Good Ridance!!!
A real team leader would have at least called a players only meeting by now with a talented team having such a bad season. Held out for more than he was worth this off season.
Good regular season numbers but in 5 playoff seasons he has 6 goals and 18 pts. in 42 games; can anyone say Alexi Yashin?
However, I think alot of hockey people have him over-rated so I think the Bruins could have got more for him than they did.- Still this trade does improve their team. Trust me on this.
Not enough heart and should not even be considered for the olympic team - Take Mario instead.

Devils 3 - Bruins 2
My Bruins are starting to piss me off!!!

What happened????
Watching the game against The Devils last night I have some observations.
First the good:
- Bruins played one of their best periods of hockey this year in the 1st .
-Bergeron was flying the whole game. The only Bruin who never seemed to fall asleep.
- Hal Gill (yes Hal Gill) had a strong opening 20 minutes.
-besides struggling with a couple of rebounds Razor was sharp for a change.
- Zhamnov showed flashes of what he could do.
Now the Bad:
- Bruins never showed up for the 2nd period and the 3rd was not much better.
-Lost Key face off for winning goal with 32 seconds left.
-The real Hal Gill showed up for the last 2 periods.
-They played just bad enough to only lose by one goal AGAIN (13 one goal games and only won 2 of these with 11 loses).
Random Thoughts:
Can not win playing only 20 good minutes.
Need full hustle from every player, not just a player now and then.
Have to play desperate and keep intensity up.
Can not try and sit on a 2 goal lead. - Gotten burned several times this year doing that.
Getting rid of Orr and McEachern does not solve teams problems. One was a forth liner and one was a scratch player. You can not put the blame on players on who rarely see the ice.

Ricky Ray proved once again that he is perhaps the best quarterback (with the exception of Drew Bledsoe) on the planet as he carried his Eskimos to a 38-35 beating of Montreal to win The Grey Cup yesterday. 

Hear about Billy Cundiff trying to commit suicide after blowing yesterday's game against Denver? He tried to shoot himself in the head, he was wide left.

Congrats. to Dan Lacosta (from Labrador City) who played in goal for The OHL allstar team as they destroyed Team Russia 5-2 in last night's game. 

Bruins celebrate after Murray opens the scoring in a 5-1 DESTRUCTION of The Leafs on Wed. Nov. 23. I wonder if Terry and Ray both watched this game(ha! ha! ha!). 

"The Greeks" picks for week 12.
Should be 2 different than Kirk's picks as "the Greek" just doesn't go with the favorites.
-Atlanta over Detroit and if you actually take time out of your day Thursday to watch this game you have problems. Spend some time with your kids or something. Be productive! Get ready for the real Thanksgiving day game with The Cowboys.
-Dallas over Denver. Two reasons for this are Denver may be unbeaten at home but are only .500 on the road and Jake "make the big mistake" Plummer.
-Cincinnati over Baltimore because Baltimore has not been this bad since they were called The Browns and played in a different city.
-Carolina over Buffalo because Buffalo has not beat a good team since they had that Canadian quarterback - Doug Flutie.
-Tampa over Chicago because The Bears can not win 7 games in a row with no offense- can they???
-Minnesota over Cleveland by default. I was in Cleveland a few years ago checking out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when I saw this big stadium right next door. After being told it was the home of the Browns, I laughed and said "No, silly. The Browns moved to Baltimore a few years ago." How can Cleveland win if they moved to another city.
-Kansas City over New England because all teams in the Boston area seem to be stinking it up right now - has to be contagious.
-Chargers over Redskins. Ed guaranties victory for San Diego.
-Tennessee over San Fran. Because when 2 shitty teams play take the home team.
-St. Louis over Houston because the only thing that will bring a smile to Texans' fans is when Paul Tagliabue says, "And with the first pick in the 2006 draft, the Houston Texans select..."
-Jacksonville over Arizona because Kurt Warner has not won two games in a row since Marshall Faulk was running behind him.
-Miami over Oakland because Toni Marie Wiseman knows more about football than Rolo.
-Philadelphia over Green Bay because if Favre and the boys could not beat the Vikings Mon. Nite they do not deserve to win another game this year.
-Seattle over The Giants because the Manning in this game is not Peyton but his little bro. Who can not live up to the standards set for him.
-Saints over Jets because Jets suck.
-Indy over Steelers because at 10-0 how can you go against them.

