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    I am really digging Craig Ferguson. Best Late Night Talk. I don't think anybody interviews like him, though Dave occasionally comes close. The NBC guys are way too scripted. Ditto Comedy Central. Very conversational, and he tries to, and is often successful at, getting his guests to be at ease. I love when he interviews regulars, cause they're always game to go with it.

    His monologues, interviews, and the segment where he answers e-mails are usually pretty good, but I can't bring myself to watch his bits where he dresses up as Prince Charles or interviews bad George Bush or Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonators.

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    Florida is where hockey players go to die.

    It really is hockey purgatory, isn't it? There may be other bad (or even worse) markets like Nashville or Phoenix, but at least the Predator's been a pretty decent team for the past few years and the Coyotes will always have some relevance in the hockey world as long as Gretzky's coaching.

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    The tickets are so expensive because Rogers paid a ton of money in order to have the games in Toronto. And then laughed when people complained about how expensive it would be to go to the games. And now he's dead.

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    So, Jim Kelley wrote a column on SI.com basically saying that Canadians are going to revolt because 2 Americans (Burke and Wilson) are running the Leafs now. I know all the Habs fans out there are just frothing at the mouth over it!

     

    My favourite part is this, though:

     

    Wilson cut his hockey teeth at an American college and coached Team USA to a noteworthy win over Canada in the World Cup that, though it's over a decade old, still stings in the collective Canadian psyche.

     

    Now, is there anyone out there at all who really gives a shit about the 1996 World Cup? I guess Wilson might, since he wears his ring, still, but I can guarantee you that the majority of people out there don't even remember that there WAS a 1996 World Cup. Hell, they're probably fuzzy on the 2004 one.

     

    This is a good one, too:

     

    "I wouldn't equate it with Barack Obama being elected president in the States," said a source familiar with the inner workings of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the parent company of the Leafs, "but it's likely to have the same kind of seismic impact up here."

     

    I'm not sure I even understand what whoever that is is trying to say. I have not heard one person or columnist or anything bring up the fact that Burke is American outside of the fact that they were going to wait until after his Thanksgiving to announce the deal officially.

     

    And this:

     

    It was a similar affair when George Gillet of Racine, Wisconsin bought a majority interest in the fabled Canadiens in 2001, at a time when no Canadian interests had the cash or the initiative. Gillet was not warmly welcomed and has had to tread carefully to avoid alienating a fan base that is among the most passionate and loyal in sports. Even having rebuilt the team to at least within sight of its first Stanley Cup since 1993, Gillet is still perceived as simply holding the franchise until it is restored to "proper" ownership. When a story appeared last month to the effect that the team might be for sale, Gillet had to launch a media blitz to distance himself from it lest Canadiens fans take up arms out of fear that their team would be sold on the anniversary of its 100th season.

     

    I remember that people were weary of Gillet, but that was mostly because the dollar was so low and there were rumours of more Canadian teams leaving to the States. But really, that was never going to happen. It's too bad that that no Canadians wanted to buy the Habs, but it didn't make any economic sense at the time. And I'm not sure what he's going for at the end of the paragraph, either. Habs fans were so upset that the owner they wanted to get rid of was going to sell the team? And, using his logic, wouldn't they want a Canadian to own the team on the 100th anniversary? And I don't follow the Habs too closely, but is there really a sentiment among their fans that want him to get rid of the team? I always thought he was perceived as one of the better owners in the league.

     

    Anyway, no one gives a shit what country Burke or Wilson (who was born in Canada, but that's not important) are from. Everyone hated Ferguson by the end, and he's Canadian. Pat Quinn and Paul Maurice both got fired. It hasn't worked in 41 years, I can't wait for the columns if they do end up winning it eventually, shitting on it for not using Canadians to build the team (this is CANADA's team, dammit. Isn't that right Vancouver?). If fans end up hating the current regime, it will be because they don't like the direction the team is going, not their fucking nationality.

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