What's the mantra of today's professional football player?
"PAY ME MORE MONEY!!"
I've been put out with pro football for years. As far as I'm concerned, they're (mostly) a bunch of prima dona show-offs with drug use/sale issues.
I don't enjoy the game anymore....unless we're talking about high school or college ball.
Basketball? I can take it or leave it.
Hockey? Oh yeah! That's where the tuff guys go to play! I've seen these guys play with broken hands and feet. I've seen them get a 4" long cut on their face, spend 2 minutes getting stitches on the bench, and be right back on the ice without missing a shift.
I've seen some take a puck in the face (90 - 100 mph slapshot), breaking facial bones. Do they go on injured reserve? Miss games? No. They keep playing.
They're definitely not the "pretty boys" of proffesional sports. But they're some of the toughest.
I guess the thing that most appeals to me about them PERSONALLY, is that I don't know of a single hockey player that is "flashy". I look at all the other major professional sports, and I see a bunch of people screaming "look at me, I'm a big shot". Not here. For the most part, these guys are about the TEAM....not about how big their signing bonus was.
<Cody steps down off his soap box.>
As for the Stars going nowhere this playoff season? Agreed. I only saw the 2nd period of last night's game, and I would have thought that the Canucks would have won 6-2. Whodathunk that they would play FOUR overtime periods to finally decide the game? That's 2-1/3 complete games! Lot's o' hockey.
Unfortunately, I think the Red Wings will take the cup again. They used to be my favorite team, until they acquired Todd Bertuzzi at the trade deadline. IMNSHO, he's the lowest-class, thuggiest individual in the NHL....not a good fit for the 'Wings. |