Concrete Results

The DSM a manual that determines what is a mental illness is classifying grief as a disorder. The classification is in two parts bad grief like the loss of a loved one and good grief which is what Toronto sports fans feel at playoff time.

Don Cherry ended his Easter Show with a shout out to God by saying “You can’t beat Jesus”. This was quickly refuted by a psychic from Sudbury who claimed the spirit of deceased NHL coach and noted video nut Roger Nielson spoke to him. He said Jesus could be beat high to the glove side.

Noted environmentalist and Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference says he was not giving Montreal Canadians fans the finger but in Support of Earth Day was giving the finger to the Alberta tarsands. Later in game 7 Ference gave a Montreal forward the cold shoulder.

Montreal Canadians fans were incensed by the gesture of Bruins Andrew Ference. The PQ quickly capitalized on it by calling the gesture anti French and then demanded Federal funding for a foam finger that could be handed out at the next Bruins game. Instead of #1 the foam finger would have FO for French Only.

Watching Cherry Salute the Queen makes me realize he is about the closest thing we have to royalty in Canada, except he has more hair than the average Prince. Don’s suits were the topic of conversation on the ESPN talk show Around the Horn. This is like suddenly discovering Terry Bradshaw had a concussion or 30.

It seems like NHL hockey is the only sport where robbed is considered part of the statistics. You know wins… losses…robbed… the referee robbed him… the timekeeper robbed him… his manager… you get the idea.

I might be watching too many gang and corruption movies and reading too many newspapers and books but every time I see a controversial call late in a game I immediately try to guess who is being bribed. If I had the skill I know I could download an App that would allow me to track the fixes but I am a bit behind on technology I don’t know what an App is but I’ve been told it is like a VHS.

I feel bad for Nashville because with the Predators winning the team robbed country music lovers of a great somebody done somebody wrong song by Carrie Underwood. They had a couple of really bad calls at the end of game 6 that would have looked great in a video overlaid with Carrie weeping into a roll of gauze.

Teemu Selanie of the Anaheim Ducks is going to have a difficult decision on retiring because as a senior in the NHL health plan with over 20 years he is finally entitled to free dental.

The Royal Wedding is competing with the Stanley Cup playoffs and it is tough to tell who is getting the most coverage. Let’s face it there is not much difference between a shot of people celebrating at a British Pub and a video of an NHL team celebrating a goal. They have the same teeth just different jerseys, Go United!