Brian Burke wants to punch people in the head.

Big Brian is back at 'er again, this time on XM Radio, and he had his classic shit starting hat on.

Burke touched on a few hot topics, one being the eminent Schnieder trade. Apparently he has had 5 or 6 offers since he cleared waivers, but didn't like any of them. Ummm,...if you were willing to give him away for nothing, and then somebody says they will give you something, why would you not take it? Unless the teams are trying to drop some salary on the Ducks as well, that just don't add up none. He said he isn't moved in the next day or so, he will bring him back to camp, and wait for some other team to get an injury, and do a trade then. It seems lie a lot of work and distraction to me. He also had time to give a few other blasts regarding the salary cap era Vs the Pre Salary Cap era, and punching Canadians in the head.

If I was Brian, I would just bite it and move him where ever, and bring in Teemu before this becomes the another Niedermayer thing. I would also be an angry Irishman with a 100 pound head.

Listen to the whole interview here care of Kukla's Korner.

Kicking guys while their down is fun.

It's been a long and hard fall for JFJ.

One day you are the Vice President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the next you are a scout for the San Jose Sharks. Yikes.

And what exactly do the Sharks hope John is going to bring to the table? The same amazing instincts that told him to deal Tukka Rask for Andrew Raycroft? Or maybe they need to tap some of the super brain that felt renting Brian Leetch was worth Jarko Immonen & 1st round pick. No, no, I know it's because the Sharks want a guy that has the guts to hand out no-trade clauses like they were going out of style. Yup, thats gotta be it.

PS - Hey Doug, if that's the kind of guy your into, I'm sure Brian will let you have Cliff in about 10 months.

A mid summers night rant Part 2

I was thinking about all of the stupid non-stories that have dominated the hockey world this summer, and I thought I would make a list of the Top 5. I figured it would obviously include the whole "Where will Sundin end up" thing, and the "Where will Burkey be next year" fiasco. But also the slightly smaller stories like "Was Finger given Kurt Sauer's money" thing or the "Will McCabe waive his no trade" storyline. Thats when it hit me. I don't know why it didn't before, but every fucking story revolves around the Toronto Maple Leafs for some reason.

I don't know why I'm surprised, because it's been this way for ever. Whether it be the complete domination of HNIC, or the top story on TSN every night, Toronto dominates the hockey talk. And for years it didn't really bother me because they were a top market that iced a competitive team. But now, they are a lonely turd, and even their fans are sick of them. So why must we still be bombarded with this inane bullshit?

This is basically just a continuation of the rant from last night, but sometimes I dream of waking up in an American city where Toronto doesn't exist. Imagine a place where Cliff Fletcher was just a confused senior citizen and not a constant target for quotes, or a TV that didn't have constant Blue Jay games, or Raptors coverage. I dream of living in Chicago where the pizza is deep. Or New York where they sell hot dogs on every corner.

Maybe I'm just hungry...

Fuck, I did it again.....anyways,....fuck Toronto.

The End

The Best of Jeremy Roenick

JR Dancing for the LA hopeful.


JR Singing Tricky


JR with Cris Rock on Craig Ferguson


JR excuses himself for one second.


JR & Burke


JR on The Best Damn Sports Show Period


Next Question with JR


JR & Tracy Morgan


JR Vs Roy


And after all that I find this...fuck.

Brett Favre is making me hungry.

The American Hockey League's bread and butter franchise, Iowa Chops, have extended a contract offer to Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre to play hockey for them in this up coming season. Team President Mr.Nitzel had this to say...

"Brett is one of the greatest American athletes balh, blah, blah deserves a place to play blah, blah, blah extending an offer to him blah, blah, blah newest member of the Iowa Chops Blah, blah blah..."

This is clearly a publicity stunt on the part of the Chops, but just imagine Brett saying yes and signing? That would be fucking amazing considering The Chops are the new minor league affiliate of the Anahiem Ducks, and he could be skating on a line with Bobby Ryan. I would love to see the look on Burke's face if this went down. Having all of his prospects skating around with a millionaire clown. Why don't they just sign Kevin Lowe while they're at it?

Note: I couldn't find any good pics or video of the Iowa Chops Ice Hockey Team, so this will have to do.