Guest Post: Why I Hate Paul Martin by Dan

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Created: Monday, 27 February 2012 21:41

Written by Brandon

I've only been covering sports for 1 month on ChefDiddy.com. In that time span, I like to think I've taken the site to new levels when it comes to sports exclusive sports content, as evidence by my 2 sports stories last week alone (Feb 27: An NHL Fan's Christmas Morning and Not so Fast Hines Ward). 

This has generated some buzz out there amongst our readers. So much so that one reader, Dan, felt encouraged to email us an amazingly in-depth analysis on why he hates Paul Martin of the Pittsburgh Penguins. So, as a way of showing our appreciation to this kind of input, here is Dan's original email to us. It was too good to go unread by the masses.

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War against Crosby

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Created: Monday, 09 April 2012 12:34

Written by Mike

Usually i abstain from criticizing TV analysts and so called experts. This is also something Sidney Crosby has never engaged in. Everyone knows about the injuries and the comeback(s). Throughout the entire process, Crosby has played the same "it's all about helping the team" card.

In the past week, 2 hockey analysts have taken cheap shots at Sid professionally AND personally. Mike Milbury is a Bruin at heart, has never won anything in his life, and has also attacked a 12 year old kid at a pee-wee hockey game. Aside from all of that, Milbury hates the Penguins. This all stems from when he coached the Bruins in the early 90's when the Pens beat Cam Neely and the Bruins to a pulp.

Then Milbury went on to be the G.M. of the Islanders. He was so good as a GM that he traded Zdeno Chara, Wade Redden, Roborto Luongo, and Todd Bertuzzi. Then he made the decision to acquire Alexi Yashin who I believe is still getting paid by the Isles.

Milbury, as you can see, is "one hell of an expert", and is fully qualified to attack Sidney Crosby. In case you did not see the Schenn crosscheck on Crosby, here is the link. After the game, Milbury slammed Crosby for "adding drama to the game". He then followed that up by saying  "Little goody two shoes goes into the corner and gives a shot to Schen. Schenn was late to the party. He should have turned around and drilled him right away, but I guess better late than never."

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Pens blow game 1

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Created: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 23:06

Written by Mike

3-0. 3-0 @ home against the bitter rival Flyers. 4-3 OT loss in game 1. Can you say WOW? I have been overly critical of the Pens over the last month of the year. Mostly for the sheer fact that they blew so many leads late in the year. Up 2-0 against Philly on April 1st. Lose that game 6-4. Up 2-1 against Ottawa on March 24th. Lose that game 8-4. Up 2-0 against Philly on March 18th. Lose that game 3-2 in OT. Add back to back horrible losses to the Isles and you get my drift. As good as this Pens team plays at times there are way too many games that you just say WTF. 

The first period of tonight's game was perfect. The Pens were physical and playing their game: Up-tempo in your face aggressive playoff hockey. 3 goals in the first had me wondering when Laviolette was gonna yank iIya Bryzgalov. Everything was great. Crowd was loud, obnoxious, and the players were feeding off the energy. Than all hell broke loose. 

0-3 on the Power-play just highlights how bad we have been on the man advantage in the playoffs. Going back to the Montreal series 2 years ago, the Pens are 1 for their last 44 on the PP in the playoffs. That is 2%. In laman's terms, that's FREAKING HORRIBLE. But back to tonight. After that 1st period, the energy went away and the forecheck ceased. I will blame this one Bylsma because that is what I do. The energy a team plays with is a direct correlation to the man behind the bench. They need to be better late in games, especially with a 3-0 lead. 

You will hear "Briere was offsides on the first goal" and "the penalty on Orpik was a BS call" after this one. Here is my answer to that: We were 0-3 on the PowerPlay, we got out hustled to every loose puck, and we were lazy. We simply got beat by the better team. No excuses and no other reason that. That said, this series is far from over. As bad as we looked in the latter parts of the game, you can't ignore the domination early in the game. The question now is can the Pens put these 3 periods together and finish a game? Against every other team in the NHL that doesn't seem to be a problem. But the Flyers have our number this year.

I'm sticking to my pick that the Pens will win in 6 but man watching, the end of that game was tough. 

Game 2 Friday 7:30 on RootSports. 

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February 27th: An NHL Fan's Christmas Morning

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Created: Thursday, 23 February 2012 23:55

Written by Brandon

Now is the best time of year to be a hockey fan. Games are starting to matter, teams are playing harder to gain momentum for the home stretch, playoffs are a month and a half away and the NHL trade deadline is coming right upon us. Monday February 27th 2012. It truly is a hockey fans Christmas morning. Loyal followers waking up to track what stars or prospects their team might add for the playoff push or the future depending on what side of the standings you are on.