Even though I am a big Country music fan I have to admit there are some lame songs out there.
Worst Country Song Titles of all time...

Am I Double Parked by the Curbstone of Your Heart?

Billy Broke My Heart at Walgreens and I Cried All the Way to Sears

Get Off the Table, Mabel (The Two Dollars is for the Beer)

How Can You Believe Me When I Say I Love You, When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?

I'd Rather Pass a Kidney Stone than Another Night With You

If Today Was a Fish, I'd Throw It Back In

Oh, I've Got Hair Oil On My Ears And My Glasses Are Slipping Down, But Baby I Can See Through You

There Ain't Enough Room in my Fruit Of The Looms to Hold All My Lovin' For You

You Done Stomped On my Heart (and You Mashed That Sucker Flat)

Get Your Tongue Out Of My Mouth, Because I'm Kissing You Goodbye.

And my personal favorite:
If She Hadn't Been So Good Lookin' I Might Have Seen the Train

How do you keep a Detroit Lion out of your yard?
Put up goal posts(ha! ha! ha! - Cowboys rule) 

Dat Nguyen comes up with a fumble recovery for the Dallas defense, which held Detroit to 226 yards and 7 points in a 20-7 win. Dallas remains the dominate team in the NFC east at 7-3 and in 1st place - should be the midseason favorite for the superbowl. 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE BRUINS???

Everywhere I go now I get this same question. Let me tell you what is wrong with the Bruins - Defense!!!! For 35 years The Bruins had the best D-man in the league on their team - 1st with Bobby Orr then with Brad Park (pictured above) and then with Raymond Bourque. Those days are long gone as I could suit up and play with the riff-raff they have there now. They have Milan Jurcina playing every 2nd shift - I bet if you are not a Bruins fan you never heard of him and if you are a Bruins fan I bet you wish you never. Jurcina must be Slovak for giveaway. Next we have Ian Moran or should I say Moron. Then we have Hal Gill, a great defensive defenseman for several years, but now that you can not clutch and grab he is a 6 foot 7 inch clumsy oaf who does not know how to skate.
Now this brings me to my real problem with their D - Nick Boynton. He is their best D and he is only average in the league at best. First off he is a whinny suk who when drafted by Washington would not go there because they were not good enough. Two years later he is back in the draft and of course The Bruins had to take him 1st round. After a couple of average years he was a free agent this off season and skipped training camp because he wanted big money (for what?). Average players should get average money. The Bruins then gave in to this pussy-punk and gave him big bucks when at the same time let free agent star defenseman Sergei Gonchar go and sign with another team for less money than they pay the bum Boynton.
Yes the Bruins problems are all caused because of their D. Last night the Leafs D were better than The Bruins D and there should not be a D in the league as bad as what Toronto has there; but there is. Orr, Park, Bourque and all fans deserve an apology from the Bruins organization for putting this pathetic excuse for defense on the ice this year.

Jimmy "The Greek" football picks for week 11:

