Injuries

I was talking with a friend today and realized how many injuries I have had in 2011 thus far. They include:

Sprained toe
Sprained thumb
Concussion
Left knee (meniscus)
Right knee (tissue)
Elbow
Low back strain

2 Xrays
1 possible MRI next week.


And its only July.




When I was training in MMA regularly I only had about 2 injuries in 2 years.The sport kept me limber and my conditioning allowed me to be more durable. All the injuries mentioned above have occurred during hockey except 3, Back (weights), thumb (dodgeball), and elbow (skateboarding). I think it goes to show that MMA, although borderline malicious at its extremes, is a very safe and controlled sport. It clearly has had no effect on my ability afdjgmmmmmmmmmmmmmireag to think ramgcheeeseafdgbmaertg adsf coherently or speak on canine hygiene

Jordan vs. Lebron

Recently Scottie Pippen committed blasphemy, and I think it's fair to say this video sums it up nicely to how quickly the greats are forgotten.





Also, does anyone else find it weird that he's 50 and we still refer to him as "Scottie" and not "Scott"? It like in 30 years people stilling calling me "fatty" c'mon guys, lets be mature about this, "fat" is just fine.

Seeya Dougie

The trend on this blog went from commenting to everyday nuances to larger than life moments, which I believe parallel my free time day to day from 2009 till now. But I would be remised if I didn’t mention the retirement of the greatest Edmonton Oiler of my generation, Joseph Brnak err, Doug Weight

Growing up it was never cool to say your favorite player played on your hometown team, because it was the easy way out. How would saying Ryan Smyth or Tommy Salo were my favorite players show off my extensive hockey knowledge? That’s why, time after time, I would say the likes of Paul Kariya, Joe Sakic, and for a one day a year when we he scored his annual end to end goal, Sergie Berizen were my favorite players.

However the very same day I’d praise these players, would be the same day I folded the tongues on my skates outward, the same day id tuck my jersey in on one side, the same day id try to make a 30 ft sauce pass. Whether I’d like to admit or not, Doug Weight was my favorite player, and always will be.

There are some pretty distinct memories I have of the Douglar, Its not his playoff hatrick or scoring a goal while skating sideways. I’m not sure the year but it was a game against the San Jose Sharks in San Jose. Former Oiler Bryan Marchment was involved and Weight has had a history of knee problems so I don’t think I have to write any further. The reason this sticks out so vividly is how Weight reacted to Marchments clear attempt to injure him. He came out, a few shifts later and jumped Marchment. I remember being so upset, at 1.) Marchment for running Weight and 2.) For George Laraque not doing anything after the hit. Being young and impressionable it was an early lesson on that you cannot rely on someone else to stick up for you, and at times you need to take matters into your own hands. Also, if you google images "Bryan Marchment" it looks like his nose is brought you by the letter “C”.

The second memory I have is after his first knee surgery TSN ran a special on how he kept fit during rehab. During this special they showed Weight do a stickhandling drill that still blows my mind. I didn’t realize then true importance of constantly stickhandling. I’ve been doing it since I was 12, and I’ve realized it allows you to catch your defenders off guard with a pass and give you the ability to dish on your backhand and Doug Weight was so damn good at both.

To me, he was our generations Gretzky.
Leading us to 6 straight years to playoffs were our Stanley Cups.
Mike Vernon was our Rick Tabbarachhi
August 9th, 1988 was our July 1st, 2001

Thanks for the memories Dougy.