a friend of mine is considering placing a personal ad to meet girls...in order to get to their sisters. he figures chicks that look at personal ads probably have hotter sisters. it's an interesting logic, if you want to call it that. it goes in greater detail as to why that is so but whatever. if he can't meet these hot sisters, he might across some hot brothers.

i figure if i ever placed a personal ad, it goes something like this: mom says i'm cute, funny & tall. find out if she's right

the nhl season gets going tonight. or as the leaf nation refers to as "preparation for eventual failure." you wouldn't know the season is going unless you've been under a rock for the past months. the overwhelming commercialization of hockey's return has buried last year's sentiment that we would never watch hockey again. it's another story in the states, of course, and it'll be interesting to see whether anyone in places like atlanta or nashville gives a shit hockey is back in their cities. what? it was gone for a year? getouttahere

however, this time, i predict the collapse of the maple leafs way before the 1st or 2nd round of the playoffs in that they'll struggle to even clinch a spot. the new rules are encouraged to speed up the game and leafs are too slow/old to keep with the new environment. they'll either give up plenty of offensive opportunities or get penalized in attempting to stop the new speedy design of the game. and giving up power plays means giving up goals. they're only hope is that guys like alison and lindros are healthy throughout the season otherwise the prepetual disappointment of being a leaf fan might bring the sorrow sooner than the typical later.

ottawa is going to eat up the northwest division as they look like a solid team. they finished 7-1 in the preseason and going into the season are loaded with firepower: hossa, havlat, alfredsson, and recently added dany heatley. also, don't be surprised if spezza has a breakout season. the new system is suitable for younger and flashy teams which is what the sens are. the only question is whether hasek can do what lalime couldn't do and give them stable goaltending in time for the playoffs. i can't stand ottawa, maybe as a result of those bitter ottawa-toronto playoff matchups, but they look to be one team to be reckoned with.

my heart is divided between supporting the flames and canucks. like everyone else in the country, jumped on their bandwagon in the near cindrella playoff run. i like this team and plenty can be said about them in similar fashion as with ottawa: young, fast, and proven to be a club with lots of heart. they've added power with the likes of amonte and hamrlik without giving up much of that memorable 03-04 roster. though both in the second half of the careers, guys like amonte has the strength and physicallity that made the flames so effective two years ago. anothher cup run? let's hope so.

then there is the vancouver canucks. they have all the ingredients of team to make a decent run at the cup but goaltending has proven to their weakspot as the season wears on. plenty of elite talent on this squad with the likes of naslund, morrisson, and bertuzzi. my heart is behind this team.