Dee Lux DX7's World of Hockey

And so the Summer of Karlsson drags on, Teams vying for the services of mister "Not a dollar more, not a dollar less" would do well to take note of where this aging and injured player seems to be most focused on these days. Because it is not hockey that seems to be his primary concern, nor does he seem to in any way grateful for the good fortune he has found in this life, he seems to think by the addition or subtraction of dollars will his life be made worthwhile......and just a single one plus or minus could tip the scales, he also seems to think that he is the team he plays for and that other players on that team are but accessories to be added or subtracted based on what is best for him. Tampa fans...Dallas...good god VEGAS! You guys went the final in large part because your team allowed no such egos in its locker room. You already screwed up the salary structure of your team by overpaying one of the laziest "clock watchers" in the NHL: Paul "wake me u

Is this 1996? 97?......no? Well, then why am I having to read about a selfish greedy Russian N.H.L hockey player? For those too young to remember, back in the day, if there was a Russian on your team, it felt more like he should be wearing a special jersey that indicated he was trying to help your team win but wasn't actually a member of your team, these were not warm cuddly people...they were talented as hell...but Pavel Bure played FOR the Vancouver Canucks, Sergei Fedorov played FOR the Detroit Red Wing's, Alex Mogilny's wife played FOR Shayne Corson....WHOOPS!...sorry, a slip of the tongue...Almo's wife's tongue slipped ON Corson's...AHH!...Forget it, The point is, Russian players were VERRY GOOD.....and they didn't like you or your stupid city. All that has done a total about-face, today's Russian hockey player, having been borne farther away from the soul-destroying effects of Communism, is a credit to the league and the city they play for.

Toronto fans....you've slit your own throat and don't even know it, Once again your self-destructive DNA, and the Ghost of Harold Ballard have conspired to make certain the Stanley Cup NEVER returns to Toronto....don't agree? I think you will after reading this... Remember my words now... Remember them in years and decades to come, THERE WILL BE NO CUP FOR YOU, don't take my word for it, wait, watch and discover for yourself the horror of your fate. Because the fact is: No team that operates with the inherited culture, karma, Fan attitudes or organizational DNA of the Toronto Maple Leafs will EVER win the Stanley Cup. I know you are blind to this but to the rest of the world its OBVIOUS, You are the engineers of your own destruction.  Case in point, you hire one of the league's legendary GM's in three years he brings you back to relevancy then in a move so prodigiously stupid it boggles the mind, you get rid of him (And insult him with the offer to be a

Sooooo, John Tavares not only led the New York Islanders on a multi-month goose-chase to stroke his own ego, he had the nerve to ASK NOT TO BE TRADED......wow, scumbag.... If Tavares really asked not to be traded, he can say whatever he wants about "his rights" the fact is, it's not about the team, teammates or any of that, its the fans that drove all over the Tri-state era to pay good money so he could make millions to play a game others play for fun. You don't owe the team, but you either choose to regard those fans on the way out or you don't, the sacrifice is minimal, you get to play elsewhere for a few months, you get to go to the playoffs, and you get the fans back with some assets for the future. It's a gesture that says "I appreciate what you've done, I respect and am grateful that you paid to see me play" I would have respected him more if he had just said, " F**K you Islanders fans!" at least then he's being real, bu

So, one of many things we've learned about Jim Benning in his term as GM of the Vancouver Canucks has become all the more evident recently. No, it's not that he has the English language skills of a Thai Hooker, No, it's not that the same Thai Hooker probably could have gotten more for Ryan Kessler, and it is not that, were you to say the term" Thai Hooker" around Benning he would probably say " Is that the new food thing we have at the concession stand this year?.....sounds guuud, can I have some "Thai Hooker" Trev? No, it's that Jim Benning loves freedom, he loves the U.S.A, more specifically, American players. I have zero problems with this, I've lived over half my life in the U.S.A and will tell you straight up that I prefer American's to Canadian's (If Americans have a problem, they'll tell you to your face if a Canadian has a problem with you, it will be years before you realize they've been talking behind your bac

Pittsburg won the cup with a no-name blue line? So then the Leafs can too...right? WRONG, There's is something about the position of "defenseman" in hockey you aren't taking into account, and it' a big reason why the Penguins will once again, soon, hoist the most storied trophy in sports and the Leafs will suffer through another generation of humiliation (Drop the beat and I'll rap it) The thing about Pittsburg that people don't get, is that Crosby and Malkin are absolute traditional COMPLETE centers. A "real" center plays as the third defenseman, covering the slot and behind the net, a lot of the time, your best "Puck moving D" is actually your center, a lot of people don't seem to understand how the center position differs from any other position in hockey. They should watch more Penguins games, they would learn......FAST. Between the two of them Crosby and Malkin DOMINATE both ends of the ice, getting the puck, moving the