It’s Saturday Night
What an incredible hockey game. Hockey doesn’t get nearly enough credit for being an exciting game, but if the games were always that exciting then it would be the most popular sport out there. It had all the intensity, drama, and intrigue you could possibly hope for and more. Pittsburgh is an amazing story, too. In February they fired their coach when they were six points out of the playoffs. 51 games later including playoffs here they are. The most impressive thing about this team, too, is their age. They are so young and so ridiculously talented that they could win a few more. It’s unbelievable, really – Crosby is 21, Malkin is 22, Staal is 20, Fleury is an old man at 25 – this is a core with a long future together. It may change now that they have a Cup, but they are such an ego-less group as well, so you could imagine them staying together for a long time. One final thought on the matter – I went to high school with Craig Adams of the Penguins. This is his second Cup – he won one in Carolina. I already felt like I hadn’t accomplished enough when I thought about his one Cup, so this isn’t going to help any. At least cashing in on a big uderdog will take some of the sting out of it.
While the Cup was being won, the rest of the sports world continued on unabated. The biggest story in my eyes is that Jake Peavy is out of action for a month. He tore a tendon in his ankle. It had been a problem for his last two outings, and it got to be too much to handle without a break. This is bad news for the Padres on the field, but even worse news for a team that was trying to dump their biggest asset while he still had value. The kicker of the whole thing is how it happened – he took a misstep running the bases.
I was very interested to see Brandon Jennings unleash on Ricky Rubio. After a workout for Sacramento, Jennings said that Rubio was very overrated, and that if he worked out with Jennings, Jonny Flynn, Jrue Holiday, Ty Lawson, and Stephen Curry, Rubio probably wouldn’t come out on top. A good deal of that is just sour grapes from a raving egomaniac who isn’t getting the attention he thinks he deserves, but there is more to it as well. For one thing, Jennings has played against Rubio in Europe, so he has a more valid opinion than most people. It will be very interesting to see how Rubio develops in his career. The assessments of him, other than Jennings, are mostly so positive, but with guys like Darko Milicic and Andrea Bargnani underwhelming after arriving from Europe you can’t help but be a little cautious. I’ll also be interested to see how Jennings plays out of the gate for his new team. I kind of hope he struggles – if he plays well early on then it could entice more talented youngsters to go to Europe after high school.
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