I still haven't watched a full baseball game yet, but I'm already itching to get back into hockey.
After coming to an agreement allowing NHL players to participate in the upcoming winter Olympics (YES!), the 2013-2014 schedule has been released.
Here are my top 10 games that I will either be attending or glued to the TV for:
#10 December 10, 2013 @ Calgary Flames
This could be the only time you ever see me put the Flames in a "top 10" games to watch. This will be Jarome Iginla's first game back to Calgary since being traded last season. Do you guys remember that? It was one of those moves that no one really talked about, nor did it ever come up in the playoffs. Especially not the Eastern Conference finals. It'll be pretty cool to see the fans react to Iginla and I expect him to be amped up to perform.
#9 November 14, 2013 vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Flames...and now the Blue Jackets?!? I promise I'm not high. This will be Nathan Horton's return to the garden. While I wish there was a way to keep him, he clearly desired a market significantly more lax than Boston. Well, Nathan, you found it. Still think he'll get a good ovation.
#8 November 5, 2013 vs Dallas Stars
The big trade for the B's this offseason was obviously unloading Plexiglass Peverley and Party Boy Seguin to the Stars in order to increase our Swedishness (Loui Eriksson). I'll discuss more about the trade in a later post, but it should be interesting to see this game. I'd assume Seguin will want to show the B's that they gave up on him a little too soon.
#7 February 4, 2014 vs Vancouver Canucks
Boom.
Bring me right back to June 2011.... LLLUUUOOOONNNGGGOO, the Swedish Sisters and the Vegetarian come back to Boston for another 2011 Cup
Finals rematch. They have a new but familar coach in ex-Rangers head
coach Tortarella, but mostly the same key players on the team. Oh man,
this is going to be a good one, just for the fact I love our fans and
they will never let this team forget what happened in 2011.
#6 November 29, 2013 vs New York Rangers
Besides last year, the B's have always had a home matinee game on Black Friday and I LOVE IT. Just like they did in 2011, the NHL has decided to piggy-back off of this and air the game on NBC. I personally think this is a great time to try and get an annual national game. NFL has Thanksgiving day, and you can't compete with college football and NFL on the weekends. I'll be recovering from turkey and beer on the couch watching this game!
#5 October 5, 2013 vs Detroit Red Wings
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you one of our newest members to the Atlantic Division (yes we are now the Atlantic Division, while the old Atlantic division is now the Metropolitan Division). We add another original 6 team into the fold and our second game of the season is the first time we'll play them as division rivals. My Swedish crush, Daniel Alfredsson, also spurned us for the Wings. Just a little added fuel to the fire. Welcome East, Wings. Did I mention this is a Saturday NIGHT game?? Get your drank on fans.
#4 November 9, 2013 vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Remember the feeling you had back on May 13th when you thought the hockey season for Boston was ending? Then the beyond excitement feeling knowing you just completely ruined Toronto fans spring? I do and I'm sure the Leafs do too. This should be a very intense match up as the two teams play each other for the first time since Game 7 of the first round. If Loui Eriksson scores, can we still chant "Thank You, Kessel"?
#3 October 30, 2013 @ Pittsburgh Penguins
The Bruins will have March 27th circled on their calendars (see #1), but I can guarantee you the Penguins will have 10/30 circled on theirs. That is the date the B's will travel to Pittsburgh in an Eastern Conference Finals rematch. Remember that one? The series in which the Penguins were suppose to just man handle us offensively? Oh yeah..the B's completely embarrassed the team and the two best players in the world by SWEEPING them. #BoomThatHappened
#2 Any game vs Montreal Canadiens
Best rivalry in all of sports. I'll take on anyone in this argument. These games never ever lack drama or emotion. They will be a more skilled team with the addition of Danny Briere and they will definitely be a tougher team with the addition of George "Best Mustache in Sports" Parros. I guarantee a Thornton vs Parros bout in the first period of the first game against these two teams. Both teams will be competing for the division title again. Sad the B's handed it over to the Habs late last season.
