I am SO tired of talking about hockey. Not because I don't get excited about the draft and free agency, because I REALLY do, but because it's 30 damn degrees outside and I don't want to find myself looking forward to winter for any reason. Until the Blue Jays start resembling a team that's in any way enjoyable to watch, the pennant races heat up and the CFL season builds some more momentum (Esks-Stamps last weekend!? Huh!? HUH!!! Aw yeeeeeah!), it's more stuff about hockey to talk about!
Brian Burke got very upset when he felt that his rhubarb had been rubbed by another man. Meaning, of course, that he didn't appreciate another GM poaching his property, since hockey players, as you well know, were brought over from Africa on the Middle Passage. Now, that Burke has said some pretty mean things about Kevin Lowe, and has taken his time getting all of his hurt feelings out as it's been a little less than a year since Pennergate and he still won't shut the hell up about it. Some of those things were personally and professional insulting (last line) to Lowe, some were high-handed and self-serving, while others were simply stupid and contradictory. Lowe sat piously at his desk, polishing his Stanley Cup rings that he earned on the ice rather than in a Lazy-Boy, and said little in the hopes that Burke would turn his bile at the Toronto media, or GM's overpaying players, or a small puppy.
Until yesterday. Scorched Earth policy indeed. I'd rather he hadn't ripped Duck fans, if only because now all Burke has to do is say something high-handed and self-serving like "If Kevin Lowe wants to criticize me that's fine, I'm a big boy, I can take it. What I won't stand for is having our terrific fans and wonderful city ripped by a jealous, petty individual who is tired of never getting a tan." That, of course, implies that compared to Burke, hockey fans in Anaheim can't take criticism and are small, weak individuals. Still, that's the angle Burke will probably play, and hopefully Lowe doesn't apologize or anything. *Shudder*
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