The dog days of summer..

We've got a month to go, that's it people, a month. Of course this isn't the beginning of the actual season, but hey, it's better then nothing.
This is Melissa for the first time, and this is my first time so please go easy on me! =)

The other day, Vanessa and I came across an article that broke both of our hearts in two; Mr. Burke has no intention of keeping Pogge. From the earlier post it's obvious we are big Pogge supporters, and this news just crushed us, it was like falling into an abyss. We of course are keeping our fingers crossed that he stays with the Marlies for the year, ends up being the most incredible player on the ice and Burkie decides to keep him. (Hey, crazier things have happened and you know it)

So our whole "stalk Luke Schenn at Leafs hockey school plan" ended up being a bust, and you want to know why...we went the wrong week. So when we saw pictures of other people meeting him at the same place we were just a mere week before...we both cried like babies, or Marian Hossa after game seven. Epic failure. But we have an alternate plan, and these plans will be underway just as soon as people provide the details. Which we have been waiting for, for a very long time. Very unreliable people. But I'm going to stop on that because nobody wants to hear that rant.

On an ending note, as I was looking through old pictures I stumbled across a picture I photo shopped. Now, this is terrible photo shopping, but I think it's funny, so I'm going to show it to you all so enjoy and may the hockey season come a little quicker.

POGGE

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/07/23/leafs_pogge/

So we have a small confession to make.

We love Justin Pogge.


We know that as Leaf fans, we're probably the only two left in LeafsNation who still have hope for him and want him to stay in Toronto because we actually think he has a good future, but we like it that way.

He has now inked a one year redemption deal with the Blue and White. Two way, which means he can get called up, worth US$605,000. Some may argue it's the most blatent waste of cap space. Whatever. We like it.

The thing is, he does have potential. We don't know if you see it, but we see it. It takes goalies longer to mature in order to play in the NHL because of the mental capacity it takes to become a starting goalie. You always get thrown under the bus if a game goes bad. You have the responsibility to carry an entire team on your back. Last time we checked, most 22 year old guys were in their fifth year of university still living with their parents and getting wasted every night at the campus pub. They weren't signing deals with the biggest team in hockey (admit it) or having the horrendous Toronto media eat their spleen for breakfast because of a bad game.

So lay off the dude's back.

Toronto has a tendancy to ruin player's potential. Let's hope that doesn't happen with Pogge. He's a good kid with good skill and we'd hate to see that go to waste.

O RLY?!

The Free Angency Frenzy is (and continues to be) one hell of a fuckfest. It's going to be a tad weird watching some games this upcoming season because of the movement of players. Like, Kovalev is a Senator now? Man oh man. Rob Scuderi to the L.A Kings? Shit son.

News on the Leafs front:

G-Stav is ready for fucking business...regardless if he's considered back-up for the Finnish Fashionista (otherwise known as Vesa Toskala). It felt absolutely fucking great to rub it into friends faces who were attempting to convince us that G-Stav would choose Dallas.

Our blue line is looking pretty fucking solid, if we may say so ourselves. Players are going to have to think twice before crossing into Luke Schenn territory now, seeing as his new neighbours are the likes of Mike Komisarek, Colton Orr and Francois Beauchemin.

Monday might be a VERY special day for us. We'll see how it goes.

NHL Entry Draft

We know we're a couple of days late on the whole draft fiasco but we want to try and release our emotions on not getting Brayden Schenn.

What a fucking travesty.

Regardless, overall the draft was pretty much a snoozefest after you figured out Chris Pronger was traded to the Flyers, who went in the top ten, and who Toronto picked. Toronto selected Nazem Kadri of the London Knights as their 7th overall pick, fucking up Ottawa in the process, because they originally wanted him. Whatever. L.A Kings fucked us up by picking Brayden OUT OF SPITE. If you were watching the Draft, you also noticed how Brian Burke completely SHAT HIS PANTS when they picked Brayden. He was pissed.

Let's see how Nazem Kadri develops, shall we? Oh, and please Toronto, don't screw up the kid. We know we have a reputation of doing that... so if you don't we'd really appreciate it.

On a completely different note, the Schenn sisters (did you even know they existed?) are possibly the cutest people on earth. Especially Macie. She's like, seven (maybe eight?) and she doesn't even know hockey goes to L.A to die. She just wants to go to Disneyland.

http://www.letsgokings.com/bbs/f7/schenn_sisters_going_to_disneyland_kings_vision-120505.html

"But after we're done our supper they sort of eat all of it, so...yeah..."

