Leafs Trade...

Okay so we have been slacking hard on the blog and what’s a better way to actually get this thing going then a post about the newest Leafs.

In case you haven’t heard, the Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defensemen Francois Beauchemin to Anaheim in exchange for forward Joffery Lupul and prospect Jake Gardiner. The Leafs will also get a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2013. According to GM Brain Burke, this trade has been in the works for about 3 weeks now. Here is a little info on both guys...

- Lupul is a 27 year old hailing from Saskatchewan (that’s now 10 western Canadian plays currently on the Leafs roster). He has played 26 games for the ducks this season with 5 goals and 8 assists and is a -4. He has a great shot and it a solid addition. Lupul will likely play on a line with Bozak and MacArthur, and will be getting lots of ice time starting tomorrow, says Leafs coach Ron Wilson.

- Gardiner is a 20 year old defenseman from Minnesota. He was currently playing for the University of Wisconsin but will now be joining the Toronto Marlies. Gardiner has a tally for 30 points in 30 games with his University team. He will most likely be playing in the AHL for remainder of the season. Jake has lots of potential and will be a stud in the NHL after some time developing with the Marlies.

With Beauchemin now gone the Leafs only have 2 players who are 30 or older. Those being Kaberle and Giguere, and both have questionable futures with Toronto. But more on that later.

Clarke MacArthur vs Chad LaRose Jan 24, 2011

Rundown of Sports World

The Great One. Number 99. Wayne Gretzky. Today he turns the big 5 0. So happy birthday to him. For those of you who do not know who Gretzky is, that's a problem.

On to the Super Bowl, it's just 2 weekends away. Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm going with Green Bay to take it home to the Cheeseheads. Personally, I would have rather seen the Bears in the Super Bowl. So have Steeler fans forgiven Ben Roethlisberger? Now that he has led them to another Super Bowl appearance does that excuse what he did?

We are now half way through the NHL season. The Leafs are looking great.. you know 12th in the east, 12 points out of a playoff spot. If the draft were today then the Leafs would be giving Boston the 5th pick overall.

Speaking of hockey, the All-Star game is looking interesting this year. I like the way they have it set up  with the whole picking teams thing. I don't really like how there is not a representative from each club like there has been in the past. But with Eric Staal and Nik Lidstrom as captains im sure there will be some interesting teams. Will Eric pick his brother Marc? Will the twins be on the same team? Who's going first and who will be picked last? Funny how the players were picked regardless of what conference they play for but the captains ended up being from opposite coasts. Thought they trying to change it up so it wasn't East vs West.

For your enjoyment here is a nice video of Clarke MacArthur vs Chad LaRose fight.. well if what LaRose did was fight. Video is above.

The beginning

Hey first blog post!

Dont know if anyone is going to read this or care but if you do then hey, lets have some fun. 

So we will mostly be blogging about bands and sports. Its kinda our thing. We will most likely have some random blogs about things that we thought were funny or cool. 

Hope you enjoy what we say.