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Hunwick first Bruin cap move

Posted 2010/11/30 By Benti

Matt Hunwick was the first Bruin traded for cap reasons, but more are to come

A lot of times, these type of early season trades in the NHL are to send some kind of message. Yesterday, when the Boston Bruins traded defense-man Matt Hunwick to the Colorado Avalanche for defensive prospect, and local Boston University product, Colby Cohen, it seemed like one of those moves initially. During the recent Bruins struggles, three problems have manifested themselves. One issue is the inability of the Bruins to get out of their own zone in a timely an efficient manner. I may not be an NHL coach or anything, but I do believe getting the puck out of your own zone is an important aspect to winning and losing a game. Another major issue has been their turnovers. While not an official stat, it always seems like a poor pass either through the neutral zone or in the Bruins offensive zone results in the other team taking the puck the other way. The final issue has been horrific play from the defensive players. At this point, the Bruins defense owe goalies  Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask about 10 steak dinners for the play they have put in front of them. Matt Hunwick seems to have been a part of each of these issues. Therefore, the Bruins moved him onto Colorado.

The Bruins have other motives as well. Two of the Bruins top forwards, Marc Savard and Marco Sturm, recently have returned to practice and both are on track to return to the Bruins line-up before 2011. The only problem is that as soon as the first one comes back, most likely Marc Savard, the Bruins will be over the cap and will need to make roster moves to get under the cap. Dealing Hunwick for a prospect may have actually been the first move for the Bruins to get themselves under the cap in anticipation for Savard’s return.

Just this one deal doesn’t save the Boston Bruins. While the Hunsick deal puts them under the cap needed to bring Savard back in, they still need to move one or two more players if they are hell-bent on returning both Marc Savard and Marco Sturm to the line-up. Approximately $3 million in contract needs to be dumped to get Marco Sturm back on the roster. There are a couple of current Bruins that should watch themselves as the team makes preparations for the return of Savi. Read the remainder of this entry »

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Is Brady whipped?

Posted 2010/11/30 By Benti

Is Tom Brady's Hair a lie?

For New Englanders, the biggest criticism against Tom Brady has not been his play on the football field. In fact, it is far from it. Tom Brady’s MVP-esque performance this season has kept the New England Patriots as one of the best teams in the NFL, and has solidified them as a contender to represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLV.

The only thing that New Englanders are really pissed about when it comes to Tom Brady is the hair. The alleged Justin Beiber bowl cut (even though Justin Beiber’s hair-cut is TOTALLY symmetrical, unlike Tom Brady’s flow) has many fans questioning whether the star quarterback of our football team has gone all California on us. Never mind the fact that Tom Brady grew up in California and lives their for most of his off-season and that Tom Brady may be one of the most beautiful men in the world (oops, there’s my man crush again). No, just because Tom Brady doesn’t look like a blue-collar New Englander, despite the fact that he is playing and working like one, is a BIG problem.

Well now there is a bigger problem in the life of Tom Brady. He may be whipped by his Supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen. In fact, he may be so whipped by her, that the beautiful flow coming from his head may be A LIE. Reports coming from the Boston Herald, where they picked up by the ultra-reliable National Enquirer, report that Tom Brady was recently in Rhode Island Leonard Hair Transplant Association. Who made him go to make sure he isn’t balding young? Gisele of course. So, as the story goes, Tom Brady, being the loving (read:whipped) husband that he is, decided to make a visit to Rhode Island to make sure his beautiful flow remains on his head.

This is certainly big news to those that care about the flow. Are Tom Brady’s luscious locks just a lie? It remains to be seen. The bigger issue is the relationship between Tom Brady and Gisele. Now, a lot of people will claim that because Gisele Bundchen is easily one of the most beautiful woman in the entire world that Tom Brady should listen to her so that he can continue to “get some” on the side. At the end of the day, however, Tom Brady needs to be a man. If he’s losing his hair, he should just say “fuck it”. If Gisele says “But Tommy, I love you with your beautiful flow better”, Tom’s repose should be something along the lines of “I’m not spending money from my new contract to do something to me to make you happy. Here’s  a big ass diamond”. Problem solved.

Unless there is one more factor at play here. Perhaps Tom is not the one spending the money on the transplant. Let’s remember the facts here:

1.) Gisele is a super model.

2.) Gisele has a lot of money

3.) Gisele is the one that likes the flow.

If we put all those facts together, then maybe Tom is getting the money for the alleged hair transplant from Gisele. If Gisele is the one paying so that I can continue to look at the beautiful flow that is Tom Brady’s head, I am perfectly okay with that.

~Benti

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Week 12 Picks

Posted 2010/11/28 By Benti

Standings (Not including Thursday)

Benti – 104-56

Eric – 80-70

Chris – 98-62

NE NE NE
DAL NO NO
NYJ NYJ NYJ
ATL ATL ATL
PITT PIT PIT
CLE CLE CLE
NYG NYG NYG
MIN WSH WSH
HOU HOU HOU
KC KC SEA
OAK OAK OAK
DEN DEN DEN
PHI PHI PHI
BAL TB BAL
IND SD IND
SF SF SF
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Patriots stuff the Lions

Posted 2010/11/25 By Benti

TFB continued his MVP-performance on Thanksgiving

For one half of the Patriots game against the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving, my worst fears were manifesting themselves. The Patriots were playing uninspired football and the Detroit Lions were simply playing better football. They were more physical, they were faster, they were tougher, they simply wanted to be there. I had a weird sense that something might this could happen. The Patriots were coming off an emotional win against the Indianapolis Colts, got put on a short week, had to travel to Detroit on Thanksgiving, and had to play a tough Detroit Lions team that would have liked to do nothing more than to win on Thanksgiving. Except for the fact that the Patriots were 8-2 and the Lions were 2-8, the stars seemed to be aligning in the Patriots favor.

The Patriots were down at half-time 17-10. The biggest issue was on the line and on defense. Matt Light was getting absolutely dominated by Lions defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch and rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (and yes I had to look up how to spell his name). Tom Brady had little to no time to make a throw and constantly had to dump it underneath instead of pushing it 10 to 15 yards down the field. The defense also had its issues. They had third down stops on their first two possessions, but after those series, they started to get torn apart by both the Lions passing attack (led by Shaun Hill and Calvin “Megatron” Johnson) and the Lions rushing attack. It did not look good for the New England Patriots.

The second half played out a lot differently for the New England Patriots. Read the remainder of this entry »

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