Enough with the Canada's team crap....

Ok I get it TSN and the CBC have a vested interest in pimping the Ottawa Senators as Canada's team. Its a matter of garnering interest in the Stanley Cup Finals, sure it makes sense. The more bandwagon jumpers the better, its all about ratings, ad revenue, but fawk, get over it already. The majority of Canadian hockey fans are either Habs fans or Leafs fans, true Habs fans or Leafs fans have an awful time cheering for the Sens..it just doesn't seem right. So Sports Center cobble together as many Top Ten reasons why Ottawa should be Canada's team as you like..I am sick of it. Go Ducks.

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Hockey vs. Basketball

Two nights ago there were two separate body checks in two separate sports that lead to a sum total of 4 athletes being suspended. Lets chat first about the Pronger hit, I agree that Pronger should have been slapped with some discipline, he may be 6'6'' but he was headhunting and there is no need for that in the game.



Next lets gab about the Robert Horry hipcheck on Steve Nash, it was dirty for sure, Horry should have been t-ed up, an ejection was the right call by the refs. I find his 2 game suspension a little harsh, sure basketball in principle is a non-contact sport (ever play..non-contact, my ass) but, Nash was not hurt. The scandal here is not Horry, it is the league's one game suspensions of the Sun's Boris Diaw and Amare Stoudimire for leaving the bench and going on the floor. Rules are rules says the NBA commish, but geezus if you can't protect or check on your team's best player after they have been flagrantly fouled, how does that stop things from boiling over. The Suns get hit hard for a flagrant foul on their best player...time to rethink that rule I think.

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I am Canadian, Meaning I Have to Cheer for The Sens...

Um, well no. Sure I want to see the Sens take care of the Sabres, I can't stand the Sabres, no-brainer there. If the Sens match-up against the Wings in the Finals, I am all Sens, but, but, if the Ducks land in the Finals the Ducks are my team.



I have had a hard time getting emotionally involved in the NHL Playoffs 07, there are no underdogs, the 4 teams remaining in the dance are the 4 teams that are arguably the top 4 teams in the NHL...where is the drama? I suppose if I were a Sens fan, I could get excited about the fact that the Sens have not blown a tire as per usual in the post season. I could bandwagon jump, the Sens being the soul Canadian team left in the big show...similar to the Oilers last year, and the Flames before that..difference being that the Oilers and Flames were gritty underdogs, they both had something special. Bah, Go Sens, I guess.

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