Hard in the Corner

As an amateur troll - believe it or not, I don't make money with this mickey mouse blog - I spend a ton of my spare time on twitter and reading articles, listening to podcasts and wasting my life on message boards. It's starting to kill me. As time goes by, there are more and more protests about the racial inequality in the United States (and it exists everywhere). This morning I read an article on CBC  about the Houston Texans kneeling during the anthem to protest the owner calling them 'inmates.' An obviously insensitive remark, inflammatory and made all the more inappropriate when taken in the context of what this protest is about. Another example of an old white guy, that doesn't get it. Dear Comments Section, You are unthinkably stupid. I won't explain the protest to you again, because it has been forced down your throat enough. You know what it's about. And yet, here we are. Still posting your ignorance, still the racist remarks, still. If you a

Oh yeah, Captains in the Atlantic, a maritime tale. I love the sound of that. So what I'm gonna do is power rank the captains of each team, starting in the NHL Atlantic division. What I'm looking at is my opinion on these fellas. How I feel about their on-ice and off-ice "leadership" or whatever. So let's do that... Oh yeah, teams without a Captain, I will select their most veteran 'A' and they will be ranked, ok.... The Best: Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators This is an easy one. He is one of the best players in the game today, and one of the best defensemen of all time. While he seems to be injury prone, he has two Norris trophies to his name and single-handedly carries the Senators. Being the best player on your team is crucial, being the best ever (or one of) is icing. Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings Detroit sucks. They suck so bad. But they haven't always and Zetterberg has been a loyal guy. Now while that can cost you acc

I'm a Leafs fan. I have no problem saying that. I love the Leafs. Yes, I watch other teams, but it's so I can see players, not teams. For example, I used to watch Washington, to see how Eric Fehr was doing. That has since been resolved. In any case, I love watching the Leafs which is why I hate...regional blackouts. Why is it that every Saturday night, I can be sure to see that little Filipina girl sign the anthem in T-dot, but this evening, TSN doesn't see fit to let me watch the game? Regional blackouts, that's why. What is the purpose of these fucking things? It seems to me they take more money out of the hands of the NHL, the broadcaster and the cable companies than it helps put in. And I know that every single human being on Earth hates them. So, ok...money is the name of the game. But this can't help. TSN, tonight, on TSN4, will air a black screen in place of the most popular hockey game in Canada, and therefore North America, and therefore the World.