- Carolina over Chicago because the Bears are not quite good enough to win 6 games in a row. Are they?
- Dallas over Detroit because Dallas has better uniform colors.
- St. Louis over Arizona because I had to take someone. A tie here would not surprise me.
- Indy over The Bengals. 9-0 Indy has to be taken till they lose.
- Jacksonville over Tennessee. I forgot Tennessee still had a team until I had to do these picks.
- Cleveland over Miami. Like I say every week; when 2 shitty teams play take the home team.
- New England over The Saints because the Bruins are sucking and The Patriots must pick up the slack.
- Philly over Giants because McNabb is out and this can only help the team. A change of scenery is what is needed. After the disgrace McNabb played on Mon. Nite McMahon has to be better and will elevate team. - Trust me on this one.
- Atlanta over Tampa Bay because Falcons just sounds like a team that should win.
- Seattle over 49er's because Seattle beat Dallas earlier the year and Dallas are 1,000,000,000,000 times better than San. Fran.
- San Diego over Buffalo. Ed made me take this one.
- Denver over The Jets because The Jets suck.
- Washington over Oakland because Jennifer Hedger knows more about football than Rolo.
- Pittsburgh over Baltimore because The Steeler's run is to strong for Baltimore's injured defense.
- Kansas City over Houston because Houston plays in Texas and the only great football players in Texas play for The Cowboys.
- Green Bay over Minnesota.Home team has won 92% of Monday nite games since they first started.

Q: What's the difference between the Philadelphia Eagles and a dollar bill?
A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar bill.

Roy Williams scores winning TD, on an inteception, and Dallas takes over 1st place in NFC east. Philly has to question their latest move of cutting T.O. and an earlier move of releasing Freddy Mitchell - with these two players gone they have nobody who can catch a ball. The score Monday nite was Dallas 21 - Philly 20.

RIP Eddie. 1967-2005. 

Picture of the greatest football player of all time.

Jimmy "The Greek" football picks for week 10. Last week I was perfect with my predictions so pay attention people.
- Jacksonville over Baltimore because General Jackson defeated Lord Baltimore in a battle during the American Revolution and history always repeats itself.
- Seattle over St. Louis because St. Louis has not won a game in the rain in 15 years and it always rains in Seattle.
- Dallas over Philly. Dallas beat them 33 - 10 earlier the year when T.O. played, so it should be a cake walk for "The Boys" this week.
- Denver over Oakland because Jody Vance knows more about football than Rolo.
- Atlanta over Green Bay because Green Bay has never won a game over a black starting quarterback.
- Carolina over the Jets because the Jets suck.
- Arizona over Detroit because I took Detroit and I always pick them wrong.
- Buffalo over K.C. because without Priest they haven't got a prayer.
- Indy over Houston. Houston we have a problem - your football team sucks.

Cam Neely, the man - the legend, inducted into the hall of fame on Monday Nov. 7th, 2005. Perhaps the greatest player ever to play the game. 

Hilights from the legend's career. 

Cam with fellow hall of famer Ray Bourque. 

Congrats. to Tricco's girlfriend, Kim Burt, who plays University soccer for The Capers. This past weekend her team won the Atlantics and will soon be heading to Nationals. They won the Atlantic championship game 2-1 with Kim scoring the winning goal. I coached Kim here for several years so I guess her team will be thanking me for making Kim the player she is and allowing them to go to nationals. (ha! ha!) 

T.O. suspended indefinetly by team for ripping into his own quarterback once again. Hopefully he is playing next week when they play the Cowboys on Mon. nite - I don't want Philly to have any excuses when "The Boys" destroy them for the 2nd time this season. 

Not sure if anyone remembers this but a few years ago in the arena JJ wrestled a bear. This is an old picture I scaned from that event. In case you are wondering the bear kicked his ass!!!

Bruins finally get over .500 for the first time this season. They beat Florida 4-1 tonight as they moved from 9th to 5th in the conference with this win. 

Jimmy "the greek" football predictions for week #9.
I had to do this because we have a football pool here and my friends have all fallen behind me and I wish to explain to them how simple it is to choose the winning teams.

- Chargers over Jets because the Jets suck.
- Washington over Philly because Wash. Beat Cowboys and Cowboys beat Philly, so...
- Chiefs over Raiders because Hazel Mae knows more about football than Rolo.
- Browns over Tennessee because when 2 shitty teams play take the home team.
- Indy over Pats. Because Indy is 7-0 and they are also due to beat New England.
- Minnesota over Detroit because I took Detroit and I always get them wrong.

Hint - Dallas is off this week but for the rest of the year take them-they will not lose again. This is including playoffs. "The Boys" will win the Superbowl in my unbiased opinion.