Yeah, we can tell.

As we write this post, Scott Gomez (formerly of the Rangers) got traded to the Canadiens for Chris Higgins. Interesting.

Tomorrow is the start of the Free-Agency Frenzy...some Canadians are referring it to that instead of Canada Day. Oh well. We'll obviously keep our ears posted to see what the hell happens. God knows what else will happen.

summer, yet still thinking about hockey

Because clearly Fleury and Crosby are pimps

So school somewhat officially ended for us today when we both walked in to our World History exam attempting to remember 500 years of history and apply it all in a matter of two hours. All we have left are a couple of school functions and graduation, and then we'll be good to go with our summer plans. Which includes talking about hockey, of course, even though we shouldn't because July and August are the only months in Canada when hockey is talked about lightly (perhaps 89 times a week as opposed to 179).

We're also trying to keep our summer committments to Luke Schenn as much as possible, which includes going to stalk visit him at some Leafs kids hockey camp where spectators are allowed. If we're not allowed in without children we're bringing our little cousins along. Trust us, we have it all figured out.

Follow the Cup '09 to Thunder Bay and Jordan Staal is looking pretty bleak at the moment. Nobody wants to drive us eighteen hours. Vanessa has had to put her dreams of seeing the sod farm aside, BUT THAT'S OKAY!

Because you know what?

Sorel looks like a nice place, and it's only 7 - 8 hours away.

Marc Andre, here we come.

blue and white blood.

Oh haaaiiiii

We guess we should formally introduce ourselves to the wonderful world of hockey blogging.

We're two Leaf fans (we know, we set ourselves up for depression and sadness) living in Toronto and attending the University of Toronto, studying shit that makes us even more stressed out than a trade deadline or a salary cap.
Vanessa is majoring in English and history and Melissa is doing a joint program with Sheridan College for journalism.

We tried to make a long story out of the short story of how this blog came to be, but we didn't think you'd enjoy bits about flying aliens.
After getting some inspiration, it was basically 2 a.m and we decided to start a Leafs blog. End of story.

So, to reiterate, incase you missed it, we're going to blog about the Leafs and throw in some Pittsburgh Penguins chatter in there, because they're basically our second team. Melissa saw Sidney Crosby once and almost died. As for Vanessa, because of Jordan Staal, she's developed an interest in sod. No lie.

We know this isn't exactly the most ideal time to start a blog; the Penguins just won the Cup (HELLS FUCKING YES TO THAT BITCHES), so the 08/09 season is officially over, and our season (Leafs season) ended in like, fucking April, so we don't exactly have games to recap or shit to write about. But as always, in the NHL, there's stuff going on. We'll probably blog the awards, which we are extremely angry about because they're not in Toronto this year. We'll probably blog the draft too and whatever else goes on this summer.

We're also planning to:
a) stalk Luke Schenn this summer at a Leafs hockey camp (we're kind of overly obsessed, but you can't blame us...it's all his fault and the Toronto media)
b) road trip it to Thunder Bay for Jordan Staal's day with the Cup (even though none of us drive...we'll find a way)
c) Basically do a "Follow the Cup '09" everywhere it goes. Yeah bitches, even Russia...we'll spend our money on our tickets instead of textbooks or tuition.



Oh, and just some random disclaimers...

Obviously the pictures and shit we post isn't always necessarily going to be ours, but if something is original, FUCKING CREDIT US.

Oh, and although we LOVE hockey (no really, we actually LOVE it...we whisper sweet nothings to it while it's on TV), we DO have a life outside of it, and, OMG, it can sometimes get in the way. Case and point: we're not going to remember if the Leafs jersey is stitched 89765 times all around or 9896584 times all around because we have better shit to worry about. So don't fucking flip shit if we get something wrong about hockey. Nobody is perfect, so just deal with it.

ONE LAST THING WE PROMISE: If we miss anyone calling us puckbunnies because we were too busy ACTUALLY WATCHING HOCKEY, then tough shit. We don't ogle over the players, we ogle over the game.

Anyways, we hope you enjoy! We're really nice people...we swear, so feel free to comment as much as you want and drop us a line at behindtheblueline@yahoo.ca (dot CA not dot COM).