When You Change With Every New Day

by mf37 on Jul 8, 2008 9:15 AM EDT

Happy Tuesday everyone.

Once again, I'm your guest host from the little blog that could Bitter Leaf Fan, posting on what seems like day 53 of PPP's vacation.

I was in the LCBO in Belleville on Saturday (had to stop for reinforcements before hitting my parents in Kingston) and was suprised to see that they're raffling off a never worn Andrew Raycroft jersey. (Ah, who's kidding who? It probably was game worn - there were no puck marks on it).

Surprisingly, there were a whole lot of ballots still available...Perhaps Navin can "win" the jersey and perform some sort of sacrificial ritual with it.

In other, somewhat related, Leafs news:

Sean at Down Goes Brown provides five solid pieces of advice to Bryan McCabe: one piece of advice for every McCabe own-goal last year
Moose and Greener go all Venus and Johnny Fever (or maybe Les and Herb)
David Johnson doesn't think the Leafs are bad enough to get into the Tavares sweepstakes (maybe he thnks McCabe will heed Sean's advice)
Steve looks at Stajan's new deal and hopes for more from Mr. Stajan
The Leafs have announced details for their prospect camp (Wellwood obviously was out picking up a party pack of timbits during the classes on nutrition, injury prevention and mental preparation)
The Reading Royals are rumoured to be the Leafs new ECHL affiliate. Due to a surprising contract from the Avalanche, dozens of children in developing nations will receive never-worn Reading Royals Andrew Raycroft jerseys (and possibly a Leafs' #1 jersey from a "lucky" Belleville resident)
The Lightning sign Mark Recchi to an incentive-rich one-year deal. Had the Leafs inked this deal, Canadian media types would have taken to the streets like rage infected monkeys, killing everything in their path (most likely a death inflicted via boredom, hackneyed reporting and outrageous rumours)
Wyshnyski looks at the horrible terrifying interesting entries in CBC's Hockey Night in Canada Theme Song Competition. I think anything resembling the NES Tecmo Superbowl theme circa 1991 would be the optimal choice.

Please use the comments to let me know what links, hot stories and compelling rumours I've missed. And please, don't forget to tip your waitress...

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Snoop Dogg...

in a Sens jersey.

and Raycroft is from Belleville, isn’t he? poor guy. at least his hometown is still showing him some love…

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by eyebleaf on Jul 8, 2008 9:56 AM EDT reply actions

Remember when Snoop used to wear a Leafs jersey in concert? He wasn’t a fan of the team, he just liked that it was a leaf.

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by Down Goes Brown on Jul 8, 2008 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Snoop

He probably heard someone call them the Buds and then saw a throwback with the pot notches on the Leaf.

Because Taking The Leafs Seriously Is Not An Option

by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2008 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Maple Weeds?

the first post I ever did was an artistic rendition of the jersey redone as a pot leaf: http://wwold.blogspot.com/2007/10/result-of-requestor-filler-until-i-get.html

I think they’d sell a lot, just based on stoners seeing it and going “DUDE! that freakin’ RAWKS!”

by loser domi on Jul 9, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions

remember

after the 93 series against L.A. all of a sudden Leaf jersey’s were the rage in Hip Hop videos. Must’ve been ‘cause they thought Wedndel and Dougie and Felix were bad-asses. Which they are (at least more so then Kelly Hrudy, Robitaille, Sandstrom, Kurri, and Janet).

by general borschevsky on Jul 8, 2008 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

i heard snoop

has a jersey fetish. which ever town he’s in, he wears that teams jersey…

but, wow, what a blunt he’s smoking on.

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by eyebleaf on Jul 8, 2008 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Every musician does this. The ScotiaBank Place staff give always give the artists a jersey and ask them to wear it, and I’m sure it’s the same everywhere else.

Sens fans still get excited, though. They’re still all a-flutter over Shania Twain wearing a Sens jersey for five seconds during the Juno four years ago.

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by Down Goes Brown on Jul 8, 2008 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Ugh

It just seems like a cheap applause grab to me when it’s done in the teams arena or home town. Sure, its cool if say guest anthem singer James Hetfield wore a Leaf jersey in NYC, but if he did it in TO I’d know it was just for show.

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2008 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

“I’ll release Chinese Democracy as soon as the Leafs win the Cup.”

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by Down Goes Brown on Jul 8, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Kris Draper...

records music?

by Evening News Team on Jul 8, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Promo work for Jared

check out his post on the idea of turning Kaberle into a centre…

i’m honestly intrigued by the idea. if not a centre, make him a winger.

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by eyebleaf on Jul 8, 2008 1:35 PM EDT reply actions

In case Kaberle didn’t hate Toronto enough already, let’s fuck with his position.

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by Chemmy on Jul 8, 2008 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Kabby

The idea was to not just put Kabby in a center like position, but to place faster, more puck adept defensemen like Kaberle, Straleman and even White in a sort of ‘High Defensive” possition with two slower, more stay at home types covereing the rear. The high defenseman would rarely go deeper than the top of the opposing circles. Do it on all lines, do it on two lines, whatever. Just a random thought I ran with.

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2008 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Do Leafs qualify for 'Rover' status?

When I played novice hockey, age 6 or 7, the really bad teams in the division were allowed to have a sixth skater on the ice called a “rover”. Rover was my first position. Kaberle would make an excellent rover, so would Stralman, and White. It’d really help out the Leafs a lot.

by general borschevsky on Jul 8, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Jason Smith a Senator?

Hm, he’s definitely a heart and soul gritty guy.. will he be disgusted with the current team attitude?

by LeafFanInVan on Jul 8, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

Smith in Ottawa

Damn. Damn. Damn. When I lived in Ottawa, I went to a Sens-Oilers game just to see Jason Smith. I really would’ve liked it if Cliff had signed Smith instead of Finger, but this is even worse. Damn.

by general borschevsky on Jul 8, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Hilarious write-up

on Covered in Oil:

Word from TSN is that the Sens have signed Jason Smith, former Oilers captain and all-around gentleman badass, the type of man potent enough to impregnate the entire Edmonton Eskimos cheerleading squad with nothing but an arched eyebrow and a smile and stand-up enough to raise every last one of those children to full maturity, ensuring they grow up with solid morals and a healthy respect for their elders.

by LeafFanInVan on Jul 8, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions