Once again it has been a week or more since the Sports Party saw a post. I realized this morning the reason for the slowness. First off, it's not like I am swimming in a pool of free time most days. But that's not an excuse. I finally realized that my slower pace on the blog is because I largely don't care about the sports going on right now. Yes, I do care about the Patriots, a blog post about how beastly Rob Gronkowski is will be here shortly. But the only team in Boston playing on an everyday basis during their respective regular season right now is the fucking Red Sox, and all of New England has lost interest in those bums. So I've decided to make a decision, and it's to blog exclusively about two sports, hockey and football. Now I can't promise that there won't be a baseball note or an NBA-bash in any of these posts, but I'll try to keep it to a minimum. The way I see it, I'm hoping that once Week 1 comes around, Bmal will get off his lazy ass and right a weekly review about the only sports team he's ever been passionate about. It's an 82 game season, but I fully intend to put a full 82 game reviews on the BSP once the Bruins get fired up. So that is the status of the BSP moving forward here, at least from my point of view. I can't speak for Danny D or any of our other bloggers (maybe Wilson fires up Celtic game reviews once they start), but it's going to continue to be a slow month come September. In October, you readers will have plenty to read!
Now, a quick update I suppose...from the NHL. The Devils have allegedly submitted a "reworked" deal to bring Ilya Kovalchuk back to New Jersey, which seems like a big mistake on their part...yet again. The Devils' biggest problem last year was defense, and this deal will force them to empty out their blueline depth, probably by dealing Bryce Salvador. Heck, it already cost them a top 4 blueliner in Johnny Oduya to get him to the Jersey Shore. I'll be interested to see exactly what the cap-hit will be on this new deal. Not only will it force guys like Salvador and Danius Zubrus out of town, but it may jeopardize their ability to retain Travis Zajac or Zach Parise down the line. They are moving around an awful lot of parts here and jumping through hoops for a guy who actually made them a far worse team when he arrived last year.
The best thing about the Kovalchuk-saga coming nearly to an end is that it will finally allow the dominoes to start falling. Guys like Lee Stempniak, who scored 28 goals last year, are still without a team. For teams like the Kings, Islanders, Rangers, and Blues, Kovalchuk signing in Jersey will start their search for secondary options. Maybe the Islanders make a move to trade for Bobby Ryan, maybe the Rangers finally deal Brandon Dubinsky to the Flames, and maybe the goaltending market moves for the first time in what seems like months. Carey Price, once considered to be the best up-and-coming goalie in the league (and still possibly is), hasn't signed! Anti Niemi just won a cup and he's not signed! Something has to give.
Meanwhile, Paul Kariya is going to miss the upcoming season due to post-concussion syndrome. Too bad for Kariya, but worse for the teams courting him. The Penguins were seemingly an ideal fit for the aging player, but now he won't have the chance to play alongside Sidney Crosby. Teemu Selanne was hopeful of Kariya returning to Anaheim, but now that's not happening either. This news is going to change the market for guys like Stempniak, Bill Guerin, Tyler Kennedy, and Eric Belanger. Hopefully the market starts to see some actions and these guys are able to find homes, that way I can get my NHL Preview 2010-2011 under way.
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