Latest News From the Past Week

I know, I know, I've been on somewhat of a hiatus for something like a week now. I don't really remember why, I just never got around to writing. But, if you follow me on Twitter (@DirtyWaterBuzz) you would see some news that I've put out in 140 characters or less (can't stand that part of Twitter). Anyways, here's what's been going on in the past week:

The Red Sox:

• It appears the manager search is down to two candidates. Bobby Valentine and Gene Lamont. Both are just horrid, horrid choices. Why didn't they call Dave Martinez again?
• Apparently the Sox asked the Jays about talking to John Farrell. Anthopolous' response? "Give us Buchholz and you can talk to him" What a pissy piece of shit. It's not like your team is any good anyways.
• Gio Gonzalez is a name that has been widely discussed internally by the team. Gonzalez is a lefty starter for Oakland who has also drawn interest from the Yankess and the Marlins. The A's have yet to engage in serious discussions with anyone about Gio yet though.
• The Sox are still pursuing free agent lefty C.J. Wilson, according to John Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. I personally would like to see the Sox stay away from him. his regular season numbers are impressive no doubt, but he sucked in the playoffs and that makes me wary of signing him to a long term deal. Morosi also says that the Sox have checked in on Luis Ayala, who pitched 56 innings for the Yankees last year and had a 2.09 ERA.

The Bruins:

• The Bruins were red freakin' hot this week. They took a 10 game winning streak into yesterday's game against Detroit. They did lose in a shootout to the Red Wings, but they got a point out of it and that makes it an 11 game point streak coming into tonight's game against Winnipeg.
• Tyler Seguin has been on fire all year and has already topped both his goal total and his point toal from last season. The kid belongs in the All Star Game. So, go on Twitter, follow me (@DirtyWaterBuzz), get #SeguinforAllStarGame trending, and be sure to follow @writeinSeguin to get the link to write the kid in.

Also, some breaking news. It appears that the NBA and the NBAPA have reached a tentative agreement to end the lockout. It still needs to be ratified by the players and owners though, but it would make for a 66 game season that would start on Christmas Day.

Damn it. That league needs an entire season off. The players have far too much power and the owners are subject to a league office full of pussies that won't do a damn thing about it. Absolutely pathetic.

Bruins vs Leafs: AKA The Tyler Seguin Show

Wow. First off, the game itself was unreal. Just an awesome effort all around, and it actually lasted the entire game. I know, surprising, right? But that's just a side story. Tyler Seguin scored a hat trick last night. And not just your standard "Hey I tapped in a few rebounds" hat trick, this one was absolutely nasty, as seen in the video. I wonder if he played baseball as a kid... Anyways, here are some of the other highlights:

• Krejci seems to have found a little bit of balance. He had a goal and a nice assist on the Lucic goal. Maybe he's finally starting to come around.
• Lucic is an absolute frigging beast. To anyone who says he's a lumbering lard, I say watch his goal. Right off the faceoff after one of Seguin's goals he goes right to the line, catches a pass from Seidenberg and just explodes past the D. Can you say dominant power forward?
• Timmy looked sharp all night. 24 shots? Compared to what he saw in the playoffs last year, that's like hanging out watching the game while pounding an ice cold natty.
• Once again, Phil Kessel was Missing in Action. And by that, I mean he was on the ice and he played, but you wouldn't have known it 'cause he played like shit.
• How in God's name did Seguin score from that deep in the corner? Seriously, who else in the league can do that?
• That second goal was nothing special. I mean hell, I could've kept my stick below shoulder height while taking a baseball swing at the puck with pinpoint accuracy over the goalie's shoulder. And in case you're too stupid to realize, that was all sarcasm right there. That second goal was Godly.
• How in hell did Seguin roof the puck with maybe a foot of room? Seriously, this kid is absolutely nasty. Just wait until he hits his prime. I'm seeing at least a 40G-50A player.

On another note, today at practice it looked like Jarvis was giving Seguin some time on the point with Chara while Krejci, Marchand, and Bergeron played down low. Maybe this is something we see in a game? Also, I gave Seguin my card today after practice, so there's a a slight possibility he's reading this right now. So in that case, welcome to The Buzz Tyler! Hopefully you stick around, it might be nice to see what a real fan thinks. Especially since I'm kinda smarter in hockey than most other people.