The Anti-Christ
This was taken during an odd Thursday night game at the JLC. This was our last set of seats at the glass since Carolyn changed jobs and no longer has access to these.
For those of you who don't know my feelings on this kid, I loathe him. The press acts like he is the second coming of Christ. It's almost Crosby-esque and I HATE him. I had several people (who didn't know my feelings on Tavares) ask if I was excited to be able to see him play and to take photos. I took this photo with the following rant in mind...
I actually emailed one of the local newspaper columnists here in London but he discounted my opinioins because of where I work. Ryan Pyette continues to document how Tavares drives the London offense and what a great speaker this kid is. London was winning games quite handily without this kid and with his arrival we actually went on quite the losing streak with him in the lineup while Oshawa (the team we picked him up from) started to win games with him gone. As for Tavares as a speaker....wow...this kid has marbles in his mouth and the personality of a rock. I watched the Bobby Orr ceremony in Oshawa where he had a 2 line ditty to say, he wrote notes and STILL sounded like an idiot. Then there was the Juniors when they let him talk....good lord! The guys that are going to get this kind of coverage should really be developed in verbal communication.
Some have said that I hate any players with talent because I don't like a few players. I don't like Crosby or Tavares...I think they are both whiny little bitches (sorry mom) that get too much attention. Don't get me wrong I realize that they both have talent and I realize that they can both put the puck in the net.
One of the things that I've noticed with the play of Tavares is that he is a DOG on defense, just hovering around the blue line looking for someone to feed him the puck. Another interesting trend that i've noticed of late is that his goals don't mean anything to the outcome of the game. He'll either pop in 2 goals in a game where we're already winning 3-1 OR he'll pop a couple of goals and we'll still lose....how does THAT make anyone a driving force? A driving force to me would be a deciding goal here and there.
Our London team is FULL of talent that is being overshadowed with the arrival of Tavares. Our downfall will be that we can't get past Windsor to win a Memorial Cup. It appears that Tavares and Crosby will have that in common too.
My only hope at this point is that whoever drafts him this year takes him to the pros next year and we don't have to listen to the BS any longer. I did however get great pleasure last year when he tried to be drafted early into the NHL and was denied. Too bad the OHL didn't do the same thing when he managed to get in there early.
Rant done!
The Anti-Christ
This was taken during an odd Thursday night game at the JLC. This was our last set of seats at the glass since Carolyn changed jobs and no longer has access to these.
For those of you who don't know my feelings on this kid, I loathe him. The press acts like he is the second coming of Christ. It's almost Crosby-esque and I HATE him. I had several people (who didn't know my feelings on Tavares) ask if I was excited to be able to see him play and to take photos. I took this photo with the following rant in mind...
I actually emailed one of the local newspaper columnists here in London but he discounted my opinioins because of where I work. Ryan Pyette continues to document how Tavares drives the London offense and what a great speaker this kid is. London was winning games quite handily without this kid and with his arrival we actually went on quite the losing streak with him in the lineup while Oshawa (the team we picked him up from) started to win games with him gone. As for Tavares as a speaker....wow...this kid has marbles in his mouth and the personality of a rock. I watched the Bobby Orr ceremony in Oshawa where he had a 2 line ditty to say, he wrote notes and STILL sounded like an idiot. Then there was the Juniors when they let him talk....good lord! The guys that are going to get this kind of coverage should really be developed in verbal communication.
Some have said that I hate any players with talent because I don't like a few players. I don't like Crosby or Tavares...I think they are both whiny little bitches (sorry mom) that get too much attention. Don't get me wrong I realize that they both have talent and I realize that they can both put the puck in the net.
One of the things that I've noticed with the play of Tavares is that he is a DOG on defense, just hovering around the blue line looking for someone to feed him the puck. Another interesting trend that i've noticed of late is that his goals don't mean anything to the outcome of the game. He'll either pop in 2 goals in a game where we're already winning 3-1 OR he'll pop a couple of goals and we'll still lose....how does THAT make anyone a driving force? A driving force to me would be a deciding goal here and there.
Our London team is FULL of talent that is being overshadowed with the arrival of Tavares. Our downfall will be that we can't get past Windsor to win a Memorial Cup. It appears that Tavares and Crosby will have that in common too.
My only hope at this point is that whoever drafts him this year takes him to the pros next year and we don't have to listen to the BS any longer. I did however get great pleasure last year when he tried to be drafted early into the NHL and was denied. Too bad the OHL didn't do the same thing when he managed to get in there early.
Rant done!