The Great 8 or The Great Big Baby?

Ovechkin skipping the all-star game is such a cry-baby move. I think my dislike for him just went up 8%. He said he "doesn't deserve to be there" and he's right, it just shouldn't have been his decision.  It's one thing for Lidstrom and Selanne to pass on the event after going a hundred times each, but Ovie is clearly just being a bitch because he was suspended, which was absolutely warranted.

I went to St Catharines to watch a Niagara Ice Dogs game recently and it was great. They play in a super old barn which feels like you're either in 1978 or Lucknow. It was the first game back for Mark Visentin, Ryan Strome, Freddie Hamilton and Dougie Hamilton after the World Jr's and all 4 of them played very well. Both Hamiltons got in scraps and Dougie layed a pretty good beatdown on the kid he fought.

I know it's called Superbowl Sunday, but wouldn't it make way more sense if the game was on Saturday?

Check out this video of a young Canadian guitar prodigy - it is incredible. 15 year old Ben Lapps...

Yeah, I got distracted from the guitar for a second too.

Wow, didn't see Prince Fielder going to the Tigers... guess he wanted to make papa Cecil proud.  At least he's not in the AL East I guess.

Interesting interview... The Black Keys vs Nickelback. 

Speaking of Nickelback.... this will likely surprise people who know me, but I don't understand why everyone hates Nickelback so much. I'm not a fan of theirs and I don't have any of their music, but people really don't like those guys for some reason. They sell out arenas so obviously somebody likes them.

The Toronto Raptors are pretty much unbearable to watch right now.  And I like watching basketball.  On the other hand, apparently one way to make Andrea Bargnani look better is to surround him with complete poop.

The best mellow tune I have heard in a long time: How Low by Jose Gonzalez

Here is my Red Wings trade deadline wishlist, although it wouldn't surprise me if they do very little:

Jarome Iginla

Ales Hemsky

Brendan Morrow

Ryan Getzlaf

Shea Weber

Bobby Ryan

Mike Cammalleri (oh wait, the Habs already gave him away!)

I really hope that this mild winter so far doesn't mean that we're going to pay for it in April and May.

Stick it in your ear: Work by Gang Starr.  An oldie but a goodie!

I know it's easy to say this now but I said last summer that the Ducks should have traded Corey Perry after he won the Richard and Hart trophies.  Good player but that level won't be matched again.

I was never a big fan of Jimmy Fallon but his music skits are actually pretty good.  His "History of Rap" with Justin Timberlake is pretty cool and his Neil Young impression is amazing... even when doing Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair".

The NHL All Star Fantasy Draft was kinda cool but they need the players to loosen up a little bit and have some fun with it.  Have some trash talk, pick a teammate of the other captain, etc.  Also, I think they should set it up in a bar so it resembles most hockey drafts!  It would be real interesting if they all had some drinks while they are doing the draft!

Why can't an NBA player dunk the ball without making a stupid face after or posing for the crowd and cameras?  You should be allowed to punch a guy if he stops to do that crap after a dunk.  Blake Griffin is simply ridiculous.  Check out his throw down and notice his "no big deal" reaction after the dunk.  Hopefully he doesn't become an arrogant thug after a few years like everyone else seems to.

So, that dunk was awesome but is it better than this one by Lebron?

A couple disturbing Facebook facts:

- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly worth approximately $25 billion.  And Facebook is about to go public.  And he's 27.  F*ck me.

- Bono, the U2 frontman, paid $120 million for Facebook stocks in 2010 to own about 1.5 percent of the company. After the company goes public, he could see his investment rise to over $1 billion.   The good news: hopefully this means he will quit making music.

It's too bad the Bruins and Canucks don't play again this year.

Manny Ramirez is trying to make a comeback and it would be great if nobody offered him a contract.

A decent band worth having a listen to is Wellwater Conspiracy.  The band was formed by Matt Cameron - drummer for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.  After Soundgarden disbanded in '93 he formed WC with Soundgarden bassist Matt Shepherd and Monster Magnet guitarist John McBain.  My favourite track of theirs is Declaration of Conformity.

If you type in "Does Eli Manning" on google the third suggestion is "Have down syndrome".  Ouch!

Cheers!

Bonesminded