TrueBlue4ever

Was in the same graduating class as my father.

Matt Sheridan wishing your mother a Happy Easter.

Millen complaining again, this time about Hellebuyck’s workload. When did it become impossible for a goalie to play more than 60 games? Brodeur played 70+ every year and he never complained about being tired or suffered for it in the playoffs.

Nice to see the ref call a retaliation penalty to even it up. The hit was late but not dirty, players need to not be so sucky when they get hit hard and turn everything into a scrum to “defend the code”. They sure take their sweet time announcing goals in the building in Tampa.

To be fairer he did just what he was complaining the whole team has been doing in not being “accountable”. Just because he isn’t Wheeler or Scheifele doesn’t mean he’s not immune to the odd critique.

Jets are terrible about giving up slot shots, but they may be worse at not shooting themselves when they are open in the slot. Ehlers passes one up to pass down low.

Knew they were going to challenge before the broadcast said it. Worst rule in hockey.

This will get called back on offside

Which player do you want?

My dog got into my wallet and ate a $20 bill. We have taken him to the vet, they are monitoring him and report his condition as serious. No change is expected.

Let’s go Blue Jays!

So some interesting stuff about Saunders. He has not played football in 3.5 years. His last game was the 2018 Labour Day game in Hamilton, where he tore up his knee (ACL). He was signed up for 2019 by the Tiger-Cats but was cut in training camp when his recovery was set to take longer get than expected. He was signed by Houston of the XFL to start 2020 but placed on injured reserve right away and his contract suspended when the league folded. Ottawa signed him in 2020 before the season was cancelled by the pandemic. Was re-signed for 2021 before his June car accident led him to retire. Here are some pics of the accident (not meant to be ghoulish or sensationalistic here, they come from Saunders’ own Instagram post - did he take these himself after the accident? Seems unlikely but someone must have with a camera he had access to). Not many more details about this crash, however this was not his first car accident as a football player. As a rookie with the New York Jets in 2014, he was in a single vehicle accident after suffering a seizure at the wheel. He bounced around NFL practice rosters for a couple of years before being suspended in 2016 for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Long and winding road for him to get back to the game this year. Would make a nice “comeback player of the year” story if he could return to some of those numbers he was churning out before his injuries. I wish him well however it turns out.

I have generally gone to Google, entered the player and looked in images. Then click on the image until it lets me copy it, and then go to the insert image from URL and click “paste” and it downloads the URL in most cases. If you have a player in mind, just say and I’ll see if I can assist.

Wanted to add Ed Kotowich at #56 but the pic would not download. Another beauty.

Also wrote Glengarry Glen Ross, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Untouchables, Wag the Dog, and The Verdict.

I believe it isn’t so much not looking into things, but rather knowing why things are the way they are and working to keep it that way. Maybe we are saying the same thing in that they want to ignore the issue, but it seems to be borne less out of “I don’t want to understand the problem that needs fixing because it is too complex and I can’t be bothered to learn” and more so “I understand it perfectly, but it’s not a problem to me because I am the advantaged one, and let’s keep it that way shall we”

This may be the most subtle shot across the bow to the “whiners” in his thread: Must offer a reasonable alternative if you want to criticize? Has this guy never visited an internet chat site before? Complaining without justification is step one.

Would that be a form of insider trading?

Given what Montana and North Dakota got, not an overreaction there. Up to 4 feet of snow in some parts. Maybe the stalling of the system spared us the worst which would have hit us but stayed south instead. And we still have two more days of this system to come. I’ll relax when Saturday comes.

More like dumb and dumber.

I like the action shots of players, but this photo of James West just perfectly encapsulates the man. He was a beast on the field and took his job seriously, but never seemed to take himself too seriously and always made every day a fun one. Always grinning or smiling for the cameras. Boundless spirit. One of my favourite players ever.