Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

BU won its regular season opener tonight over #13 Wisconsin. Captain Joe Pereira scored the first and fourth goals in a 4-3 win. Kieran Millan looked shaky in goal in a three goal first for Wisconsin but settled down to make some great saves in the third to preserve the 4-3 win for the Terriers. Charlie Coyle and David Wasorfsky also contributed goals. The team played scared at the end of the third but held on thanks to a goal disallowed and some great play by Kieran. All four of the Terrier goals came from the top line as they move on to play Sunday for the Ice Breaker Invitational Championship against Notre Dame who beat Holy Cross 6-2 earlier in the evening. Look for more details to come as the post game media festivities start now.

Saponari to BC

Fucking Vinny Saponari. First he breaks BU team rules and gets himself dismissed from the team by Coach Parker, now he's COMMITTED TO BC for next year. Are you kidding me? A million thoughts came to mind when I first read this over at The Boston Hockey Blog. The first being that no matter how many times he tries to say this isn't a move made out of spite towards BU, it clearly is. He clearly felt wronged when he was dismissed by BU, and now he's trying to get back at us. Well I have news for Mr. Saponari - BC has a a million good forwards who are as good if not better than you. So have fun playing 4th line grinder behind Kreider, Atkinson, Whitney, and all those idiots down at BC.

The second thing that comes to mind is this: how could Jerry York take Saponari? York is a friend of Parker's, you have to think that York knows what Saponari did. You don't take a kid after he gets dismissed by Jack Parker for breaking team rules. One explanation is that York feels Parker dismissed him to send a message, and not for any egregious offenses. I have to think that York is smarter than this, but maybe not. Either that, or Parker and York really aren't friends, which seems to make a little more sense right now.

The third thing that comes to mind is that I CAN'T WAIT TO BOO THIS GUY. Bring it on Saponari. Bring it on. I hope Nicastro decks him the first weekend of December 2011.

Deion Branch? Dear Lord

According to the Seattle Times, the Patriots and Seahawks are in talks to develop a deal which would bring wide receiver Deion Branch back to New England. As the Times points out, this deal makes a good amount of sense considering the Patriots need for another quality receiver and the Seahawks need for some draft picks (the Pats have 2 per round for the first 4 rounds of next years draft). Branch, of course, was drafted by the Patriots in the 2nd round of the 2002 draft, and stayed with team until the start of the 2006 season. Branch infamously held out of camp over the summer of 2006 and was seen as such a lost cause that the Patriots allowed Branch to seek a trade to another team. This team ended up being the Seattle Seahawks, for whom he still plays. In his 4 seasons with the Patriots, Branch compiled 213 receptions, 2,744 yards, and 14 touchdowns. He also was named Super Bowl MVP in 2005 after recording 11 catches for 133 yards (He won the Super Bowl in 2004 with the Pats as well).

Since going to the Seahawks, Branch hasn't really been that impressive. He missed games in 2007 and 2008 with injuries, and thus far this season only has 13 receptions for 112 yards and 1 touchdown. However, it was no secret that during his time in New England he was Tom Brady's favorite receiver, so perhaps the Patriots are hoping Branch and Brady can rekindle their offensive fire from 2004 and 2005. Branch has also said that he would go back to New England if the opportunity ever presented itself. Couple that with the fact that there are rumors of Tom Brady reaching out to Branch over the past week, and we may have ourselves a ball game.

To be fair, the Boston Herald is saying that there are no talks in progress, just basic discussions between the two teams. But the day I consider the Boston Herald a worthwhile source of information is a sad, sad day. So I'm going to ignore them.

Moss had an 'outburst' Monday Night...leads to trade

More details are coming in this Randy Moss trade as everyone in the world bashes the hooded one for getting so little for Moss. According to player sources, Moss had a heated outburst at QB coach and offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien at halftime of the Dolphins game this Monday. Today the Patriots officially traded Moss for a third round draft pick in the 2011 draft. Many fans are in outrage as the Pats traded away their only deep threat in Moss with team's top corners moving down to cover Wes Welker every down now. As both former Patriots Tedy Bruschi and Troy Brown said, this is better for the team. Moss was a cancer in the lockeroom. From talking about his contract after a win to this outburst he was not being a good leader on a young team. There is a reason he was not named captain this season as he was in the past. This move causes guys to step up and come together as a receiving corps and a team. The team should follow the mold of the 2001,2003,2004 teams that won superbowls. Think about the teams that won those titles and the receivers on those teams: Troy Brown, Deion Branch, David Givens, David Patten, Jermaine Wiggins and so on. There was no Larry Fitzgerald or Jerry Rice guys there. The Pats best chance for success is to win the game as a team in all three phases of the game. As on Monday night, that leads to success through a complete team effort. Yes, the defense will struggle but you are not going to win the SuperBowl in shootouts with everyone. This trade will make the offense less dynamic but I don't think that is a bad thing. Brady forced the ball to Moss sometimes. Now Brady will only go deep when it is actually open. Moss being a cancer just made this move happen. No one wants to trade away a HOF in Moss but this is a young team who needs to come together after this trade and play like a team. The cancers from last year's team are now gone (Adalius Thomas and Moss). The Patriots now have 8 picks in the first four rounds this year. They will not draft with all those spots but they have value now.
I wish Moss all the best in Minnesota with Wrangler Jean hick Brett Favre. He will be the primary target there like he wants to be. He comes back to Foxboro on Halloween which should be quite a game for the media to play up. The Patriots will benefit in the long run from this trade and come together closer as a team. So hopefully this sells you to drink the Kool-Aid with me. Trading Moss was a good move. I want teams to put their best receivers on Welker. Then Woodhead, Edelman,Tate, Hernandez, Gronkowski, and Price will be wide open running up the seam. Moss' deep threat will be missed but his personality and him as a distraction will not.

No disrespect to fellow blogger Tiger just bringing out another perspective to this trade from a Pats fan view.

Say It Ain't So Randy

Hey everyone, I know its been awhile but I think this story deserves a post from me. As reported by redd, the Pats traded Randy away for a 3rd round pick in the draft. This also tells me that the Pats are in a re-building phase. I expected a lot from the Pats this year. I expected as a Jet fan to finish in the Wild Card and the Pats winning the division. I am not selling my team short or anything, I just will always persume the division to go to the Pats until either the combo of Angry Bill and Metro Brady separate or the Jets win a Super Bowl, yeah I dont see any of that happening in the near future. But this trade changes everything. The Go To man on passing downs will be Welker but now he has to do deal with the opposing teams #1 DB. Welker has been putting incredible numbers but that was b/c the Pats and the 'fins at the time both had deep threats that the #1 DB was going for the big play. I will predict his numbers to dip. I dont see any of the other receivers as promising enough to be the big play guy. Yes, I know Brady is a god among men but common on man, you just have Welker. I just think this was horrible trade for the Pats. Yes they did get value for an expiring contract to get younger but in that draft that they got the pick for they already had 7 pick in the 1st 4 rounds. I think the Pats organizations should have paid the man his money. He deserves all of it, every cent. Yes he has not won a ring since coming to New England but he still has 3-5 years left in the tank and in those number of years you can will a SB. Dumb trade.