Collector's Item???

Charlie my boy,

the Nordiques will indeed be back one day in Quebec City where they so rightfully belong, as will the Jets be back in Winnipeg as well as teams in other cities such as Halifax, Hamilton, Regina, Saskatoon and Victoria into what was once the great Canadian past time.

What the Nordiques were the most notorious for, of course was being such a humongous pain in the ass of the much hated team down the road known as the Montreal Canadians.

And if that categorizes me as an anti Montreal Canadians bigot, I really don't give a rats ass.

What we witnessed in the recently played World Hockey Championships is the highest caliber of Canadian hockey that exists, for as is clear and evident, the game at the professional level has been taken south and become another all-American and all-European game with token membership in a handful of Canadian cities.

The NHL was founded in the autumn of 1917 with four teams; the Montreal Wanderers, Montreal Canadians, Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Arenas, later renamed the St. Pats, later renamed the Maple Leafs.

And even the very Stanley Cup itself was donated to Canadian hockey by none other than the Governor General of Canada (no, you didn't meet this one).

As it stands now, we are afforded but six Canadian franchises in a league with a grand total of thirty teams, some playing in the dessert where the tumble weed blows, a league which, indeed, is under the control and ownership of American owners, and under the domain of American lawyers and an American Commissioner, funded by the almighty American dollar and each team being staffed with players who amount to nothing more than spoiled brats and crybabies demanding and receiving multi-millions of American dollars.


The up and down, back and forth game is far and away, superior to anything the pros have to offer.

They can take their fighting, gladiator, roller derby game and shove it up their ass where it belongs. And, indeed, if this classes me as an anti American bigot, then so be it. This started out as our game and damn well should still be our game.

They need a pain in the ass blogger or two to run things for them because, as usual my good friend you continue to do one helluva fine, fine job. Keep up the good work.