I heard Jason Spezza talking about Dany Heatley last night and I had to laugh. I guess Spezza is trying to be the team player, but I wonder if he even believes what he's saying. Spezza says he doesn't think it will be awkward if Dany Heatley comes to Senators training camp at least not as far as he's concerned. Really?? No one wants this guy! Yeah the Oilers tried and thank goodness they didn't land him. He's Ottawa's problem now and I'm guessing Senators fans won't be welcoming him with open arms.
It will be very awkward when he walks in that dressing room for the first time when the others in that room look at him knowing he doesn't want to be there and wanted to desert them in the off-season.
Spezza will be lucky if he is wearing Ottawa colours when training camp begins as he is constantly mentioned in trade talks and I think would be much more attractive to teams than what Heatley is. Time will tell.
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Is the start of the WHL season really less than a month away???
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It sounds like AC/DC was the hit that everyone thought it would be. The next question is "Who's next?" Talking with someone yesterday, they said Regina is showing that sometimes it can still be considered "Hickville" because of all the attention this concert is getting. If this was a bigger city like an Edmonton, Vancouver or Toronto, the presence of AC/DC wouldn't even be front page news. I don't necessarily subscribe to that theory, but I can understand it. Hopefully the day will come when a big entertainment story doesn't become THE story and its just another act rolling through town. Then again, it was frickin AC/DC which is one of the top musical acts period.
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I like Matt Dominguez analyzing the latest Rider game on CTV Regina. I think he's doing a tremendous job. If I have one critique of Matt's performance though, its this. Stop calling the Riders "we". You're not playing for them anymore Matt. Many of us wish you were, but you aren't.
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At some point yesterday morning this blog went over the 100-thousand mark when it comes to page views. I'm not really sure what the difference between a page visit and a page view is and I'm currently sitting at almost 71-thousand visits. Regardless, I once again thank you for checking things out. I know some of you don't enjoy your daily visits(then why are you here), but most of you do so thanks again for checking it out and for the kind words you send either through the comment board or in person. It is appreciated.
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5 comments:
Yes, the start of the WHL season and another disappointing year in Regina will be on us in less than a month.
Mitch:
It is a habit for people who cheer for the Riders to say "we" when referring to the Riders. I don't have a problem saying it and alot of fans don't either. For those who take issue with the comment, just live with it!!
I understand your disgust with Heatley but do you really think he will be outcast / marginalized while guys like Michael Vick are being accepted back in pro sports. I suspect the Senators can subject Heatley to a hotseat amongst the players - give everyone a chance to rip him in private-- then move on from there. If he eats humble pie, assumes a low profile role and ultimately produces this offseason will quicly become a distant memory.
Who is next?? Hopefully we'll find out next summer. I wonder if it could ever be done that Craven moves to TF one year. Craven is great, but a weekend music festival at TF would be awesome.
Ted
Hey Blair,
Enjoy reading the blog. The difference from a page view and a page visit is that views are not unique. This means that there have been actually 71,000 people to your blog and they viewed over 100,000 pages. However 71000 people didnt actually view the blog though the counter resets every day and gets added to the total. So if its the same 200 people every day thats how you get to 71,000. It jsut keeps adding to the total. 1 computer is only counted once per day. Thats some pretty nice traffic and you have a pretty popular blog! Keep up the good work!
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