I'm Confused.

I’m popular!

I thought that pic was going to be of Per Ledin in gold, and I have to see that horrible tranny. Where do you find this stuff? Nevermind, I don’t want to know.

As far as dater goes, I put a whole bunch of questions in his blog and I thought he did a reasonable job of answering them in his post today. You’re right that the line is a bit thin in re to roy and budaj vs the laff and joke crowd, but thats where he draws it. Are you sure you aren’t just jealous because AD is going on a date with the uber popular Jibblescribbits? (Sorry, someone had to say it…)

I see the office smashing as team-business, because it’s an argument between a player and a coach between something hockey related. To me, that’s all hockey.

I am one of the few who don’t want to know who was yucking it up outside the locker room after the game. The curios side of me does, but even if I know who was joking around I wouldn’t have proper context. It’s not right to judge those players (which we all would do) without proper context of why they were laughing and joking. If I were friends with one of the players, I might try joking with them to cheer them up after a loss like that.

I agree that the joking around may or may not be important. I would be satisfied if later this year Dater just put a few comments in his blog telling us if said guys are still here or not.
I suppose it could implicate guys that aren’t here anymore and weren’t ‘guilty’ of joking around in the halls.
Wow, Jibble, a beer. And I can’t even get an email reply, humph!

but for all the reasons everyone has already said, it wouldn’t be fair to them to know who it was. Moreover, I’d hate to find out it was someone that I like…and would then have to rethink that affection. (and no, I don’t just mean my boyfriend.)

However, I believe one of the most important parts of Dater’s paragraph is sadly being overlooked.

Meanwhile, I saw Ben Guite still sitting in his uniform well after the game, staring off into the room.

Many people have been ranting on Guite all year, saying he doesn’t have heart, doesn’t put his all out there, should be traded, whatever. I’ve always appreciated the man and this makes me feel some vindication in that, as does his play of late. Now if he could only bring back the ’stache…

…sadly and embarrassingly, but curious nonetheless.

With checkout counters brimming in intrusive schlock such as People Magazine and the like, it’s kind of amazing we took so long to jump aboard.

Of course we’re curious. Many folks elevate the players from their teams to insanely high podiums, hence the increasing interest in blogs, i.e.: if the MSM’s don’t get em, the bloggers will.

Two summers ago I found the admittedly mild Jay Bouwmeester DWI story at an innocuous Edmonton newspaper’s website. Finding that interesting, and never having heard it before (it had gone down a couple of months earlier) I blogged it. The next day, all the locals went wall to wall Bouwmeester, albeit respectfully. Suddenly it was a headliner for the Panthers: A sports star in trouble! I guess the Heat and Dolphins were on Sabbatical from the nightclubs on South Beach at the time. Slow news day, and whatnot.

It was a zero story, but the mainstreamers gave it tremendous attention once exposed.

For better or worse, this is the society we share.

If this story has done anything, it’s reaffirmed my undying support for Ben Guite.

you will always get mixed messages – depending on his agenda. If it suits his agenda to call out a player he will, or, in this case, if it suits his agenda (to tease the reader) not to call out the player, he won’t.

Since I wasn’t part of the conversation between the players, I am not going to pass judgment on it. However, regardless of who was or was not part of that conversation, if there are any players on the team who don’t give a damn, please find the nearest exit. The team and the fans don’t need you.

I still have that visual of Guite sitting in the locker room, dejected. He, along with all other players who go out and give 110% every night, deserve a lot better than this!