The big news in Raptor-land this past week wasn't them going a perfect 4-0 against shit ball Eastern Conference "competition" it wasn't even James Johnson's monstrous dunk over Andre Drummond and the ensuing brou-ha-ha, it's the brand new logo! I was on Twitter, as usual, the morning news of the logo started to leak, first there was just a bare bones black and white logo and I thought it looked way too close to Brooklyn's. But in the ensuing hours they released the colour logos and I have since grown on them, the one above on the left is going to be their primary logo but they are going to also use all those other colours as well. I am guessing they are going to pull an Oregon Ducks and have a whole whack of uniforms, as someone who is a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to athletic aesthetics that kind of annoys me, but at the end of the day who the fuck cares. There was a lot of negative reactions by dorks on Facebook and Instagram over the logo, whining about how they don't like it and have started a petition against it.... get a life you fucking squids. You know full well come next season you'll forget all about the belly-aching and petitions, some moron went even as far to say as "way to lose fans", if you're basing your fandom on a logo then you need to be fired into the sun, or at the very least not be allowed to pro-create. It seems everyone with an internet account feels the need to spread their shitty opinions to anyone who will listen (case in point this shitty blog hahaha). The more I look at the logo the more I like it, it's simple and clean, and there really isn't much to work with considering the team name is the fucking Raptors... it's like if the team came around when Star Wars was first in theatres and they got named the Chewbaccas. At the end of the day I would still cheer for them even if they looked like this...
The Week Ahead: @ Chicago (12/22), @ Los Angeles Clippers (12/27), @ Denver (12/28). The Raptors have a tough road trip ahead of them, starting tonight against the Bulls. Derrick "Made of Glass" Rose is back for the Bulls, and Chicago is one of the few teams that have beaten them thus far this year. Critics of the Raptors have argued that they have had a very light, home-heavy schedule, and that is fair, and the team knows that. I think they will rise to the occasion on this trip, the game against the Bulls tonight should have a playoff type atmosphere. The game against the Clippers kind of worries me, it is after a big stretch off for Christmas, it's a 12:30 local time start, plus the Clippers are really good. If they can escape this road trip at 3-3, I will be thrilled. I know it's still before Christmas, but they have already clinched the Atlantic Division title, the rest of that division is a fucking tire fire, so they can afford a loss or two now. Also with the division all but wrapped up they can keep DeRozan sidelined until he is 100% healthy, we'll need him come playoff time.
Speaking of tire fires... the Leafs... the fucking Leafs are back to being the fucking Leafs. Last week I told the nerds to fuck off for saying the Leafs winning ways were unsustainable, but the nerds were right, despite them being my mortal enemy I must admit that nerds are always right. Fuck. I almost completely forgot about the Anaheim win because they looked so unbelievably horrid against Carolina (15th in the East), and Philadelphia (14th in the East) and of course against Chicago last night. The only good thing about the Chicago game was having Bob Cole doing the play by play. I don't know why the Rogers dick-heads have kicked him to the curb when EVERYONE LOVES HIM. Jim Hughson is a fucking plug, Paul Romanuck is OK, but Bob Cole should be the only one allowed to call Leafs games on Hockey Night in Canada. Speaking of announcers can we PLEASE have Joe Bowen back?? He is the best, I grew up listening to Joe Bowen call Leafs game during the week and Bob Cole on Saturday nights, why would those suit-dummies fuck with that? They shove hockey nostalgia down our throats every two minutes, but heaven forbid they allow the people who people my age grew up listening to call the games. Well that was a tangent... anyways the Leafs need to get their shit together, clearly Randy Carlyles systems don't work, they are allowing 30-40 shots a game and only getting 15-20 themselves, that is always going to lead to more losses than wins, unless they get other-worldly goaltending. That being said they do have a decent cushion for a playoff spot, but I am fully expecting them to fuck it all up. Phil Kessel is still the best though, listen to this hilarious clip from a radio show... Fuck off Bozie!!
The Week Ahead: @ Dallas (12/23), @ Florida (12/28). Pretty light week for the Leafs with Christmas and all, these are two games they should win, but the way they have been playing who the fuck knows there is no in between with this bunch, either red hot or ice cold. They play 10 of their next 12 games on the road, so this span will make or break their season.
The World Juniors start on Boxing Day, it's always a fun tournament to watch, but not in the last few years when we have fucked it up. Curtis Lazar an Ottawa Senators draft pick is the Captain of the Canadian team this year, so I fully expect them to fuck it up again based on that alone. What were they thinking? They should have left that plug flounder in Ottawa, like he is going to for the rest of his pathetic career. They do have Max Domi, I watched him play a lot when I lived in London and followed the Knights closely, and he is the son of all time great Tie Domi, so hopefully he counteracts the shittiness of Curis Lazar. The Canadians play the Shitty Slovaks on Boxing Day and the Fucking Krauts on the 27th.
The fucking Music City Miracle. January 8, 2000. That was the last god damned time the Bills were in the playoffs. 5,462 days ago from today, and it will be another 365 days at the very least until the next one. Not only did the Bills not make the playoffs but the Oakland Raiders eliminated them from the race... yes the Oakland fucking Raiders. It was another pathetic offensive game, too many 3 and out's, the running game was atrocious despite having CJ Spiller back. The announcing crew was heaping praise on Nathanial "Can't" Hackett and Kyle Orton during the first quarter of the broadcast... why? Those guys are fucking brutal if Hackett and Doug "Moron" Marrone keep their jobs I will be shocked, and Orton should go back into retirement. The team is a decent quarterback and a good head coach away from the playoffs. Hopefully with the new ownership they'll shake things up, because they've got an amazing defense and criminally under utilized Sammy Watkins, maybe give EJ Manuel another shot?? Jay Cutler?? (*shudder*)
The Week Ahead: @ New England (12/28). Of course the shit heads will probably come out and win this game just to spite us all. Fuck New England though, I hate them so much, at least I can watch them blow it in the playoffs again, and see sad Tom Brady...
I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas!! I hope Santa Claus is good to you this year! See you next week.
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