Mr Carrie Underwood Heading to Nashville

Well Mike Fisher made numerous comments that he wanted to stay a Senator his entire career but he was just traded to Nashville. That is tres convenient for Mr. Carrie Underwood, no?

ANOTHER Goalie Fight!!

They're no One-Hit-Wonder-Johnny but helllllllo

Darryl Boyce's Nose Fell Off

So I saw when Darryl Boyce hit the boards when the Leafs were playing Carolina and didn't really clue in to the fact that he hit the camera hole in the glass and then when I saw him again, he had stitches and a full mask on for the game last night but I never really looked in to it futher

Well then during my creeping today I saw that he had posted a picture of the injury prior to him getting fixed up. HOLY BALLS!!! (I made the pic small just in case someone has a weak stomach but click on it to enlarge)

The National Post interviewed him about the injury:

How does it feel?
“At the time, I just went in, and it was a real hard, blunt shot. I just picked myself up and I could see blood just leaking from my face. I immediately went right off to the dressing room. I just had to keep looking forward because, if I looked down, I could see this flap of skin just hanging down.”
What was going through your head?
“I didn’t know if I had a nose left, to be quite honest. I didn’t know if it peeled right from the top of my nose, right down. As soon as I got into the doctor’s chair I just closed my eyes and just started asking them questions, instead of looking at it myself.”
The pictures were …
“I guess that’s the best use I’ve had for Twitter so far. It seemed to get a lot of sportscasters on my side. At the end of the day, it’s just a cut and a broken nose. I’ve gone through a lot of other injuries in my career that really sidelined me for good, where you really can’t strap something on and get out there and play. I thought this was a great opportunity to just throw something on and get out there.”
Can you breathe?
“I’ve just got one side sort of blocked here. I’ve got lot of stitches on the inside of the nostril. It’s a little tough, breathing out the one side, but you just deal with it. You breathe out your mouth a little bit more.”
What did your family say?
“Mum, I called her on the way to the hospital, during the third period. I was pretty shocked, the way she was acting. I talked to my aunt at the hospital. I said: ‘Mum was pretty cool about it. She didn’t seem too worried. That’s not like her.’ And then after, at 11:30, she finally told me she’d been pacing the house for the last two-and-a-half hours, not knowing what was going on. She put up a strong front.”

News News News

Geno has to get surgery to repair the MCL and ACL tear and will be out for six months. Whyyyyyyyyyy

The Leafs traded alternate captain Beachemin to the Ducks in exchange for Joffery Lupul, Jake Gardiner (a defensemen yet to play for the NHL) and a draft pick in 2013. I'm just wondering who is going to replace him as alternate captain! Army for the win!!

• I take back the "Army for the win!!" comment. I want the "A" given back to Kaberle and Komisarek's A to go to Army. If the next trade announcement is that Kabby is leaving the Leafs, my soul is going to die.

As if enough Penguins forwards weren't out already - Crosby, Malkin, Letestu, Kunitz (upper body injury, just happened yesterday), now Matt Cooke has been given a four game suspension for his hit in last night's name on Fedor Tyutin

Volchenkov also got a suspension (3 games) for elbowing poor lil' rookie Zach Boychuk in the head.

Angry "Leafs fans" (this article is from Ottawa I totally believe Sens fans are setting us up) vandalized Kris Versteeg's $150,000 car, writing stuff on it and spitting on it, but he still loves playing in Toronto he says

• Also, the stupid Ottawa Citizen likes to twist its facts. The article states "And it came one day after a survey of National Hockey League players revealed Toronto was one of the teams they would "least like to play on."....More than 300 players were involved in the survey, which was conducted by the National Hockey League Players' Association and the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada. More than a quarter of respondents listed the New York Islanders as their least desirable destination, followed by Edmonton (20%), Buffalo (8%) and Atlanta (7%), with Montreal and Toronto close behind (5%)" - Just saying, Toronto and Montreal sitting at 5% compared to 25% of players not wanting to play in the Islanders is not really "one of the teams they would least like to play on"
  
  

Hockey Player Vacay!

