tuesday night around 9 and see the 'Hawks take 4 in a row, and knock the Canucks and that hack Luongo out!

Have a Week...

Later, The Beeze.

CanucksFans Need Thicker Skin/Class

Yeah, I said it...Before the NHL Playoffs got rolling, Theo Fleury was on the radio, and asked for his playoff predictions...Fleury Predicted the Vancouver Canucks would get bounced in the 1st round, and pointed to Roberto Luongo's history of failure in the playoffs...

So what's the big deal...He was asked, and answered...And you know what else...Luongo has been overrated for years...I squeeze into my blog a couple times a year...

Well Canucks fans weren't real happy with Theo's opinion...Of course some backlash is expected, but Johnny Canucks took to Twitter, Facebook, and Team Forum pages to go after Fleury hard...Normally I wouldn't care, as I said, to some extent it's expected...But then they went after Fleury's dark, ugly, and terrifying past...They went hard at Fleury's past alcoholism, and drug-abuse...Both that were clearly brought on, or enhanced by what they got on him about next...Him being sexual abused by his Junior Hockey coach, Graham James...

Anyone who read his book, which I'm sure plenty of these people did, would know that Fleury started drinking heavily in his teens to try an cope with the abuse...He was so terrified at night, he needed to blackout to sleep...As he got older, he was still haunted by it, and afraid to sleep...So then the drugs got in the mix...

Rivalries are fine...Talking shit with some one you don't agree with is okay...Ripping a guy about getting sexually abused as a kid, because he didn't think your team would get through the first round of the playoffs...That's just a cunt move Vancouver fans...I hope Luongo blows both his knees out!

I'll stick with Theo!

Later, The Beeze.