Bloggers and personal, non-journalistic Web sites are starting to tick me off. Look, I appreciate and respect that in America, everybody has an opinion, especially on sports. And I respect everybody’s right to share their thoughts with anybody who happens to own a computer via blogs.

But people, let’s not confuse what random fans and wanna-be pundits are tossing out there with legitimate reporting. The line is getting way too blurry now between Internet noise and actual journalism. It’s actually getting to the point now where some (too many) of the bloggers are using cyberspace to discredit the legitimate media.

Now I am not saying all legitimate media or every reporter is 100 percent credible. Nor am I saying every blogger is out to discredit legitimate media. But the distinction between the two must be clearer.

Journalism employs trained professionals. We actually have to go to school for this stuff. We take our jobs seriously. There are rules and standards that we are beholden to. There are ethics involved. We actually talk to, in person, the people we write about.

Labels: Jiri Tlusty, Leafs

This is a dangerous sport. It is a contact sport. It is an unbelievably fast and powerful sport. Both of those elements are part of what makes it so great. But it's also what makes it so dangerous. Players can be paralyzed or killed on a clean hit. Let's say Janssen's shot wasn't an elbow to the head. Maybe it was a shoulder. Maybe it was the back of his arm between his elbow and his shoulder. But it was a hit to the head. No doubt about that. No one can watch the replay and see anything else. He took multiple steps toward Kaberle, who by the way, did not have the puck and was behind the play, and he hit him in the head.

No penalty.

No kidding. No penalty. As if that would even be enough.

Labels: Devils, dirty hit, Leafs