Sidney Crosby being sidelined with a concussion is old news but his little tropical escape may not be common knowledge. Captain Crosby headed home to Nova Scotia to visit with his parents and they apparently jetted off to an "undisclosed warm climate location" for a lil' fam vacay slash cheer up time.

This obviously makes us think of the other vacations some hockey players have taken in the past...

Olympic Break - Tropical Getaway to Set Up a Proposal

What girl wouldn't want to get whisked away to Hawaii smack dab in the middle of the frigid winter (umm she lives in California doesn't shee, strike that) anytime for your boyfriend to propose to you with a million dollar ring? Obviously Lizzie McGuire Hil Duff wasn't complaining one bit when Mike Comrie busted this move out for her. She clearly was lovin' it, based on the thank you she gave him...

All-Star Break - Blow Off Some Steam

Two words: Vegas and BizNasty. Winning combo, no more description needed.

Summertime - Head Home!

After a long season, who wouldn't want to return to their hometowns in the summer? Whether it is come the end of the regular season for the 12 teams that *just* missed the playoffs and the Oilers and Leafs who were mathematically eliminated back in November or after their playoff elimination slash Stanley Cup win, players depart their homes for 8ish months of the year and head to their hometowns. Then, come October, they head back to their team cities. Most people fly back to those cities... Some may drive... Dion Phaneuf...uh... runs...

"Gives Toronto Wings". Interesting. Not that I'm not a phan euf Phaneuf (ahahahah get it? Phan euf? Fan of? Yeah, it's clever, I know), but come on, as if a Leafs fan really needs a reminder of the last time we won the Cup. That's not going to make me believe Phaneuf is giving us wings. It's going to make me angry and wonder why Phaneuf drinks Red Bull after working out. Gross.

1967 to Toronto. Thanks Tips.

Seriously, Where Have I Been

Okay I'm clearly quite happy living under my stupid rock but I hadn't heard that this happened. Geeze, I need to get with the game!

Kessel Gets Caught With His Foot in His Mouth

So yesterday at Leafs practice, the Toronto media brought up Kessel's 10-game goal drought. Kessel obviously knows that the Toronto media isn't really into hockey and doesn't really care much so he decided to say "Maybe it’s just not working out here I guess. I can’t get anything going.... “Maybe it’s time for a change or something.”

Oh whoopsies, my bad, the Toronto media WILL jump on anything a Leaf says so obviously the GTA was abuzz with anger that Kessel wants out of Toronto apparently (blah blah, he took it back, too late). Mmm, I'm not a fan of Kessel at all, I think he's the worst thing to happen to the Leafs (and yep, you are welcome Boston) considering how much we gave up for him but you know, people flub up in interviews and on the job all the time. Let's look at some prime examples...


Captain Serious Drops a Huge F-Bomb

Who doesn't swear now and then, really. But mmm swearing in front of a camera? Well, that's a different story. Actually, its still amazing but Johnny T's face at the end says it all... his momma's gonna be mad at him...

Asking for a Trade and Not Remembering that Edmonton Has a Team...

Dany Heatley, we're lookin' at you buddy. Who can blame him for wanting to leave the Ottawa Senators? Some Swedish guy guaranteed that your team was going to win a Cup and then nothing... But make sure you remember where all the teams are located before you ask for a trade to any other team

Note: As a Leafs fan, I have nooooo grudge whatsoever towards Heatley for demanding a trade from Ottawa. This picture is just funny. Also, Ottawa needs to be the one to suck it up and get over their grudge

Making Guarantees that You Can't Follow Up On

How's that Stanley Cup doing Senators?

BONUS: Not only do you guarantee a Stanley Cup win, but you also go into the first round of the playoffs against the Little Crosby that Could and Co. and post a huge mural outside their locker room of your team beating theirs the year before. That is surely not going to piss them off and make them want to beat you that much more...right?

Anyone recall how that series went?

Being a Bit Too Much of a Superstar and Overshadowing Your Teammates

Tsk tsk Jordan Eberle...