Canadian Sports Wrap Up
Okay, so I watched the replay of the third period, overtime and the shootout in hte Canada-US World Juniors game when I got home, and maybe I'm just too big a fan of sports in general, but even knowing the outcome, it was a little stressful. Crazy, huh?
I also watched most of the Suns at Raptors, a.k.a. Steve Nash's quasi-homecoming (he's actually from Victoria, but whatever... it's Canada, so it's close enough). And honestly, playing without their starting point guard (T.J. Ford) and the reigning rookie of the month (Jorge Garbajosa, who may have been starting at small forward), and with Chris Bosh for the first time after missing 12 games, they actually gave the Suns (arguably the NBA's best team right now) a run for their money. Only a couple of "I'm Keith Hernandez" moments (as in, totally ill-advised shots that he knew he could make) from Captain Canada kept it from being a mammoth upset. In fact, I will gladly eat crow on this one, as Stevie Nash is just playing on a whole other level this season than anyone else. Yes, that actually puts him in line for an un-precedented third straight MVP award... maybe then we'll recognize him as the best Canadian athlete................
In still other news, while I was visiting my parents, a local dude my cousin knows and grew up with (specifically, D-man Kent Huskins) was called up from Portland to Anaheim. If he can't learn a thing or two from guys like Chris Prionger and Scott Niedermayer, well... I don't know what to say......
But my point for bringing this up is that I found it interesting in talking with Nate and his buddy Kevin that they have both have very different reactions when coming across one of their local boys, the Sabres' Brian Campbell. They can't seem to agree on whether he's still a good guy, or has morphed into a giant turd since his "Big Hit". However, they are uniformly cool with Andy McDonald, also with the Ducks, and previously with the Avs. So I'm curious to see what my cousin thinks of Huskins in a couple of years if he ever makes it back home. Although I couldn't help but laugh that his NHL.com page lists him as being from Ottawa... so maybe things don't bode well.............
I also watched most of the Suns at Raptors, a.k.a. Steve Nash's quasi-homecoming (he's actually from Victoria, but whatever... it's Canada, so it's close enough). And honestly, playing without their starting point guard (T.J. Ford) and the reigning rookie of the month (Jorge Garbajosa, who may have been starting at small forward), and with Chris Bosh for the first time after missing 12 games, they actually gave the Suns (arguably the NBA's best team right now) a run for their money. Only a couple of "I'm Keith Hernandez" moments (as in, totally ill-advised shots that he knew he could make) from Captain Canada kept it from being a mammoth upset. In fact, I will gladly eat crow on this one, as Stevie Nash is just playing on a whole other level this season than anyone else. Yes, that actually puts him in line for an un-precedented third straight MVP award... maybe then we'll recognize him as the best Canadian athlete................
In still other news, while I was visiting my parents, a local dude my cousin knows and grew up with (specifically, D-man Kent Huskins) was called up from Portland to Anaheim. If he can't learn a thing or two from guys like Chris Prionger and Scott Niedermayer, well... I don't know what to say......
But my point for bringing this up is that I found it interesting in talking with Nate and his buddy Kevin that they have both have very different reactions when coming across one of their local boys, the Sabres' Brian Campbell. They can't seem to agree on whether he's still a good guy, or has morphed into a giant turd since his "Big Hit". However, they are uniformly cool with Andy McDonald, also with the Ducks, and previously with the Avs. So I'm curious to see what my cousin thinks of Huskins in a couple of years if he ever makes it back home. Although I couldn't help but laugh that his NHL.com page lists him as being from Ottawa... so maybe things don't bode well.............
posted by Iain @ 8:58 AM
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