So, let’s see the Jays are on a run. Come stats “geeks” tell me how much further along they were last year. Even if they were, this team feels a hell of a lot different than the squads in the past, especially those managed by JP. 25,000 fans were at the Dome today. 2nd highest turnout of the season. Is that the start of something????? Let’s hope so.

So, LeBron got broomed from the playoffs and the folks in Cleveland have already decided they don’t want the door to hit him on the way out. Man, you think people ripped Bosh- take a look at the Cavs message boards and newspapers….Wow.

Did you see this in the NY Daily News?:

“If James leaves the Cavs, the value of the franchise is projected to drop as much as $150 million, according to league execs. The Cavs are valued at $450 million-475 million”

Is that all????? no really, from the little I know I would have thought the figure to be at least 50% of the value. Maybe I’m an idiot.

Here’s the question I have to ask. What does Bosh’s apparent imminent departure do on the value of the Raptors? Stop laughing. I don’t think the value actually goes up. The question is how much, if any does the value go down?

Did anyone notice the cover of yesterday’s Toronto Sun? The byline at the bottom was about Phil Kessel- something about Boston missing Kessel- the suggestion was that with Kessel the Bruins would still be playing. Funny thing was that there was nothing in the paper about Kessel.

Then this appeared in today’s Toronto Sun:

“Two questions that were asked in Boston the other night: 1) Do the Bruins beat the Flyers with Phil Kessel in the lineup? 2) And do they play for the Cup if they had kept him? …”

That from Steve Simmons. Here’s the thing I don’t get. I scoured the Boston press. I didn’t see that question anywhere. I didn’t see Kessel’s name ANYWHERE but the Sun. Maybe I’m crazy. The Kessel trade will be debated for a long time. There are people out there who tell us all the time how much better the kids being drafted this year will be then Kessel. Every time that kid scores we will hear it. So when I say this, I know there is no chance of it happening – but can we give it a rest??? I mean enough already- at least until the weekend before the draft when it is all we are going to be hearing.

Speaking of lame- did you see the story in the Sun (and no I am not picking on the Sun intentionally) about what if the Leafs were still in the playoffs instead of the Habs? I know it’s tough coming up with material to write about these days- but geez talk about the bottom of the barrel.

Lastly, he isn’t entirely back but have you heard Norm Rumack as a guest on HNIC radio on Sirus satelite radio? He’s a hockey analyst and managing editor of latenightvampire.com. Personally, I preferred him when he was just on really late at night. Rumack was good at interviewing. Analysis? Not so much.

Lastly, whatever the hell the name of the current hockey tournament that’s going on overseas is- am I the only one who thinks it should be shelved. I am mean does anyone care about it at all?

TSM

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So many of you have emailed me about this that I thought I had better put it up. Doug Gilmour was on with Greg Brady today who was flying solo on the Bill Watters show. Brady was a tad bit fired up on the hockey and headshots things. In any event Gilmour who is usually a lousy interview in my opinion was beyond good especially when he talked about violence in the game. Certainly worth a listen.

Listen to the Chat here

Both drive home shows today took on Colin Campbell and the NHL on the hitting gate. Jim Kelley joined Mccown early on and their take was a failure at the top of the NHL to deal with the issue. Kelley talked about how someone(s) above Campbell was pulling strings and Kelley thought that Colin was either going to quit or get fired over this issue. The Fan 590 doesn’t have the Kelley audio up, however I thought Kelley was good on this point.

Up the dial, Brady went postal on the issue. Imploring that the execs in the game were ruining the game. On a few separate occasions calling for heads on platters. 640 Toronto doesn’t allow for all segments to be downloaded, however I suggest you take a listen in here for all the Brady stuff- it’s certainly entertaining, I’ll leave whether or not you think it’s accurate up to you. I will say this, if you are going to fly solo, you may as well come out firing like he did today. The best solo show he has ever had.

Speaking of good, did anyone hear Don Landry sign off on the big early this am, it was pretty funny. He was talking about the Texas Rangers manager, Ron Washington, the guy who tested positive for cocaine last year at the ripe old age of 57. Landry was really funny saying how, Washington had never done drugs before in his life and at 57 woke up and decided to try cocaine. The best part is that Washington came out tonight and admitted to smoking dope years ago in addition to popping a few pills. What’s next, he’s going to claim he was a Vietnam Vet?

Does anyone think I am nuts on this, but why do morning radio shows end at 9:00? No seriously. I drive my kids to school. I drop them at 845-850. I don’t really get into my car much before 8:30. Now, I understand tons of people drive a hell of a lot earlier than I do. However, based on the number of people dressed i work attire I see dropping their kids off with me in addition to the amount of traffic I see in the city heading downtown when I am, why not extend the morning drive to 10 am? Thoughts?