Leafs made two BIG trades today!!!

OK, so I haven't blogged about the Leafs in a while, but they made two big trades to shake up the roster. Granted, we're 29th in the league, so honestly, there weren't many trades that would make our team worse, but anyway, I'm so happy that we finally have a roster shake up. Hopefully, we'll start playing better this year, but greater things will be seen next year!

1st trade:
To Calgary: Niklas Hagman, Matt Stajan, Ian White, Jamal Mayers
To Toronto: Dion Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjostrom, Keith Aulie

I actually like this trade. Although we give up a solid D-man (White) and a couple of solid (well, solid in terms of the dearth of talent we actually have) forwards (Hagman and Stajan), I think Phaneuf can develop into a really solid powerplay point guy and a big hitter. I think he'll continue to develop, but I just hope he can handle the Toronto pressure and not become another Bryan McCabe. I also hear Aulie may be a very solid D-man in the future, so in the end, we did lose a good chunk of our offense (and old dudes), but we have young guys coming up, and our D is now really solid for the next few years, so this is a pretty good trade. And hey, we ended up with the best player in the trade (without giving up any good players), so that's usually a good sign!

2nd trade:
To Anaheim: Jason Blake, Vesa Toskala
To Toronto: J-S Giguere

I really like this trade because Giguere can't play any worse than Toskala, and plus, he gives more time for Jonas Gustavsson to develop. Jason Blake wasn't doing anything for us anyway. Giguere definitely has to have some upside than Toskala, so hopefully we'll win a few more games because Toskala is one of the leakiest goalies I've ever seen play. Once again, we picked up the best player in this trade (without giving up any good players), so that's another good sign!


I believe this is definitely a great day for the Toronto Maple Leafs. We got rid of some unproductive players, we're younger, our future is more solid with Phaneuf and Aulie, and Gustavsson will have proper development while Giguere bridges the gap. Hopefully we'll turn the corner and head towards the playoffs in a few years!

NFL 2010 Super Bowl Pick

Sweeeeeeet!!! I got my Conference Playoff Picks correct! GO SAINTS! GO COLTS! ahaah

But now it goes down to the Super Bowl, and I must choose the team to win. I'm going to go with...

INDIANAPOLIS over NEW ORLEANS

GO PEYTON MANNING!!! He'll go down as the greatest QB ever as he piles up the Super Bowl wins and Super Bowl MVP trophies!

NFL 2009-2010 Playoff Picks (Revised Again)

(Wow, I got all 4 of my wildcard playoff picks wrong...and then 3 of my 4 Divisional picks too!!! Only Indy over Baltimore saved me. DANG! I can't believe it...Good thing I don't bet!)

Conference Playoff Games:
Indianapolis over New York Jets (I hate the Jets!)
New Orleans over Minnesota (I hate the traitor Brett Favre as well!)

Super Bowl:
Indianapolis over New Orleans
(LT and the Chargers, you guys disappointed me. Anyway, the only danger the Colts ever had were the Chargers, and because they're gone, I'm going with Peyton Manning and his Colts!!!)

Something new...

OK, so I'm gonna try this and see if it works!

13 episodes in 2 days?! You are crazy! Even I never did something insane like that with The Office or Lost (which I just finished last night...5 seasons in 2 months! BEST SHOW EVER! That means a lot when I rank it higher than TBBT, FP, or 24!). The most I ever did was 10 in 2 days...I think...and that kinda owned my eyes for a day or two.

Oh, and GLEEK?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YOU'RE ONE OF THEM!!!

NFL 2009-2010 Playoff Picks (Revised)

(Wow, I got all 4 of my wildcard playoff picks WRONG! I hope I do better in these next few games...)

Divisional Playoff Games:
Indianapolis over Baltimore
San Diego over New York Jets
Arizona over New Orleans
Dallas over Minnesota

Conference Playoff Games:
San Diego over Indianapolis
Arizona over Dallas

Super Bowl:
San Diego over Arizona
(Still sticking with LT and the Chargers!!!)

NFL 2009-2010 Playoff Picks

Wildcard Playoff Games:
New England over Baltimore
Cincinnati over New York Jets
Philadelphia over Dallas
Green Bay over Arizona

Divisional Playoff Games:
Indianapolis over Cincinnati
San Diego over New England
Philadelphia over New Orleans
Green Bay over Minnesota

Conference Playoff Games:
San Diego over Indianapolis
Philadelphia over Green Bay

Super Bowl:
San Diego over Philadelphia

Urbana 09

Just came back from Urbana 09 and I'm not even sure how to sum up the week in St. Louis except saying just truly how amazing God is. This week I felt God in me. He just wasn't around me, nor with me, but truly inside of me. I knew I already accepted Christ in my heart and I was living a life that was for Him (well, as much as I can, at least!), but Urbana 09 provided me with the opportunity to truly feel God dwelling in my heart and directing me in my life. I'm not going to go in detail about the other aspects of Urbana 09 (worship, speaker sessions, seminars, other activities, etc.) (but you can also ask me in person and I'll gladly tell you all about it!) because they're not as important compared to what God has done not only in me, but also in 18,000 or so other people that were at the conference. This week, I learned (re-learned?!) that God became and flesh and made His dwelling among us (including me), and now I can go out into the world as a missional Christian ready to do what He tells me because I know He will supply my every needs.