why i still like fighting in hockey

beef bracket...not briskit

Toronto Maple Leafs Draft HIstory Blunders

I've been meaning to do this for quite a while now, just like I've been meaning to write a book on why being a leaf fan is a small step down from slavery. Fortunately for me and other leaf fans Burky is now on board and thing are inevitably looking up. I still think it's important to look back at the legecy of inepness esspecially when it came to everything but specifically when it came to the draft.

this the leaf draft histoy since my birth in 1981, untill 2001. After each leaf pick and where that pick was taken, i've made a small list of players that came after the leaf pick in the draft.

if your a leaf fan i would suggest that you make time to read this when no one else is around to hear or see you. i cried from 1984 on.

1981 - 1st RD 6th pick - Jim Benning

grant fehr, al macinnis, chris chelios, mike vernon, john vambiesbrouck

1982 - 1st rd 3rd pick - Gary Nylund

scott stevens, phil housely, dave andreychuk, ron hextal, tony granato, doug gilmour

1983 - 1st rd 7th pick - russ courtnall

cam neely, kevin steveens, gary galley, dominc hasek, rick tocchet, tretiak

1984 - 1st rd 4th pick - al iafrate

shane corson, gary roberts, patrick roy, brett hull, luc robitaille, stephane richer

LET IT OUT FRIENDS

1985 - 1st rd 1st pick - wendal clark

igor larianov, and bill ranford

someone i know crapped on this pick the other day, and i rememeber trying to talk myslef into this being a bad pick but i couldn't. Wendel was our Neely, without the smooth hands. I guess Wendal was our Wendal. We hung up his jersey for god sakes, the mans a beekon of light in a sea of darkness.

1985 - 1st rd 6th pick - Vincent Damphousse

brian leetch, adam graves, teppo numminen, darren turcotte

1987 - 1st rd 7th pick - luke richardson

joe sakic, john leclair, eric desjardins, matthieu shnieder

1988 - 1st rd 6th pick - scott pearson

jeremy roenick, rod brindamour, teemu selanne, mark recchi, tony amont, mogilny, fleury

1989 - 1st rd 3rd pick - scott thorton

bill guerin, bobby holik, nic lindstrom, sergi federov, pavel bure, donald audette

1990 - 1st rd 10th pick - drake berehowsky

peter bondra, robert lang, sergi zubov, doug weight, kieth tkachuk, martin brodeur

1991 - leafs traded both 1st and second round picks

Scott Niedermayer, forsburg, glen murrey, zigmund palffy, marcus nasland, brain rolston

with the leafs first rounder NJ got Niedermayer

1992 - 1st rd 8th pick - brandon convery

sergi gonchar, martin straka, valerie bure, adrian aucoin, khabibulin, jere lehtinen

1993 - 1st rd 12th pick - kenny jonsson

todd bertuzzi, saku koivu, eric daze, miroslav satan, pavel demitra

1994 - 1st rd 16th pick - eric fichaud

jose thedore, patrick elias, sheldon souray, danial alfredsson, chris drury, hejhuk, turco, nabokov

1995 - 1st rd 15th pick - jeff ware

peter sykora, marc savard, miikka kiprusoff, filip kuba

1996 - 2nd rd 36th pick - marek posmyk

zdeno chara, tom poti, mark parrish, pavel kubina

NOTE: The leafs did pick Kaberle with the 208th pick

1997 - traded 1st rd 4th pick to NYI who picked Luongo

marian hossa, brian campbell

1998 - 1st rd 10th pick - nic antropov

alex tanquy, simon gagne, scott gomez, andre markov, cheecho, horcoff, datsyuk went #171

1999 - 1st rd 24th pick - luca cereda

martin havlat, mike comerie, mike commodore, ryan miller, zetterburg went # 210

2000 - 1st rd 24th pick - brad boyes

justin williams, lubomir visnovsky, henrik lundqvist

2001 - 1st rd 17th pick - carlo colaiacovo

johnny oduya, derek booguard, kevin bieksa, ray emery, mike cammalleri, jason pominville

after 2001 it's alot harder to gauge whose done well in the draft. some of these dudes who went in the first round a couple years ago are still trying to hash it out in the AHL.

some names that we did miss ove the past 6 years...

Shes weber, ryan kesler, mike richards, corey perry, mike green, milan lucic, andrew cogliano, peal stastney, steve mason

since 2001 we've taken tukka rask, and jiri tlusjy

my brackets a little bit busted

all i really wanted was to beat Obama, Samuel l Jackson, and D Wade, and so far so good. Purdue got me good but i still think it's Pitt and Cuse on the other side.

pretty sure I'm still mathematically alive

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/entry?entryID=764208

march madness...

time to pick your favorite cereal?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/bracket?page=theherd/cereal

Your 2009 NBA MVP...

Lebron...bron.

He's funny, he's talented, him numbers reek of Oscar Roberson.

and most importantly the Cleveland Cavaliers have clinch the central division for only the second time in their history, with 17 games to go.

Kobe is amazing D wade is making a sweet sweet late push but even if they sit and rest bron bron untill the playoffs he should still be the The MVP. Odds i imagine are with Wade, seeing as how NBA MVP voting usually goes the way of the "whodeservesitatthistime?"

when i get these shoes i'ma gonna school all yall's ass's...boom thou!

The Death Of Funny Conan?

I have a sinking feeling he won't be able to get away with as much when he moves to 11:30, but the good news is apparently Andy will be back.

KG keeps it real with Craig Sager

I never thought i'd see the day...

Burger King Mini Burgers are back!

The only thing better than this right now in my life would be White Castle opening at Dupont and Lansdowne.

Back in the day after hockey practice i would drive my parents absolutely bear shit mental by simply whining about mini burgers. If either of my folks sees this new commercial (not the one posted here) they could both kill themselves from the memory of my bitching alone.



this is one of the greatest moments of my life