#1 March 27, 2014 vs Chicago Blackhawks
Normally the #1 spot is reserved for the Candiens, and while the 4 games against the Habs would take #2-#5, I have to give the Cup Finals rematch the #1 spot. I'll just say that again, Stanley...Cup...Finals...rematch. Less than 2 minutes away from forcing Game 7. I expect the B's and the crowd to be on a different planet with intensity. I don't even know if that statement makes sense, but it does to me.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Tim Thomas traded to the Islanders!
Thank you, Garth Snow!! Thank you!
I found myself stewing with mixed emotions as I heard the news. The first reaction was pure joy. Not because Thomas is gone (well sort of), but because his $5mil cap hit is gone. That was a significant chunk of dead weight we were carrying on the books. Pooof! Gone. We received a conditional 2nd round pick in either 2014 or 2015, but really who cares. The most valuable part of this trade is the CAP SPACE! If we put Marc Savard on long-term injury reserve, I think I heard on the radio that we would then have $11mil in cap space. Let that sink in. $11mil of cap space to play with. That is a tremendous amount of room to add a stud player or two.
A caller on the radio had the same thinking as me: JAROME IGINLA. For the love of hockey gods, please, let's bring this guy to Boston. He's on a horrible Calgary team and is nearing the end of his career. He has one more year left on his contract, and his cap hit is $7mil. Yes that is high, but the B's have the room and he's a FA after this year. He's scored 30+ goals 11 straight seasons, scoring 50 or more goals twice. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CALL THEM.
I don't know what they'd want in return. Dougie and Seguin are off limits. I'd be hesitant to offer a player on our roster. I'd offer up draft picks (yes multiple) and then a pick out of our top prospects: Jared Knight, Ryan Spooner, Jordan Caron, Alex Khokhlachev, etc. Since he'd be a "rental" player, I don't think the B's would have to give up too much, but hey, make them take our offer. Load it up now and make a run for another Cup!!
That was my giddiness. Remove the White House snub, the Facebook posts, the Chick Fil A support, etc, and I'm a little sad this is how the Tim Thomas era is ending. This guy had one of the greatest sports stories in recent memory. He fought his way through Europe and the minors to finally be a starter on a team and then basically single handedly ended the B's 39 year Cup drought. I mean take a look at this video. Without a majority of those saves, the B's don't even make it out of the 1st round let alone the Finals.
Farewell, Thomas. It's officially TUUKKA TIME!!
I found myself stewing with mixed emotions as I heard the news. The first reaction was pure joy. Not because Thomas is gone (well sort of), but because his $5mil cap hit is gone. That was a significant chunk of dead weight we were carrying on the books. Pooof! Gone. We received a conditional 2nd round pick in either 2014 or 2015, but really who cares. The most valuable part of this trade is the CAP SPACE! If we put Marc Savard on long-term injury reserve, I think I heard on the radio that we would then have $11mil in cap space. Let that sink in. $11mil of cap space to play with. That is a tremendous amount of room to add a stud player or two.
A caller on the radio had the same thinking as me: JAROME IGINLA. For the love of hockey gods, please, let's bring this guy to Boston. He's on a horrible Calgary team and is nearing the end of his career. He has one more year left on his contract, and his cap hit is $7mil. Yes that is high, but the B's have the room and he's a FA after this year. He's scored 30+ goals 11 straight seasons, scoring 50 or more goals twice. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CALL THEM.
I don't know what they'd want in return. Dougie and Seguin are off limits. I'd be hesitant to offer a player on our roster. I'd offer up draft picks (yes multiple) and then a pick out of our top prospects: Jared Knight, Ryan Spooner, Jordan Caron, Alex Khokhlachev, etc. Since he'd be a "rental" player, I don't think the B's would have to give up too much, but hey, make them take our offer. Load it up now and make a run for another Cup!!
That was my giddiness. Remove the White House snub, the Facebook posts, the Chick Fil A support, etc, and I'm a little sad this is how the Tim Thomas era is ending. This guy had one of the greatest sports stories in recent memory. He fought his way through Europe and the minors to finally be a starter on a team and then basically single handedly ended the B's 39 year Cup drought. I mean take a look at this video. Without a majority of those saves, the B's don't even make it out of the 1st round let alone the Finals.
Farewell, Thomas. It's officially TUUKKA TIME!!
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