blue(s) is the new red..or...

ya big fucking baby.

let me start off by saying that my interest in the nhl in general has fallen off significantly over the last five to six years, maybe more. i still love to see a good game, well played and the players that have made it to the nhl are among the world's best so it can be an exciting thing to witness. that said, the salaries, the lack of great play, the lack of exciting games, the political bullshit and free agency have made the game a total gong show. gone are the days of players pledging their allegiance to one team. gone are the yzerman's, the sakic's and the...well, they're gone. and the gong show continued tuesday with that complete idiot of a player, todd bertuzzi, signing with the red wings. a one year deal sure, but he's still a wing - for the second time. you'd think they would have learned the first time that he was a waste of skin. it kills me, even though i don't pay attention like i used to, it still makes me sad. i love the wings.
in or around 1974 kip lindsay, my personal hero, gave me a wings jersey and from that the dye was cast. at his funeral a fews years back, a great number of the men there wore wings sweaters in remembrance of his love for the wings. sure, in my mid teens i lost track of the wings a little - girls and beer gained a stronghold on my life but the arrival of stevie y. and bob probert brought me back into the fold in the early 80's.
the signing of bertuzzi is just wrong. plain and simple. getting rid of hossa doesn't mean you need to get a problem like bertuzzi. and he is a problem.
i can't cheer for the wings this next season. i just can't. he is that much of a rash. i had always been a fan of the old norris division so i'll be looking to those teams for goodness. even with the recent off-ice problems of the hawks, see kane, i still think that may be the team to saddle up with. or perhaps the blues.
time will tell but for now the wings have to wait. i feel badly about this, this abandonment but, i have no choice, my hands are tied.

g. xo