What a waste

Mike Modano has maybe 2 years left.

maybe.

And this is the waste of a season the Dallas Stars organization put together. A passionless, small, untalented team, with no finishers and no goal scorers.

What a waste.

After tonights loss and Thursdays impending loss, the Stars will be in 9th place, and on the outside looking in.

They have zero chance from the 7 or 8 spot.

This season is a waste. They can't play on the road.

They're 25th in goal scoring.

What a waste.

a waste of my time.

Sorry Mike.

Rare Optimism

I't is conceivable...that is to say, "it is within the realm of possibility," "it could might possibly happen," "it is not too rash to say..."

(you get the point)

That by the time the Stars play their first game after the All-Star game, they could have Bouche, Halpern, Zubov, Barnaby, Smith, and Ott back. (kind of iffy on Ott)

And now apparently the injuries are even coming from the minors, as Junior Lessard (their best offensive prospect) can't come up and play because of a nagging ankle problem or something.

How unlucky is this team?

and Modano? who knows. This is where the optimism-express gets de-railed. I'm not counting on it until Valentines day. If all the girls come out to the Red Wings game on Valentines day and Mike's not there, well....they'll be sad. That's the kind of logic you can apply to his injury, since no one knows exactly what the hell is going on with that.

Please lord get this stupid All-Star game shtick over with bc I'm tired of hearing about it

Hot Sports Opinions..... (100th Blog)

I was musing today at lunch about the upcoming Patriots and Colts game. Will Peyton finally be able to overcome his arch-rival New England and make it to the big show? If he got there would he be able to beat the Saints anyway? Do the Bears have a chance?

When the Mavs lost to the Suns in the playoffs two years ago, I told Cheryl that Dirk Nowitzki is the Peyton Manning on the NBA. Regular season domination, and then disappears in the playoffs. Thank God, Dirk proved us all wrong last year, and he broke through.

Will you do the same Peyton?

Then I got to thinking about how it's a shame the Pats and Colts are in the same Conference; not unlike the Spurs and Mavs. It starts to paint painfully obvious lines across sports....

NBA: Spurs/Mavs
NFL: Colts/Patriots
MLB: Red Socks/ Yankees

NHL: Ummmmmm....

This is one of the many things lacking in the NHL, and part of what made it great when I was falling in love with it 10 years ago. Red Wings/Avalanche was the obvious answer. What is there now?

Not much. The swings of the NHL are making that a thing of the past for the time being. Adjusting to a changing salary cap and the new style of play the league is trying to impress upon everyone will take some time before a new set of elite teams is ready to take on this role. Obviously the Ducks and Sabres will be a part of this, but the two do not even play eachother this year.

Anyway....

We'll all be rooting for you Peyton. You're 30 years old now. Better make the most of it.

Romo? "He's a dropper".....

Chandler once tried to claim he was no "dropper" on "Friends". But they didn't let him play with that ball anymore did they?

Romo dropped that ball. He did.

Let's try to find a job for Romo where dropping things is a good thing.....


Stripper? - Drop your pants!

Taco Bell Chihuahua? - Drop the Chalupa!!

Para-trooper? - Drop from the sky

Pimp? - "Drop some knowledge on yo ass"

Radio producer? - "Drop" artist

Terrell Owens? - Dropping lots of passes seems to be working out ok for him...


Don't worry Tony. We'll find you something....

Enough Said....

lol

that's all I have to say about that.

Look who was at the game last night....

But I knew all along. I was sitting right next to him. Yep. Me and my buddy Brenden Morrow, just watching a basketball game together.....

When it's good....it's really good

And when it's bad, the world is coming to the end and you're falling down the standings.... The Stars season seems to sit upon the edge of that knife every single night. How long before the constant adversity and falling behind tears this team apart?

I was watching the Mavs at the AAC and I was not watching the Star fall behind 4-1 to the Oilers. When I finally checked the score for the first time, it was 4-4, and I figured "hey must be a good game." Little did I know they were making a huge comeback, only to blow it on the most bizarre 10 seconds of hockey you will ever see.

Then they get it to the shootout and Marty takes care of the rest. Jussi combined his two favorite moves for a third one that was just ridiculous. You have to see these high-lights. www.dallasstars.com

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Meanwhile, in downtown Dallas the Mavericks were finding themselves lacking a little motivation perhaps? They got badly out-rebounded in the first half, and only managed to close the margine a little bit in winning.

The final score says they won by 9, but it felt like they won by a point. Close game. Jason Terry gets 1 point?

An entire game worth of minutes from Diop, Dampier, and Mbenga gets them 0 points and 9 rebounds. Wow. Good thing we don't have to go to San Antonio and play the Spurs the very next night. Oh wait we do....

Either way, it was a good win for the Mavs. It's good for them to have to come from behind. The crowd there continues to impress me. Educated as always, and everyone cheered for Marquis Daniels and Darryl Armstrong. Very classy.

Playoff Predictions

Is it finally his year? Well....no but here's the way I see it shaking out.

Indi beats KC. New England beats the New York Football Jets. This leaves (if I did my playoff seeding math right) Indianapolis @ Ravens. This is an interesting matchup. The Ravens are known for their D, but this year they can also score. One sided game, Ravens own them. Meanwhile, the Chargers show everyone who's boss.

Chargers over Ravens, Chargers in the Super Bowl.

NFC? Who cares? I think the Cowboys can beat Seattle in Seattle. Past that, whoever plays they Bears has no idea what they're going to get. I expect Phili to beat the Giants. This would leave Cowboys @ Bears, and Eagles @ New Orleans. Which would be a real shame, as the Saints and Eagles are the two best teams in the NFC right now in my estimation. If Seattle wins and plays the Saints, and Eagles play Bears, expect a good NFC championship game.

The bottom line is, if the Cowboys or Patriots make it to the Super Bowl I'm going to throw up bc I hate them so bloody much.

Go Saints? or Eagles?

Doesn't matter, the AFC is going to own anyways.