I've been known myself to have three seperate hockey sites up at once, along with two rumor pages, and usually two messageboards just to keep up with the comings and goings. I love to see who thinks who is going where. People's reactions to their club just giving up the teams prized minor leaguer for a soon-to-be free agent who is only going to be joining the squad for 3 months. It's a date I look forward to every year and we are just days away from this year's deadline.

Most transactions that go down at the deadline are usually role players for low round draft pick type deals. Yet, every year there's a couple blockbusters that seemed impossible months before that suddenly come to fruition. Here are just a few trades from my past memory that really had an impact on the race to the Stanley Cup.

 **Feb. 26, 2008: Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis traded to Pittsburgh Penguins by Atlanta Thrashers for Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito and Pittsburgh's first-round pick in 2008 draft (Atlanta selected Daultan Leveille).

The Pittsburgh Penguins went on to the Stanley Cup Finals that year mainly due to the combination of Hossa and Sidney Crosby with their combined 50+ points. Hossa moved on that offseason but Pascal Dupuis has become a valuable member of the Pens and has proved more worthy than any player the Penguins moved to Atlanta in that deal.

**March 21, 1994: Tony Amonte and the rights to Matt Oates traded to Chicago Blackhawks by New York Rangers for Stephane Matteau and Brian Noonan.

The New York Rangers did go on to win the Stanley Cup that year, Noonan and Matteau were both "Mike Keenan" guys (Keenan coached the Rangers that year), who played a role in a lot of Keenan's teams in the past and future. Chicago acquired a 23-year old 100 goal scorer in Amonte. A player who would go on to be a 400 goal scorer and a major face of that franchise for nearly 10 years.

**March 10, 1980: Butch Goring traded to NY Islanders by Los Angeles for Billy Harris and Dave Lewis.

The New York Islanders went on to win 4 consecutive Stanley Cups with Goring playing a major role. Billy Harris finished his career with fairly decent numbers but had minimal to little impact with the Kings. While Lewis was merely a role player on a bad team.

**March 4, 1991: Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson, and Grant Jennings to Pittsburgh Penguins by Hartford Whalers for John Cullen, Jeff Parker and Zarley Zalapski.

In one of the biggest TRADES of all time. The Penguins went on to win the next two Stanley Cups due to this grand larceny. Francis(Class of 2007 Hall of Fame) became the backbone and provided much leadership while Mario Lemieux was in and out of the lineup with various ailments, he tutored Jaromir Jagr in his first years in the league. Samuelsson become an instigative force for years with the Pens and Jennings was solid contributor on defense. the Whalers got Cullen who was in the midst of a career year but proved to be rather fluke-ish, Zarley Zalapski, a defensemen with a modest NHL career, and Parker, a worthless nothing. This trade helped mold the Penguins Mini-Dynasty in the early 90's.

So, with all that said, what shoes is your favorite team in, are they looking to add that one piece that will put them over the top? Or are they looking to add young future superstars in which to build their hopeful dynasty into? Either way come Monday February 27th, I know I will be on the edge of my seat. How about you? What is your Christmas wish list for your team?

[**Complete details of trades were taken from www.hockey-reference.com]

Hockey Glove Defecation

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Created: Friday, 16 December 2011 08:20

Written by Joe

Zung Nguyen is 37 years old, from the Boston-area, and banned for life from playing in the NESHL hockey league.

Zung got into a fight in the first period of a recent game and reportedly got the crap beat out of him. Both players were ejected from the game and sent off the ice. On his way to the locker room, Zung picked up one of his opponents gloves and tossed it up over the glass and into the stands. That should have been the end of it but you don’t get banned for life for fighting in a recreational hockey league.

It’s now the second period and Zung goes into the stands to retrieve his opponents glove. He then walks over to a secluded corner of the rink, squats down, and promptly shits into the glove. He then returns the glove to the same place where he got it from in the stands and leaves. Shortly after, the guy whose glove it was goes into the stands to retrieve it. He picks it up, puts his hand in, and is greeted by warm, squishy, presumably smelly poop.

The guy runs over to the bench and hands the glove to the referee. The ref calls the game and disqualifies the team for pooping in an opponent’s glove. As for Zung, he was…

…KICKED OUT OF LEAGUE FOR DEFECATING IN OPPONENT'S GLOVE FOLLOWING A FIGHT ON THE ICE.

You stay classy, Mr. Nguyen.

[via Deadspin]