It's already August 5th which is just insane to me. Been a busy last week or so for me, but not so busy in the hockey world. Teams seem to have settled with rosters (till training camp opens next month) and the major players have been signed. Seriously when the best headlines you can find are about Sean Avery and Patrick Kane being very Sean and Patrick like, you know the times are slow.
Avery was arrested last night at his LA house for shoving a cop that dared to appear at his house when his party got a bit to loud for his neighbors on a Thursday night. Obviously the Sean Avery calendar doesn't understand the meaning of work on a Friday morning. He posted bail and is free to make more loud noises till his trial next month. Interestingly enough Avery is a poster boy for causing problems but the extent of his issues have never come to law enforcement. Just enforcing his opinions (right or wrong) on the ice and at fellow players. Of course this happened to a guy currently in the 2nd biggest TV market in the country that happens to play for a team located in the biggest. Therefore this story is going to take some wild twists and turns. Oy vey.
Patrick Kane showed up on a some blog drunk at a Belmar bar (Jersey Shore). Most shocking part of this- we haven't had evidence of him hitting up a shore bar before. Least shocking- he hit up a Jersey Shore bar. The boy seems to show up everywhere but a game drunk, so this is really just a natural progression. Yeah buddy!! (Jersey Shore reference, moving on)
In real hockey news (yup, believe it or not something actually happened that has impact), Shea Weber was awarded the biggest one-year deal in arbitration history setting a new bench mark for lesser players to dream of attaining. While Weber dreams of ways to spend his $3million plus raise ($7.5 million for this season which makes him a top 10 paid player this season), the Predators are probably having nightmares about what to do next summer when he is once again a RFA and will need yet another contract. GM David Polie will need to do some serious number crunching as Pekka Rinne and Ryan Suter are due new contracts next summer. If they can't make Weber happy, will Rinne and Suter stay on? If they elect to leave, will Weber follow suit and bring his services to another team. One thing is clear- the Predators made the playoffs this year and have that bittersweet taste of what a trip to the Cup could be like and they want more. But if you aren't going to pay them, then the better players will almost always follow the trail of hundred dollar bills for a year-in and year-out playoff contender. Wonder which way Polie will go?
In other news....
NFL is back in the swing of things. Camps are open, criminals have contracts for more money than I will ever make and Favre still can't figure out what to do. Basically they are back to their old tricks.
Osi Umenyiora is being typical Osi. Every team has to have their problem child and he is theirs. The Giants are done with wanting to trade him but they also don't want to pay him anymore. Baby Soapbox: Seriously dude, you are due to make like $7million this season to play football. Games are once a week, for 16 weeks if you don't make the playoffs. Since your always injured you will most like roll in your millions on the IR at some point so please, just find your cleats and zip your mouth.
While the headache of Osi rolls onward, Kevin Boss will be moving upward. Wait, I meant onward. To the Raiders. So basically Eli can throw the ball anywhere he pleases and no one can say he made a bad pass since there's no one to target right? Awesome, so when does hockey start again?
In baseball, while Jeter still reigns as the King of all things Yankee and NY, A-Rod has been rehabbing his knee after surgery in sunny Tampa. I guess he wanted to make sure no one missed him or forgot about him so enter the story of poker-gate 2011. The story is so twisted and crazy, if you didn't tell me it involved A-Rod, I'd believe you made the whole thing up as a plot for a movie. If I had his money, I'd have bought private island and would never been seen unless they need me at the game. Of course it's A-Rod so maybe he would lose the island in an illegal poker game. Ahhhh it never ends with him...
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