Thursday, February 17, 2005

Free Stanley!

Canuckistanmikitaville
GWNoShootOutLand


And why not?

After all, it's not like Gary 'Roulette Wheel' Bettman owns the bloody thing anyway:

Free Stanley's mission is to make sure there are Stanley Cup playoffs this hockey season. .... We believe it is the best trophy in all of sport, and it should not be denied to the best hockey team is playing this season. If there is no NHL season the Stanley Cup should then be awarded to the best hockey team in Canada, which was Lord Stanley's original intent for the Cup.....We propose that the Stanley Cup be returned to its original challenge cup format. For now this challenge would be limited to a competition among the remaining top level hockey leagues operating in Canada. .......Should the NHL ever start playing again, its champion - however determined -- might also be allowed into the challenge tournament.

In otherwords if the owners really screwed us to 'save the game', make the greedheads eat their words we say!

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Update: if you need some context as to why the players might be inclined to dig in their heels check out this old column by everybody's favorite new pseudo-lefty, Rafe Mair, who also took a strip off the owners with his on-air editorial this morning.
Double Secret Probation Update: And P. Cluffie? Where does he weigh in on the lockout/shutdown? Who knows - he's too busy puttin' on weight scarfing down Don Genova's goodies while taking weak pot shots at waymore savvy young nat-sportsguy goalie/Buffalo Sabres fantatic, Kevin Sylvester.
Triple Bad Outfit Promulgation Update: Got tagged by one weird google search overnight: 'Don Cherry + Botox'. Maybe Grapes is buffin' himself up so that he can cover, what, beach volleyball?


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