Somehow I missed this...

The trouble with being away from home for work is that when you get back, everything seems out of sorts. I'm still trying to catch up and I've been back for 6 days now. Nine more days and I'm on the road again for another week or so.
Having said that, earlier this month, my local card shop guy got some props on Upper Deck's blog/website thingie.
I missed it. but I found it, so now I'm sharing with you so you can see my "local" shop. Local meaning at least a 45 minute drive away. But what are you going to do? Quit? Ha!

I always like seeing everyone else's shop, so take a brief gander through mine... let Darren know what you think. He reads this blog, although not the comments. Maybe we can change that...

MAPLE LEAF SPORTS IN CALGARY

Hopefully tomorrow I can get a post up on In The Game's Cross Canada Tour at Maple Leaf Sports. You should get a kick out of that one. I got destroyed.

Here we go again....

Some of you may remember the rant I went on the last time the Bruins and Canadiens played and the Bruins did their normal gooning in their 8-6 win.
There were two fans of the Bruins that disagreed with me.... hey, what do you expect them to do? They have to stick up for the cheap shot artists... it's their team. I would too... after all, I liked the Cowboys in the '90's and early 2000's, prison records and all...

But I digress.... the "rematch" was tonight. If you have access to american tv, NESN showed previews for the last two weeks showing around 32 fights and blood soaked players. Class.

Before the game Brad 'I wanna be Steve Avery' Marchand was yapping to the media about how they were going to run Montreal out of their own rink.
Really? Be grateful you even have a job dude..... You wouldn't make most clubs...

Finally, the game starts. Three minutes into the game, Johnny Boychuk of the Bruins goes after the knee on PK Subban. While Subban was lying on the ice (he was fine, thankfully) Ryan White goes after Boychuk and does quite well. I don't think Boychuk will be cheap shotting anyone soon. (who am I kidding?)

Fast forward to the last minute of the second period. It's 4-0 Montreal. The game is over, the fans are singing and Zdeno Chara decides to get revenge for when he was disrespected after Max Pacioretty scored the overtime winning goal earlier in the year.


Absolutely brutal. Chara has his head up, lines up the hit, extends both arms and drives Pacioretty head first into the turnbuckle. The referees give Chara 5 minutes and a Game Misconduct.

And the nerve of Chara afterwards saying we were battling for the puck and I was battling for position. The puck was over 30 feet away!!! Accidental? No. I've played hockey all my life and if you have too, you know where the turnbuckles are at the end of the benches. He looked up, and drove with both arms into the turnbuckle. Against the guy he said he would get even with.

According to Ron MacLean and Don Cherry, if Trevor Gillies gets 10 games for a shoulder to shoulder check, what will Chara get for a deliberate headshot???

If I know Colin Campbell, probably nothing. After all, his son is a Bruin. He hasn't done anything before, why start now.

Montreal wins 4-1 and is 12-1 against Boston in the last 13....

This is getting ridiculous.

Montreal is one of those teams that usually get jobbed by the league and the officials. It's just one of those things. Maybe it's because of the 24 Stanley Cups. Maybe it's because we keep bringing up the 24 Stanley Cups.
But we get screwed by the referees more often than not. Watch a game, you'll see for yourself.

But last night brought a new level of questionable officiating... watch as David Desharnais goes for the loose puck along the boards against Atlanta...